A disappearing genius! From the first day of entering the NBA, he was frantically killed and was completely eliminated at the age of 25!

Time went back to the summer of 2017. Before the NBA draft began, the final candidate for the No. 1 pick was never obtained. After all, whether it is Markle Fultz, Lonzo Ball, Jason Tatum, or our protagonist today, Josh Jackson, they are all regarded as powerful candidates. Of course, we have all known the result that Fultz became the chosen one, and Jackson was the fourth pick.

In fact, Jackson was completely capable of attacking the top three picks before the draft. After all, the Celtics wanted to try out with him many times, but he was like Ace Bailey this year, and whenever the Celtics made a tryout request, he flatly chose to refuse. It can be said that since he entered the NBA, he has been moving forward on the road of dying, which eventually led to his current downfall. Let’s walk into this story of the disappearing genius and see how he was wasting his talent arbitrarily!

1. The No. 1 high school student in the United States, regarded by the Sun as the future.

Back before Jackson entered the NBA, he was very energetic at that time. In his second year of high school, he could contribute 28 points, 15 rebounds and 6 assists, becoming the most famous high school student in Detroit, helping his high school team win the first Michigan championship in school history. Immediately after he transferred to California in his senior year, he soon became the core of Justin Sina High School, averaged 31.2 points per game and won a lot of honors. Therefore, when he graduated in 2016, Jackson had become the focus of attention across the United States. Whether it was Fultz, who later became famous in the NCAA, or Ball, who became famous early, he could not overshadow Jackson's limelight. In the list of five-star high school students selected by major media, Jackson also surpassed everyone and became the well-deserved number one high school student in the United States. Soon, he was recruited by the University of Kansas, a prestigious NCAA school, and became a member of the school team.

After entering the NCAA stage, Jackson performed well. As the core of the school team, he averaged 16.3 points, 7.4 rebounds, 3 assists, 1.7 steals and 1.1 blocks per game. In addition, his shooting percentage reached a good 51.3%, which is a very impressive performance for a freshman. It is also for this reason that he was elected as the best freshman in the Big 12 Division, and was selected as the second team of the All-American, the third team of the All-American selected by the Associated Press, and the best first team of the Big 12 Division. There is no suspense. Although he only helped Kansas reach the quarterfinals in March Madness, Jackson no longer had any nostalgia in the NCAA. He announced his participation in the NBA draft in 2017 and was selected by the Suns despite constantly refusing to tryouts. Although he has indeed started to commit suicide, it has to be said that his talent is indeed tempting, otherwise the Suns would not have liked him so much.

2. The thorn attributes completely exploded and kept wandering in the NBA.

However, as we said at the beginning, Jackson began to commit suicide from the first day of entering the NBA. At first, he was still relatively calm. After all, it was not easy to do anything out of order when he was just a newcomer. In his first season with the Suns, he also contributed 13.1 points, 4.6 rebounds, 1.5 assists and 1 steal. Overall, as a rookie player, his performance in his debut season was still satisfactory. However, as he became more and more familiar with the Suns, Jackson completely stopped pretending. Not only did he be casual and negative in the game many times, but he was also unwilling to follow the coaching team's advice. The team hoped that he could adjust his shooting posture and improve the efficiency of the goal. He said, "NIKE said my left hand is an iconic trademark" and directly choked the team. During the usual team training, he was always late and did not abide by the team's rules and regulations. It was precisely because of this that the Suns were completely disappointed with him and sent him away after two seasons.

After arriving at the Grizzlies, some fans and media believed that since they have been traded, Jackson could be a little more at ease, but the result was that he still did his own thing. Before the 19-20 season was about to start, he actually refused to participate in the team's training camp, which also angered the team and directly transferred him to the Development League, allowing him to play only 20 NBA games in total, and refused to execute the player option for the last year of his rookie contract. The Pistons, who don’t believe in evil, gave him a two-year, $10 million contract in 2020, but what’s the result? Although he contributed 13.4 points, 4.1 rebounds and 2.3 assists in the first year, his efficiency was extremely poor, and the data rose slightly. After the team gave him a certain position, he began to do something wrong again, causing trouble off the court, and was eventually given up again. Even though he was later signed by the Kings and Raptors, he no longer had the enthusiasm he had just entered the NBA. As a result, at the age of 25, this former No. 1 high school student in the United States was completely eliminated by the NBA and could only find opportunities in the Development League.

3. There are constant troubles outside the court, sad and hateful loser.

In fact, there are traces to Jackson's appearance today. He was born in a not-rich family since he was a child. He had never seen his father since he could remember, and his mother was a regular visitor to the prison. Jackson, who had not received any formal education, had never felt the warmth of family affection since he was a child. Even his basketball was more important than his mother forcing him to take the career path in order to make him stand out. It is precisely because of this that after receiving considerable salary, he completely "flyed" to the sky. Not only did they experience drunk driving or illegal driving on the field, they also destroy it in public and attack others, and were arrested for a while. What's worse is that he was reported to be addicted to consuming contraband, taking drugs in front of his young daughter, and even forcibly feeding his daughters these contrabands, which can be said to have completely lost his morality. So, Jackson has indeed been a pitiful person along the way. If he had received the love and education of his parents since he was a child, perhaps he could still play in the NBA and even become a star player now. But he is also hateful. He destroyed a bright future with his own hands and kept doing things wrong. This is his contradictory life.