Frozen Salt Lake City! The most crazy rookie in the NBA refuses to report to the Jazz, and the 48-hour ban is on high

The spotlights of the NBA draft have not yet completely cooled down, but the sky above Salt Lake City is covered with a biting chill. The fifth-coupe rookie Ace Bailey's breakup with the Jazz is escalating at an astonishing pace - a week after being selected, he has not set foot on Utah land and has even completely cut off contact with the team. A fierce collision of talents and rules ushered in the final countdown 48 hours before the opening of the Summer League training camp.

time is turned back to the draft night. When the Jazz CEO read out Bailey's name, the forward genius known as "the next McGrady/Durant" walked on stage, his face was as deep as water. The handshake with the president was cold and there was no smile on his face. This is not a shy boy, but a public declaration of his decisive attitude. Earlier this, Bailey dropped a bombshell into the league with a tough attitude of refusing the Jazz, Hornets and other teams. Sir

' olive branch failed to melt the ice. The latest news from the ace reporter Windhorst is even more shocking: Bailey's team completely blocked all communication channels of Jazz, and the registration plan was shelved indefinitely. When Chinese young player Yang Hansen took a special plane to Portland, when No. 1 pick Flag was already sweating profusely in Dallas, the figure of another first-round pick Clayton, the position of the No. 5 pick, was still dazzlingly vacant in the training hall of Salt Lake City.

Jazz management finally showed its trump card. The official statement is as cold as frost: "He needs to report before the training camp opens next Monday at the latest. If he appears, everything will turn around; if he is absent, he will bear the consequences at his own risk." This 48-hour ultimatum pushes Bailey to the edge of the cliff. There are only a handful of cases of rookies refusing to report in NBA history, and each ends with serious damage to the player's career.

This young man who said "the rookie is the All-Star in the Year + the best rookie" is challenging the iron law of professional sports in an extreme way. Although the Jazz is in the reconstruction period, they hold the dominance of the rookie contract. If Bailey insists on fighting, the team can completely put it on the shelf - no matter how talented you are, you will be like Madou if you don't play.

The midsummer in Salt Lake City should have given birth to hope, but now it is winter ahead of schedule because of a "ice core" that refuses to melt. When the countdown is reset to zero, is Bailey’s awakening or abyss? The entire league is staring at this ultimate game that concerns professionalism and personal ambitions.