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 approach to the pre-draft course of, refusing interviews and making it identified that he most well-liked an East Coast staff. However the Jazz, led by new staff president Austin Ainge, did not want to fulfill with Bailey to roll the cube on the gifted scorer.
There’s lots to love about Bailey. He is a terrific shooter off the dribble. He is 6-foot-9, which is nice peak for his place. Past the highest two of Cooper Flagg and his Rutgers teammate Dylan Harper, Bailey often is the participant with essentially 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 well-liked groups, reportedly the Washington Wizards or Brooklyn Nets. Utah needs to be a really perfect state of affairs for Bailey, on the courtroom if not geographically. There isn’t any one blocking Bailey for enjoying time, Will Hardy is among the NBA’s most promising younger coaches, and the staff is full of younger gamers. He may be taught lots 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 suppose Bailey will be the star that they have been ready for years to get a shot at.
