Noah K. Murray

Sixers can’t make the same mistake thrice and draft Ace Bailey at No. 3

The word that matters most in the debate about Ace Bailey is the word that should matter most to the Sixers in Wednesday's draft. Maturity. A chronic lack of it is the primary reason the Sixers are where they are. It is why Ben Simmons pouted his way out of Philadelphia and into irrelevance. It is why Joel Embiid has never played in an Eastern Conference finals. It is why he is suddenly facing the very real prospect of becoming the greatest player never to have done so. And, yes, it is why the Sixers shouldn’t have Bailey’s name anywhere near the top of their draft board.

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