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The development path is key with Ace. Get him to buy into being Jaden McDaniels plus (at least to start his career) and you are on to something. If you ended up with Rudy Gay but maybe he hits like 37% of his threes and takes 6-7 a game that might be something.In the last week I think I've decided that VJ is the 3rd best guy in this draft (RIP Kas). I'm not sure if I would feel strongly enough to move 21 to get there, but maybe. Tre, Kon, Ace, Fears are in the same tier for me.
I would be in on Ace if I was PHI, but for UTA specifically I might fade him. Don't love him in a tanking situation and think we just make him into Rudy Gay 2.0.
If he's a hard worker and coachable then the development staff needs to do their job and mold him... if he wants to be 6'9" Jordan Clarkson he might be in trouble. I would ask Hardy to take the Hard Willy approach with Ace rather than the Lisan Al Gaib approach.