It’s the final weekend before the NBA regular season begins, which means you’re coming here for your fantasy basketball drafts.
Should you draft Ace Bailey this season? Here’s the latest outlook, projections, and rankings for the Utah Jazz Small Forward.
Should You Draft Ace Bailey in Fantasy Basketball?
Ace Bailey and his camp made headlines for all of the wrong reasons leading up to the 2025 NBA Draft, but he has since fired his agent and settled into Utah.
For fantasy managers, he is a high-upside dart throw who could pay off if his preseason production is any indication of how he’ll fare as a rookie. Through his first two preseason games, he averaged 22.5 points, 6.5 rebounds, 2.0 assists, 2.0 steals, and 2.0 threes on 40.0% shooting from 3. While it’s just the preseason, these flashes are intruiging and given the Jazz’s roster and expectations for the upcoming season, he should have the ball in his hands a ton and have every opportunity to succeed.
It’s somewhat concerning that he is dealing with tendonitis in both knees, but if he has the skill-set to fill the stat sheet and return value given where he’s being drafted.
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What Are Bailey’s Fantasy Basketball Projections This Season?
Based on our proprietary metrics here at PFSN, we project Bailey to score 1,623.3 fantasy points this season, with him averaging 11.9 points per game.
This includes 4.5 field goals per game, 1.1 three-pointers per game, 1.8 free throws per game, 4.4 rebounds per game, 1.3 assists per game, 0.8 steals per game, and 0.6 blocks per game.
Where Does Ace Bailey Rank in the Upcoming Fantasy Basketball Season?
Bailey is ranked 129th overall and 26th at his position. The five players ranked ahead of him overall include Yves Missi, Dillon Brooks, Dereck Lively II, Chris Paul, and Brandon Ingram.
The five players ranked behind him overall include Herbert Jones, Luguentz Dort, Gradey Dick, Brook Lopez, and VJ Edgecombe.
The five players ranked ahead of him at his position include Cam Whitmore, Zaccharie Risacher, Keldon Johnson, Brooks, and Ingram.
The five players ranked behind him at his position include Jones, Dort, Paul George, Tobias Harris, and Caris LeVert.
