{"id":147254,"date":"2025-06-27T00:10:08","date_gmt":"2025-06-27T04:10:08","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/lastwordonsports.com\/basketball\/?p=147254"},"modified":"2025-06-27T00:10:08","modified_gmt":"2025-06-27T04:10:08","slug":"jazz-top-pick-ace-bailey-request-trade","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/lastwordonsports.com\/basketball\/2025\/06\/27\/jazz-top-pick-ace-bailey-request-trade\/","title":{"rendered":"Could Jazz’s Top Draft Pick Request Trade?"},"content":{"rendered":"

When Ace Bailey<\/a>‘s name was called, announcing that he had been selected<\/a> by the Utah Jazz with the fifth overall pick in the 2025 NBA Draft, there didn’t appear to be the usual excitement. He wasn’t smiling ear to ear. He wasn’t giddy.<\/p>\n

Of course, most people aren’t body language experts. They certainly aren’t telepathic. So, everyone that’s doubted whether he was happy about being taken by the Jazz could be wrong. In his own words, Bailey is only focused on playing basketball and improving. Nevertheless, after doing everything he could not to be drafted by Utah, they took him anyway.<\/p>\n

Ace Bailey Adds Fuel To Fire Amid Head-Scratching Jazz Draft<\/h2>\n

“I asked Omar Cooper his thoughts on his client’s future in Utah and he declined to answer those questions,” ESPN and DraftExpress analyst Jonathan Givony told his colleagues during Day 2 of the 2025 NBA Draft. “He told me there’s nothing uncommon about Bailey’s pre-draft process. 18 teams interviewed him, they all saw him work out at the NBA Draft Combine, they all have his medicals (and) his measurements. He’s not the first player to decline or cancel workouts.”<\/p>\n

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Ace Baileys agent (Omar Cooper) declined to comment on his clients future in Utah with the Jazz, per @DraftExpress<\/a> pic.twitter.com\/KvrjuIKlyz<\/a><\/p>\n

\u2014 Fullcourtpass (@Fullcourtpass) June 27, 2025<\/a><\/p><\/blockquote>\n