Sources: Draft prospect Bailey cancels 76ers visit

Former Rutgers prima Ace Bailey has canceled a sojourn to the Philadelphia 76ers, sources told ESPN.

Bailey, the No. 3 imaginable connected ESPN's large board, was slated to alert to Philadelphia, owners of the No. 3 prime successful the draft, Friday, for meal with the team's beforehand bureau and a backstage workout, but elected to cancel connected Wednesday, sources told ESPN.

The archetypal circular of the 2025 NBA draught volition instrumentality spot connected Wednesday, June 25, astatine the Barclays Center successful Brooklyn.

Bailey's pre-draft strategy has perplexed NBA teams implicit the past month, arsenic helium is presently the lone US-based imaginable yet to sojourn immoderate NBA teams. He has declined invitations from aggregate teams successful his draught range, which is considered to beryllium anyplace from 3 to 8.

Projected top-2 picks Cooper Flagg and Dylan Harper person each visited the Dallas Mavericks and San Antonio Spurs, owners of the draft's archetypal 2 selections. VJ Edgecombe, ESPN's No. 4 prospect, has worked retired for the 76ers and the Washington Wizards (picking No. 6), and is presently scheduled to sojourn the Charlotte Hornets (No. 4).

The Sixers person not ruled retired selecting Bailey, contempt his refusal to sojourn Philadelphia, sources told ESPN. The squad has scouted him extensively passim the season, arsenic helium plays his assemblage hoops astatine adjacent Rutgers successful Piscataway, New Jersey, and interviewed him successful Chicago astatine the NBA Draft Combine. The squad volition person last discussions connected who to prime successful the coming week and is improbable to determination down successful the draught bid adjacent Wednesday, sources said.

President of hoops operations Daryl Morey has selected respective players successful the past without the payment of a backstage workout, including Tyrese Maxey and Jared McCain.

Sources accidental Bailey's campy has informed funny teams that they judge helium is simply a top-3 subordinate successful the draft, but besides seeks a wide pathway to stardom, hoping to find a concern with ample minutes and usage to maximize his chances of reaching his afloat potential. Should the 76ers, astatine 3, and Charlotte astatine 4, elite not to draught him, Bailey's campy has expressed the content that teams similar the Wizards, New Orleans Pelicans, oregon Brooklyn Nets, picking 6, 7, and 8, volition beryllium assertive looking to determination up successful the draught and prime him.

Bailey is presently slated to beryllium selected No. 6 successful ESPN's latest mock draft, released Tuesday, by the Wizards, aft being projected 2nd oregon 3rd for the past 12 months.

Jonathan Givony is an NBA Draft adept and the laminitis and co-owner of DraftExpress.com, a backstage scouting and analytics work utilized by NBA, NCAA and International teams.