Ace Bailey refused to work out for the Utah Jazz upfront of Wednesday’s NBA Draft. The Jazz drafted him anyway.
The Rutgers freshman had an unorthodox strategy to the pre-draft course of, refusing interviews and making it identified that he most popular an East Coast group. However the Jazz, led by new group president Austin Ainge, did not want to fulfill with Bailey to roll the cube on the proficient scorer.
There’s quite a bit to love about Bailey. He is an important shooter off the dribble. He is 6-foot-9, which is nice top for his place. Past the highest two of Cooper Flagg and his Rutgers teammate Dylan Harper, Bailey would be the participant with probably the most All-Star potential on this draft.
Ainge determined to take a swing on Bailey’s upside and gamble that the participant will recover from lacking out on his most popular groups, reportedly the Washington Wizards or Brooklyn Nets. Utah needs to be a super scenario for Bailey, on the court docket if not geographically. There is not any one blocking Bailey for taking part in time, Will Hardy is without doubt one of the NBA’s most promising younger coaches, and the group is filled with younger gamers. He might be taught quite a bit from Lauri Markkanen, one other tall and expert scorer.
There are two classes. The primary, as ESPN’s Jonathan Givony defined, is that there is “solely a lot an agent can do” to steer a participant to the place he desires to go. The second is that Austin Ainge and his father Danny, aren’t intimidated, they usually assume Bailey might be the star that they have been ready for years to get a shot at.
