{"id":126038,"date":"2025-06-26T10:59:12","date_gmt":"2025-06-26T10:59:12","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nba\/126038\/"},"modified":"2025-06-26T10:59:12","modified_gmt":"2025-06-26T10:59:12","slug":"2025-nba-draft-winners-and-losers-a-quick-look","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nba\/126038\/","title":{"rendered":"2025 NBA Draft winners and losers: A quick look"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>\t\t\t\t<img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-3720007\" class=\"size-full wp-image-3720007 lazy-load\" src=\"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nba\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/06\/USATSI_26531656.jpg?w=100&amp;h=66\" alt=\"\" width=\"1000\" height=\"667\" data-lazy-src=\"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nba\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/06\/USATSI_26531656.jpg\" data-lazy- data-lazy-  \/><\/p>\n<p id=\"caption-attachment-3720007\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">Jun 25, 2025; Brooklyn, NY, USA; Ace Bailey arrives before the first round of the 2025 NBA Draft at Barclays Center. Mandatory Credit: Brad Penner-Imagn Images<\/p>\n<p>(Pick 5 &amp; 18, via Washington): Ace Bailey; 6-8 wing, Rutgers; Walter Clayton Jr, 6-3 guard, Florida<\/p>\n<p>Utah landed a potential two-way star in Bailey. At 19, his combination of length, athleticism and defense gives him All-Star upside, think a modern two-way combo forward who can guard multiple spots and knock down open shots. He needs to add strength and consistency on his shot diet, but if he puts it all together, he could be the Jazz\u2019s next cornerstone.<\/p>\n<p>Senior guard with deep shooting and lead-guard potential. Immediate backcourt help for a team that doesn\u2019t have a point guard of the future. He has clutch shooting ability and balance, fitting well in Utah\u2019s backcourt.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"Jun 25, 2025; Brooklyn, NY, USA; Ace Bailey arrives before the first round of the 2025 NBA Draft&hellip;\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":126039,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[3],"tags":[7,98,6],"class_list":{"0":"post-126038","1":"post","2":"type-post","3":"status-publish","4":"format-standard","5":"has-post-thumbnail","7":"category-nba","8":"tag-basketball","9":"tag-draft","10":"tag-nba"},"share_on_mastodon":{"url":"https:\/\/channels.im\/@nba\/114749319657879168","error":""},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nba\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/126038","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nba\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nba\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nba\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nba\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=126038"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nba\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/126038\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nba\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/126039"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nba\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=126038"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nba\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=126038"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nba\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=126038"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}