Ace Bailey Rumors

Peterson silenced any doubts about his zeal for joining the Jazz immediately after being selected. He stressed in several interviews that night that he felt "super comfortable" during his meeting with Hardy and the Utah contingent at the scouting combine in Chicago. Peterson expressed appreciation that Jazz CEO Danny Ainge, president of basketball operations Austin Ainge, general manager Justin Zanik and vice president of player development Avery Bradley traveled to Peterson's hometown to meet with him days before the draft. Over the course of 17 days and two Salt Lake City Summer League games, the Jazz are confident their rebuild is coming to an end. With Peterson's potential and Keyonte George coming off a breakout campaign, Utah's backcourt has the chance to be special, especially alongside 2025 No. 5 pick Ace Bailey and midseason addition Jaren Jackson Jr. "What excites me the most is being able to be a part of the young core," Peterson said. "It's just a great basketball organization. I think everyone would agree with me, and we've kind of talked about it: It's time to win. So, to be a part of that is like a dream come true for me."

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Sarah Todd: Ace Bailey (back spasms) will not return to the Jazz Summer League game today

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Sam Amick: Difficult day for the Jazz on the optics front: Here you have Darryn Peterson refusing to work out for the team with the No. 2 pick, one year after Ace Bailey did the same (when they had No. 5).

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NBA Communications: The 2025-26 Kia NBA All-Rookie Second Team: Ace Bailey, @utahjazz Jeremiah Fears, @PelicansNBA Collin Murray-Boyles, @Raptors Derik Queen, @PelicansNBA Maxime Raynaud, @SacramentoKings

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Brian Windhorst: The sentiment that I have heard is that Washington is sending out the message that they’re willing to deal, but if they do a deal, people think it will most likely not be with Utah. Of course, there’s a long time between now and then. Tim Bontemps: I feel pretty confident the Wizards are going to pick somebody at number one. Tim MacMahon: There were some—how do I want to say this—feathers ruffled in Salt Lake City about perceived shenanigans with Ace Bailey in the pre-draft process last year. They thought maybe there were some shenanigans with the Wizards, who signed a two-way player named Sharife Cooper, who is Omar Cooper’s son.

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Klutch Sports Group: Welcome Ace Bailey

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Ace Bailey when asked about his expectations for the Jazz next season: "I don't know. I'm still trying to finish this one out... Really just dialed in on this [season] ... When somebody said we were 70 games in, I was like... what?"

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MrBuckBuck: Ace Bailey when asked about his expectations for the Jazz next season: "I don't know. I'm still trying to finish this one out... Really just dialed in on this [season]." "When somebody said we were 70 games in, I was like... what?"

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Mike Curtis: The NBA says Jazz rookie Ace Bailey will replace Cooper Flagg in tomorrow's Rising Stars game. Flagg is out through the All-Star break with a left midfoot sprain.

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The Jazz have upgraded Ace Bailey (left hip flexor strain) and Jusuf Nurkic (left 1st MTP sprain) to available for Monday’s game against Cleveland.

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Andy Larsen: Will Hardy on Ace Bailey’s hip injury: “Yeah, it's still day to day. You know, he felt like he could go in OKC, and then after his first two shifts, we didn't love how he looked moving, he didn't love how he felt, and so we don't want to put him in a position that hurts him.”

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Andy Larsen: Ace Bailey and Jusuf Nurkic are questionable for tonight’s game against Dallas.

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Andy Larsen: Jusuf Nurkic has been upgraded to available, will play against the Blazers tonight. Ace Bailey is still questionable.

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Kato Pariña: Ace Bailey and Jusuf Nurkić upgraded to questionable against Portland.

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