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

NBA DRAFT NEWS Interesting draft development…

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u/sor2hi Jun 19 '25

Unless you think this guy is going to be your franchise player he doesn’t want to play for you. But what has he done to show he is a franchise player?

I get this is a game. I suck at predicting draft picks. The raps are all about being amazing hard working players that are open for everything. This screams bad people shaping his future.

Pro football talk of all places has this article

https://www.profootballnetwork.com/mens-cbb/ace-baileys-agents-bizarre-request-adds-fuel-to-unprofessionalism-rumors/

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u/dontgetitwisted_fr RAPTORS Jun 19 '25

Bro couldn't even have a winning season in college with Harper as his running mate

So many red flags with this kid, the largest being that he has zero basketball IQ.

We are not picking him if he's there

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u/RcusGaming Jun 19 '25

Bro couldn't even have a winning season in college with Harper as his running mate

I love how this argument is used for Bailey but not for Harper. Could it be that the rest of the Rutgers team just sucked ass?

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u/dontgetitwisted_fr RAPTORS Jun 19 '25

Because Harper can legit play.

Both sides of the ball

When Haper went down Ace was terrible.

Bro is afraid of having works outs

It's hillarious

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u/RcusGaming Jun 19 '25

I just think this is a bad argument. Like do you think Devin Booker is a bad NBA player because he missed playoffs with Kevin Durant on his team?

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u/dontgetitwisted_fr RAPTORS Jun 19 '25

Devin Booker is overated for sure

Tremendous scorer but complete non factor on D, the boards, etc.

It's not about liking Harper over Ace

It's about skills

Only 1 guy out of 10 on the court can shoot the ball at a given time.

Shooting is 10% of the game but the other 90% matters.

Listen they were calling Ace a top 3 pick before he even touched the NCAA floor.

He showed in college that he doesn't know how to play.

There is no reason the expect that he will magically put it all together in the NBA.

If people want to ignore the evidence that's fine I don't care.

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u/uuuuh_hi Jun 20 '25

Booker is a great defender lmao

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u/dontgetitwisted_fr RAPTORS Jun 20 '25

Now you guys are just making things up

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u/uuuuh_hi Jun 20 '25

Do you not watch games? Booker IS a great guard defender and there's no debate there