Spotrac's Keith Smith spoke to one anonymous Jazz executive during this year's summer league in Las Vegas to capture some thoughts on the Ace Bailey situation, where the sentiment remained clear: the pre-draft chatter was overblown, and Bailey is ready to go in Utah.

Ace Bailey never doubted where his basketball journey would lead. As a nine-year-old, he already saw himself in the NBA and winning big. That early confidence remained captured in a 2016 video, now resurfacing after the Utah Jazz selected him with the No.

Paul George once said Ace Bailey was taking a "me over the team" approach to joining the NBA. But the basketball star has changed his tune recently.