Ace Bailey's Rutgers career is over after a season.
The star recruit said to ESPN He declared Wednesday for the draft of the NBA 2025. Bailey's decision is not a surprise at all. It is considered a probable choice of the first five and could go as high as the No. 2 behind Cooper Flagg of Duke in June.
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Bailey was part of the recruitment class n ° 2 in the country before the 2024-25 season while he signed up in Rutgers with his first year colleague five stars Dylan Harper and three other very touted recruits. However, their arrival in Piscataway did not lead to an appearance of the NCAA tournament when Rutgers had trouble obtaining the production of players other than Harper and Bailey. Rutgers went 15-17 in total.
Harper was the team's top scorer with 19.4 points per game while Bailey raised the competition on average 17.6 points and led the team with 7.2 rebounds per game. No other rutgers player raised an average of more than 8.2 points per game, and Bailey and Harper were the main rebounds of the teams. Harper was also the head of the aid of Scarlet Knights.
Bailey's declaration comes almost a month after Harper's declaration for the project. The son of the former NBA goalkeeper Ron Harper said for the draft in March. The two players could make consecutive choices behind Flagg, who said for the project on Monday. The Duke Star is widely considered to be the overall choice n ° 1 after an average of 19.2 points and 7.5 rebounds per game and won the Wooden and Naismith awards.
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Bailey was player 2 of the recruitment class 2024 Behind Flagg and the first advantage in the country. Harper was player No. 3 and shooting goalkeeper No. 1.
The NBA 2025 recovery lottery takes place for May 12. The Charlotte Hornets Wizards, Utah Jazz and Washington are each have 14% chance of obtaining the first choice, while New Orleans Pelicans have a 12.5% chance and the 76ers of Philadelphia have a chance of 10.5% after their nightmarish season. The choice of Sixers is the top 6 protected in a business with Oklahoma City. If the Sixers find themselves outside the Top Six, the Thunder have the rights to the choice of Philly.
