Report: Suns will not include Josh Jackson in trade for Kyrie Irving

Arizona Sports’ John Gambadoro reported Tuesday that the Phoenix Suns are not willing to include first-round draft pick Josh Jackson in a trade for Kyrie Irving.

The Phoenix Suns will NOT include Josh Jackson in any trade for Kyrie Irving.

— John Gambadoro (@Gambo987) July 25, 2017

Rumors had swirled as of late that the Suns could potentially acquire Irving, a 25-year-old point guard, from the Cleveland Cavaliers in a trade that would include Jackson plus point guard Eric Bledsoe, and potentially even more.

Cavs want Bledsoe, Jackson- Plus for Kyrie in any deal with the Suns. But I do not know what the plus is.

— John Gambadoro (@Gambo987) July 25, 2017

As the right-hand to LeBron James, Irving just finished his sixth NBA season — all with Cleveland — but it was recently reported that Irving wants to be traded away from the organization that drafted him as the first overall pick in 2011.

Jackson, meanwhile, was the Suns’ fourth overall pick in this year’s draft and stands at 6-foot-8, 207-pounds. The 20-year-old averaged 16.3 points, 7.4 rebounds and 3.0 assists as a freshman at Kansas.

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