IF Ace Bailey is off our board… who do we pick?

[The Midnight]

Because he was leaving interviews early to vape and had concerning medicals among other things? It was more than just his behavior.

Yeah so it’s possible Ace is putting off Sixers, NO and now us…

 

[The Midnight]

Closest poll yet.. lol..

This is a VERY interesting scenario.

 

[Flc]

Yeah but if he had received a promise from us, and had accepted it, surely the least he could do is give us a workout?

You need to think strategically. If you’re the GM, trying to get a player to drop two spots without, say, taking on the worst contract in the league, a couple things have to go right:

—You have to piss Philadelphia and Charlotte off enough that they skip your target player in the draft.
—You have to make teams below you not make a deal with Philadelphia or Charlotte.

Skipping all workouts, cancelling on Philly at the last minute - good way to piss Morey off.

Windhorst (who Ainge has a cozy relationship with) makes “teams souring on Ace” a subject of national conversation. DraftExpress says Ace passed on Utah - exactly what you’d want the teams below you to think.

I’m just saying - something fishy is going on and I would not be shocked at all if Ainge were behind it. This is how he moves.

 

[The Midnight]

You need to think strategically. If you’re the GM, trying to get a player to drop two spots without, say, taking on the worst contract in the league, a couple things have to go right:

—You have to piss Philadelphia and Charlotte off enough that they skip your target player in the draft.
—You have to make teams below you not make a deal with Philadelphia or Charlotte.

Skipping all workouts, cancelling on Philly at the last minute - good way to piss Morey off.

Windhorst (who Ainge has a cozy relationship with) makes “teams souring on Ace” a subject of national conversation. DraftExpress says Ace passed on Utah - exactly what you’d want the teams below you to think.

I’m just saying - something fishy is going on and I would not be shocked at all if Ainge were behind it. This is how he moves.

Wow.

That would be AMAZING if true.

 

[MTS]

Where's the "Trade Down" option?

 

[Thee Jazz Fan]

Again, it’s not up to us, it’s the FO’s decision.

Why didn’t a number of teams take Cam Whitmore?

Huge difference between the two, huge!

 

[Flc]

I mean, I’m not reporting this. Maybe this is all Washington’s play. I just know it’s someone’s.

 

[Max Porter]

We might look back at Fears and say wow how did we miss this kid? He can ball. He's got flaws in his game but tell me a player who doesn't at 5.

 

[Bodhi]

Because he was leaving interviews early to vape and had concerning medicals among other things? It was more than just his behavior.

Are you mixing Cam and GG? I never heard Cam vaped at all, but GG did.

 

[The Midnight]

We might look back at Fears and say wow how did we miss this kid? He can ball. He's got flaws in his game but tell me a player who doesn't at 5.

How is he different to Sexton coming out of college though?

 

[The Midnight]

Are you mixing Cam and GG? I never heard Cam vaped at all, but GG did.

Why did Cam fall again?

I feel like that’s still a mystery.

 

[Max Porter]

If Ace is off the board though that means Tre is most likely available. If Tre goes three then Edgecombe is available at 5 and we'll take either over the three guys you listed.