Suns GM James Jones is just showing off now

Photo by Jacob Kupferman/Getty ImagesPhoenix Suns General Manager James Jones is just showing off now. He’s getting lots of credit for his recent addition of 10-year veteran Bismack Biyombo to the team, a seamless addition at exactly the right time.

But it’s the ‘ohhhh you mean he really IS good?’ emergence of Jalen Smith as emergency starting center where Jones is showing he really knows how to spot an NBA player.

Two drafts ago, Jones surprised everyone outside their war room in taking Jalen Smith, a long-armed 6’10” forward/center from Maryland with the 10th overall pick in the 2020 Draft. ‘Stix’ appeared to be too young (he was only 20!), too thin and too limited athletically to hold up…