Deandre Ayton's ceiling is somewhat fixed, due to work ethic, disposition, or the fact that his skills are more alluring than applicable.
The conventional thinking is that you can't coast into a job as an NBA point guard. There are too many very athletic dudes six-foot-five and under in the world, which makes fierce competition for spots at the most prolific prospect factory prep schools, the best AAU squads and college programs, the G-League and upper-tier European associations.
And seven-footers, provided they are more agile than your average utility van, really have to screw up. This was truer a decade ago than it is now—Jason Collins, if he had been drafted this past June, wouldn't be looking forward to a 13-year career—but there is still a relatively low skill and investment threshold for big fellas, simply because there aren't many human beings of that size roaming the earth.
In fact, it seems a perfect summary of Ayton's value that the Suns deemed him slightly less potentially helpful than the combination of Bradley Beal and Jusuf Nurkić. They decided to roll the bones with a pretty good scoring guard and a passable center who are almost always hurt.
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