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The Rutgers’ As Bailey is considered by many as the general prospect number 3 that leads to the NBA Draft of 2025, and many expect him to go to the 76ers philadelphia, the team that owns the selection.
But Bailey has canceled a visit to meet with the team and make a private training with them only one week before the Draft, according to ESPN.
Even strange, Bailey has not met with a single NBA team, begging the question of why.
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The As Bailey talks to the media during the 2025 NBA Draft Combine in Marriott Marquis Chicago. (Images of David Banks-Imagn)
According to the reports, Bailey was going to fly to Philadelphia for dinner with the main office of the team and then participate in a private training. It is common for the perspectives of the NBA draft to do so, like any other league, to acclimatize to its potential team.
But, according to the reports, Bailey has been decreasing the invitations of numerous NBA squads, all of which are among the 10 main on the Draft board, which makes it the only American prospect to not meet with a single team outside the NBA draft harvester.
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According to the reports, the Sixers have not ruled out the Bailey National Team, and ESPN said that Daryl Morey, president of basketball operations with the Sixers, selected the current guards Tyrese Maxey and Jared McCain without organizing a private training before past drafts.
Ace Bailey (21) participates in the 2025 NBA Draft Combine in Wintrust Arena. (Images of David Banks-Imagn)
Therefore, the same can be done with Bailey, who averaged 17.6 points, 7.2 rebounds and 1.3 assists in 33 minutes per game for Scarlet Knights in a mediocre year compared to where many believed they were preseason.
According to the reports, the Bailey camp has also been telling the teams that believe that the dynamic guard is a selection of the first three in this draft, although they want to make sure that he goes to a team that will make him play immediately.
Only the Cooper Flagg of Duke, who considers that it is the first general selection of the Dallas Mavericks, and the teammate of the Rutgers, Dylan Harper, who is the consensus of the San Antonio Spurs in No. 2, are above Bailey in most simulated drafts and classifications of prospects.
The Rutgers Scarlet Knights Guard, Ace Bailey (4), is executed on Wednesday, March 12, 2025, in a first round game in the Tiaa Big Big Ten 2025 male basketball tournament between the USC Trojans and the Rutgers Scarlet Knight in Gainbridge Fieldhouse in Indianapolis. The Hawkeyes defeated the Buckeyes, 77-70. (IMAGN)
A team could come to fly through the Draft Board to get Bailey if you feel you can have an immediate impact.
But Bailey is creating a lot of mystery and speculation by not meeting with teams less than a week before the NBA draft begins at Barclays Center on June 25.
