Prior to the NBA draft, a top prospect, Ace Bailey, declined to participate in pre-draft workouts with any team. This included the Utah Jazz, who took him with the No. 5 pick on Wednesday. ESPN's Jonathan Givony reported that Bailey's representatives told at least one team with a top-five draft pick not to select Bailey and that he wouldn't report if they did.
Though it's unclear if the Jazz are the team Bailey's representatives told not to take Bailey, ESPN's Brian Windhorst reported Thursday that Bailey was "very clearly" trying to land in certain spots in the draft, and that the Jazz were not one of those places.
