Amari Bailey (born February 17, 2004) is an American professional basketball player for the Iowa Wolves of the NBA G League.
He played college basketball for the UCLA Bruins, earning all-freshman honors in the Pac-12 Conference in his only season.
He is the son of Johanna Leia (real surname Edelberg), a social media influencer and former Ford model, and former NFL Indianapolis Colts wide receiver Aaron Bailey; the two eventually split.
[13][7][14] As a freshman, Bailey helped his team win the California Interscholastic Federation (CIF) Open Division state title.
At age 13, while in eighth grade, he committed to playing college basketball for DePaul, but he decommitted before starting high school.
[21][22] He later committed to UCLA as a high school freshman, before decommitting again eight months later when their coach, Steve Alford, was fired.
[24][25] Bailey was seen as the number one player by every recruiting service entering the summer off his senior season, before he suffered an injury which resulted in Bailey missing playing in the AAU circuit and early parts of Sierra Canyon season.
[27][17] Sources: Bailey began the 2022–23 season winning the Pac-12 Conference's freshman of the week award twice, and had a couple of 19-point games against Pepperdine and Stanford.
[40] He helped the Bruins advance to the Sweet 16 of the 2023 NCAA tournament, averaging 15.5 points and 6.0 assists while converting 49.5% of his field goals and 38.9% of his three-pointers.
He averaged 13.2 points, 4.2 rebounds, and 3.0 assists per game, helping his team win the gold medal.