Bailey Cancellation City Trials Causing City Caused Heavy Discussion: Experts criticize agents for making fools, Meiji predicts the draft pick to decline

On June 19, 2025 popular rookie Ace Bailey canceled the Philadelphia 76ers trial. As of now, he has not visited any team. This year's top rookie also stated that he will not visit any team before the draft. His agent team firmly believes that Bailey is the strongest rookie of this year.

According to a long article by Philadelphia reporter Kyle Neubeck, it was originally planned that Bailey would fly to Philadelphia on Friday night to have dinner with team executives for a trial Saturday, and the team has prepared air tickets, hotels and dinners for the next two days. As a result, Bailey unilaterally defaulted, and all this had to be cancelled.

Bare 6-foot 7, Bailey averaged 17.6 points, 7.2 rebounds, 1.3 assists, 1.0 steals, 1.3 blocks in the 24-25 season, with a shooting percentage of 46.0% and a three-point shooting percentage of 34.6%. He does have a high talent, but his agent team is really poor.

Philadelphia Media: Bailey's agent is Sharif Cooper's father (Omar Cooper), which is enough to show why their choice is so bad. (Omar Cooper only has Bailey who may enter the NBA, and there are still a few WNBA players left. His company is not well managed)

European basketball expert Wang Jian commented on the operation of Bailey's team: Bailey has become the only American rookie who has not gone to any NBA team to train. There are only two possibilities: either he has received the promise of a certain team or his agent is messing around.

After talking about the choice of Bailey's team, NBA draft expert Jonathan Keewoney said: "Belley has become the only popular rookie who has not conducted any trials, which will affect his draft market."

In the latest NBA official draft prediction, Bailey has dropped from third to sixth. The gap between third and sixth is huge, and the salary is millions apart. Is Bailey worth it?

Philadelphia reporter Jason Dumas wrote: Bailey's team hopes to get a Philadelphia selection commitment before the trial, and needs to give him a starting seat, sufficient appearance time, training plan, etc., so the possibility of cooperation between the two sides is significantly reduced.

Text/Yan Xiaobai: Draft Observation