{"id":356425,"date":"2023-12-30T12:03:40","date_gmt":"2023-12-30T13:03:40","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/sportinfo.pro\/?p=356425"},"modified":"2023-12-30T14:01:17","modified_gmt":"2023-12-30T14:01:17","slug":"watch-rutgers-commit-and-5-star-forward-ace-bailey-shows-his-nba-draft-potential","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/sportinfo.pro\/?p=356425","title":{"rendered":"Watch: Rutgers commit and 5-star forward Ace Bailey shows his NBA draft potential"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Airious &#8216;Ace&#8217; Bailey was unstoppable at times on Friday night, the five-star forward putting together at &#8216;The Battle.&#8217; He did so on the very same Jersey Mike&#8217;s Arena court he will call home next year with Rutgers.<\/p>\n<p>Bailey finished with 40 points and 21 rebounds as McEachern (Powder Springs, Georgia) beat Camden (Camden, New Jersey) 77-52 in a showcase tournament hosted by <a href=\"https:\/\/rutgerswire.usatoday.com\/\">Rutgers<\/a>. Bailey, a 6-foot-9 forward, is a consensus five-star recruit who is ranked <a href=\"https:\/\/www.espn.com\/college-sports\/basketball\/recruiting\/player\/_\/id\/247669\/airious-bailey\">as the No. 3 player in the nation by ESPN<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p>McEachern has won four straight games <a href=\"https:\/\/www.maxpreps.com\/ga\/powder-springs\/mceachern-indians\/basketball\/schedule\/\">and is now 9-3 on the season.<\/a><\/p>\n<p>Bailey showed some good mid-range game and the ability to be a dominant force in the paint. It was a complete performance from Bailey as it mixed the sublime with some grit.<\/p>\n<p>Check out this impressive dunk from Bailey, showing off the explosive side of his game:<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\" data-media-max-width=\"560\">\n<p dir=\"ltr\" lang=\"en\">Ace Bailey is looking real comfortable on that Rutgers court <img src=\"https:\/\/s.w.org\/images\/core\/emoji\/14.0.0\/72x72\/1f929.png\" alt=\"\ud83e\udd29\" class=\"wp-smiley\" style=\"height: 1em;max-height: 1em\" \/><img src=\"https:\/\/s.w.org\/images\/core\/emoji\/14.0.0\/72x72\/1f525.png\" alt=\"\ud83d\udd25\" class=\"wp-smiley\" style=\"height: 1em;max-height: 1em\" \/><a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/AiriousB?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">@AiriousB<\/a> <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/TheBattleUS?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">@TheBattleUS<\/a> <a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/Ct4MHNAwz5\">pic.twitter.com\/Ct4MHNAwz5<\/a><\/p>\n<p>\u2014 SLAM HS Hoops (@SLAM_HS) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/SLAM_HS\/status\/1740909573958164854?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">December 30, 2023<\/a><\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n<p>Bailey featured heavily in his team&#8217;s game in &#8216;The Battle.&#8217; Future Rutgers teammate Dylan Harper, <a href=\"https:\/\/www.espn.com\/college-sports\/basketball\/recruiting\/player\/_\/id\/250614\/dylan-harper\">the nation&#8217;s second-highest-ranked recruit<\/a>, did not play due to injury.<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<div class=\"mh-excerpt\"><p>Airious &#8216;Ace&#8217; Bailey puts together a dominating performance for McEachern at &#8216;The Battle.&#8217;<\/p>\n<\/div>","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":286601,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":[],"categories":[1],"tags":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/sportinfo.pro\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/356425"}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/sportinfo.pro\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/sportinfo.pro\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/sportinfo.pro\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/sportinfo.pro\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=356425"}],"version-history":[{"count":2,"href":"https:\/\/sportinfo.pro\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/356425\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":356427,"href":"https:\/\/sportinfo.pro\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/356425\/revisions\/356427"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/sportinfo.pro\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/media\/286601"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/sportinfo.pro\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=356425"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/sportinfo.pro\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=356425"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/sportinfo.pro\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=356425"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}