Could the Jazz Milk Washington if The Ace Saga Sours?

[stitches]

I don't see why there would be rules against paying players for workouts/interviews.

Yeah... my guess is this money is not for Ace. This guy just seems like a typical AAU grifter dad who found his cash cow after failing to make his son into a legit player and now is trying to get as much money and power as possible while he still is in the good graces of Ace and his family.

 

[Saint Cy of JFC]

Jebus man. Connect the damn dots.

Idk if you got some sourced information from all your dms, but I haven't seen enough good reporting on the topic to have a full opinion of what's going on.

 

[NAOS_pt2]

They will come out. If half of it is true it’s just so simple. Omar is canvassing the teams for the best deal for him not Ace. He gives zero ****s about how hard he is screwing ace. If some real pros get around Ace I think Omar gets evicted.

Yep, this has the "if half true, then..." vibe written all over it. I hope this all ends up being a good early lesson for Ace, because this kinda **** won't stop coming at him.

 

[Saint Cy of JFC]

Yeah... my guess is this money is not for Ace. This guy just seems like a typical AAU grifter dad who found his cash cow after failing to make his son into a legit player and now is trying to get as much money and power as possible while he still is in the good graces of Ace and his family.

So Ace is just a blind baby deer who didn't read any of the stories coming out the last weeks?

 

[idiot]

This is SPECULATION on my part. But if he was asking for money from teams for interviews, it's really not that far off a step from taking money from a team to guide Ace there. He just seems like a sleazeball who's taking advantage of a player and trying to get as much money as possible in the most stupid ways while he still has some sway with the player.

Wasn't the charge (I think from Gary Parrish) not that he was asking for money from teams for interviews, but that he was asking media for money for he himself (Cooper) to be interviewed on camera? Or have you heard differently?

 

[Jazz Fusion]

I like what The Ringer had to say...
"Predraft reports suggested that Ace Bailey and his management were trying to maneuver themselves to one of three preferred destinations: Washington, New Orleans, or Brooklyn. Just three days ago, Bailey declined to work out for the Utah Jazz, according to ESPN’s Jonathan Givony. And with a whole lot of chalky picks from no. 1 to no. 4, it seemed like Bailey might have gotten away with it. But Ace must have thought he was intimidating some other nepo baby executive. He must not have been familiar with Austin Ainge’s game. With the fifth pick, the new Jazz president of basketball operations Tommy Lee Jones’d the kid."
The rest of the article talks about him staying in Utah.

 

[The Midnight]

They will come out. If half of it is true it’s just so simple. Omar is canvassing the teams for the best deal for him not Ace. He gives zero ****s about how hard he is screwing ace. If some real pros get around Ace I think Omar gets evicted.

If this is true then we’re safe.

There’s no way Ace would turn up just cos his agent couldn't get the right ”deal”.

Where are his parents in all of this BTW?

 

[stitches]

So Ace is just a blind baby deer who didn't read any of the stories coming out the last weeks?

Lets hope he is reading and seeing what's going on... also... keep in mind that he's been around this guy for like... half his life probably. Sometimes it's not that easy to break cycles of abuse ...

 

[Handlogten's Heros]

Idk if you got some sourced information from all your dms, but I haven't seen enough good reporting on the topic to have a full opinion of what's going on.

Some people have DMd me… and it wasn’t Evan Sidery

 

[slc]

If Ace would just fire his agent and hire a legit one Jazz would bend over backwards to make him happy

 

[Flc]

Some people have DMd me… and it wasn’t Evan Sidery

You have to imagine that either the League Office or the Ainges are calling Paul and Bartelstein and other power agents to reverse-Omar the entire situation: "Get this kid and his family away from this dude."

 

[stitches]

If Ace would just fire his agent and hire a legit one Jazz would bend over backwards to make him happy

Agreed on the second part. I think both the Jazz and Jazz fans should show him unconditional support and love(at least now). This whole mess doesn't seem like it's his fault.

 

[Flc]

Some people have DMd me… and it wasn’t Evan Sidery

Locke on weekend vacation, Windhorst playing cards close to vest to keep his sources flowing with info... sounds like the window is wide open for EMERGENCY POD!

 

[Handlogten's Heros]

If Ace would just fire his agent and hire a legit one Jazz would bend over backwards to make him happy

Give it a couple weeks. This is a guy who was all in Aces life for multiple years. It’s seriously some grooming ****. Not just a guy you can fire and it’s over… I think firing the agent is on the table. I could also see him realizing the writing is on the wall and backing down. Which honestly is worse.

 

[fishonjazz]

Jordan Poole’s been traded to NO.

Ah I see. Thanks for the info. Google is unaware apparently. I googled "washington wizards roster" and he was still on there.

 

[framer]

If Ace would just fire his agent and hire a legit one Jazz would bend over backwards to make him happy

Clutch is laughing their *** off about all of this.

 

[fishonjazz]

I don't see why there would be rules against paying players for workouts/interviews.

True but there was a second half of his post that you didn't address. And its all speculation of course.

 

[slc]

Think how good Ace would be if he did not have this Cooper dude up his back side half his life giving him advice
Think how good Ace would be if he had a top ten agent handling him

 

[Handlogten's Heros]

Clutch is laughing their *** off about all of this.

Bartelstein would have got him where he wanted lol. But also Bartelstein would have likely been getting him drafted as high as possible to max his earnings.

 

[NAOS_pt2]

Just for the record:
The annual salary difference between being picked #3 and being picked #6 via last year's salary structure: