NBA Draft Prospect Ace Bailey Cancels Sixers Workout Ahead of Draft

Ace Bailey, the No. 3 prospect in the 2025 NBA Draft, has canceled his scheduled visit and workout with the Philadelphia 76ers, the team owning the No. 3 pick, and has not met with any other NBA teams ahead of the draft. Despite this, the Sixers have not ruled out selecting Bailey, as they have scouted him extensively during the season and interviewed him at the NBA Draft Combine. Bailey's camp believes he is a top-3 player but is seeking a team that will offer him significant playing time early in his career, leading to speculation that he might fall past the Sixers and the Charlotte Hornets at No. 4. This strategy of avoiding team workouts is unusual and has puzzled NBA teams, as Bailey remains the only U.S.-based prospect not to have met with front offices outside the combine. The Sixers' president of basketball operations, Daryl Morey, has a history of drafting players without private workouts, which keeps Bailey in consideration despite his no-shows. Other top prospects like Duke's Cooper Flagg and Rutgers' Dylan Harper, as well as Baylor's V.J. Edgecombe, have engaged more actively in pre-draft visits and workouts.