Forget what Josh Jackson did in overcoming a December DNP-CD, forget the high-usage, end-of-season travails that inspired voters to put him on the All-Rookie Second Team, forget the fact, for a moment that the Suns spent the No. 4 pick on him.
At this point, after the June trade for Mikal Bridges and the Suns’ lottery fortune in landing Deandre Ayton, the biggest value Jackson has to this organization is as a trade chip. And his value in that regard is only going to get lower as the season goes on.