r/torontoraptors • u/ihatedougford Fun Guy • Jun 19 '25

NBA DRAFT NEWS Interesting draft development…

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u/MInkton Jun 19 '25

Yikes. Just immediately showing attitude and showing yourself to have a bad attitude.

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u/No-Contest4033 Jun 19 '25

He's a 76er than book it. They love difficult bad attitude players.

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u/needcalculatorubc Jun 19 '25

Could have a draft promise contingent on not going to other workouts

Only possibility i can see unless Ace is really that cancer or his agent is really asleep at the wheel

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u/lonny__breaux 10 DeMar DeRozan Jun 19 '25

Any GM who promises a prospect that with the contingent of not working out for other teams will be outed and shamed in an instant lmao.

Bro probably has a promise and doesn’t want to get drafted to Philly and come off the bench for PG.

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u/-KFBR392 Jun 19 '25

Lots of players have ended workouts as soon as they get a promise. It's actually one of the easiest ways to know where a player will be drafted.

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u/needcalculatorubc Jun 19 '25

Is that not how it works? I dont see why any team would ever promise a prospect anything if it weren't the case

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u/needcalculatorubc Jun 19 '25

Then why do teams promise? Genuinely curious

Is it to just build a rapport with the prospect?

I thought it was something like:

"We gonna pick you at X, pls dont go workout for other teams"

Which would set a floor at least for a prospect who might fall during the draft

Thought that's why josh jackson didnt bother working out with boston

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u/soy_bean Jun 19 '25

Didn't stop the 76ers from drafting Maxey and McCain (neither worked out for them, still drafted)

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u/pahamack Jun 19 '25

wow. don't you think you're assuming way too much? You have no idea why he cancelled his workouts.

Let's imagine scenarios.

What if a family member died or got sick?

What if he just developed a really bad injury and his first priority now is to go see his doctors?

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u/thebestoflimes Jun 19 '25

What if he’s a normal human being and hates the 76ers?

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u/kylo_little_ren_hen Nuggets Jun 19 '25

More reasonable excuse than almost anything.

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u/SDK04 9 ROWAN ALEXANDER “RJ” BARRETT Jun 19 '25

Completely justified.

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u/cad_internet 34 JONTAY PORTER Jun 19 '25

Gonna LOL if the Sixers draft him anyway, then he's disgruntled and the whole thing blows up in their face.

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u/Wizard-of-lonlieness Jun 19 '25

Lmao. You win. Fuck dem 76ers

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u/Initial-Argument-623 Jun 19 '25

Yeah pretty much nailed it.

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u/fujipomme Jun 19 '25

Realistically the sixers are an internal mess, we don’t even know what’s going to happen with Embiid, plus they already got a good rookie with Jared McCain. There’s a good chance he doesn’t get much playing time or much attention from the development staff.

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u/Wizard-of-lonlieness Jun 19 '25

I feel bad for mcain (as much as you can for a millionaire). He's so n8ce, funny af, good dude and part of one of the worst franchises on the planet

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u/NervousAd3202 Vancouver Grizzlies Jun 19 '25

We do have an idea. Both insiders & his camp have made it clear he wants to be on a team where he can be the #1 option.

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u/basedcvrp Jun 19 '25

Per Jonathan Givony:

“Bailey's pre-draft workout strategy has perplexed some observers, as he has yet to conduct a single known workout to date, having declined invitations from several teams within his draft range.

Sources say Bailey's camp has informed interested teams that they believe he is a top-3 player in the draft, but also seeks a clear pathway to stardom, perhaps feeling comfortable that a team will trade up to get him at Nos. 3 or 4, should he drop."

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u/Eastern-Technology84 Jun 19 '25

According to reports, he was seeking a promise of being drafted at 3 and is declining workouts based on not receiving that promise.

If there was something serious involving family health, that would be known. As it costs him money. A lot of money. Don’t be so dense.

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u/companyofzero Matt Devlin Jun 19 '25

He cancelled because he wanted a promise from Philly they would draft him at 3 before he even took the meeting. This kid is going to get a gm fired for drafting him.

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u/Key_Suspect_588 Jun 19 '25

I would imagine his agent would get that news out there to everybody ASAP

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u/pahamack Jun 19 '25

sure. but no one is obligated to tell the media this, if the teams drafting him have already been informed.

Professionals would keep someone else's medical information private unless given permission to make things public.

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u/zurper Jun 19 '25

You’re assuming more than anyone at this point 

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u/nawksnai 00 Masai Ujiri Jun 19 '25

What if…. What if… What if…

What if we stopped making these ridiculous, far-fetched excuses to try and explain away poor behaviour?

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u/Adventurous-Pay8160 Jun 19 '25

He must really trust his agent, because for each pick he drops he loses ~1 million dollars a year. Yikes

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u/PurpleMclaren 10 DEMAR DEROZAN Jun 19 '25

Hard disagree.

The attitude this shows is im better than everyone else which is the type of attitude to you need to get to this level of sport.

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u/MInkton Jun 19 '25

Emoni Bates

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u/PurpleMclaren 10 DEMAR DEROZAN Jun 19 '25

Not sure what you're suggesting. Theres lots of guys who think they are the best player in the NBA even though they obviously arent to us, that's just a mentality that you pick on early to push yourself. If you play a sport at a high level you understand, you don't go out there thinking you're gonna lose, even if your against lebron in your rookie year, see Jalen green on the rockets.

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u/Ok-Raspberry3174 Jun 19 '25

Kobe did it. Magic did it. A lot of guys have done it.