
Sources: Team in top five told not to pick Bailey
Jonathan Givony and Tim Bontemps
created: June 27, 2025, 2:54 p.m. | updated: June 27, 2025, 7:23 p.m.
Open Extended ReactionsNEW YORK -- Leading up to the NBA draft, Ace Bailey's representatives informed a team drafting inside the top five that they didn't want that team to select the Rutgers wing and that he wouldn't report if it did, sources told ESPN on Thursday.
5 pick by the Utah Jazz, a team Bailey didn't work out for and one of which the No.
"Every NBA team watched him work out in Chicago," Cooper told ESPN.
2 pick last year after he chose not to work out for the team with the first selection, the Atlanta Hawks.
Jonathan Givony is an NBA draft expert and the founder and co-owner of DraftExpress.com, a private scouting and analytics service used by NBA, NCAA and international teams.
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