Sorry, Dylan Harper. Too bad, Ace Bailey. If I were the Sixers, I’d pass on Rutgers’ two stars.

There is something inherently unfair about the next sentence I’m about to type, but here goes:

If I were the 76ers, if I were Daryl Morey and his scouting staff, and if I were given the opportunity to select either Dylan Harper or Ace Bailey in next week’s NBA draft, I would pick someone else.

I would not pick someone who played at Rutgers last season, which Harper and Bailey both did. I would not pick someone who was one of the two best players on a team that finished 15-17, that lost 12 of its 20 games in the Big Ten, and that failed to qualify for the NCAA Tournament.

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