On Tuesday, Bailey was asked by reporters how he was tuning out the noise, and what he thought about his now highly-publicized situation. "I'm just working on basketball, that's all I'm focused on so far," Bailey said. Bailey was then asked if he thought people had the wrong perception of him after his decision to not attend pre-draft workouts.

Ace Bailey was the No. 2 recruit (behind Cooper Flagg) in his high school class. He spent the bulk of his lone campaign at Rutgers in the third spot in most mock drafts (behind Flagg and Bailey's teammate,

Philadelphia 76ers star Paul George gives NBA Draft prospect Ace Bailey some advice about his draft stock potentially dropping.