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Phoenix Suns' Josh Jackson has hurdled 'rookie wall'

If you think Suns rookie forward Josh Jackson has a lot of energy, you should have seen him as a kid.

“I used to run around the house just tearing up stuff,” Jackson said. “I cut up the couch once with scissors. I don’t know why. I’d take out pieces of our carpet. I think I was trying to make a puzzle with them. I would get in a lot of trouble. A lot of trouble.”

And his punishment?

“I didn’t get grounded,” Jackson said, smiling. “I got beatings.”

A boy’s destructive habits – and tender backside – have become Phoenix’s gift.