The Official Draft Day thread

[kingsboi]

my boy Harry! yes! hey Blob...this ones for you!!

 

[CyKings]

Giles was the top high school player in 2016. Sounds similar to someone on the team...

 

[PurpleHaze]

#34 up eventually but this has been VERY good Kings draft!

 

[steelevt]

a pick from kentucky, unc and duke. march madness next year is gonna be fun for them

 

[kingsboi]

Spoilers were dropped in this thread. I was thumbing out a post about TJ Leaf potentially falling to 20 and then I saw we made our pick and checked to make sure I hadn't been 10 minutes behind...but Woj bombs made it here

I thought we decided before the draft that no spoilers in the thread?

 

[funkykingston]

Giles eh?

Not a huge fan of this pick but if Vlade liked Jackson at 10 then you're playing with house money so you might as well gamble.

Maybe the biggest boom or bust pick in the draft.

 

[Joshoua]

I'll say this if Giles regains his explosiveness we just got a top 5 player great pick great pick

 

[Rockmeister]

I can only delete spoilers so fast.

Kind of ruined it... Not you just the people that did. Oh well

 

[206Fan]

Scared of his knees....not sure what his strengths are even when he's healthy.

 

[Kingz19]

I'm not comfortable with this pick to be honest. Obviously you got to love the upside but that injury history is just frightening.

 

[est.1999]

You guys do realize they're on a commercial schedule every 5 picks, right??

 

[kingsboi]

I will be buying me a Giles jersey shortly one of my favorite prospects...good job Vlade!

 

[ESP47]

Wish we would have taken OG if we were going to take the risk. At least he's less of a risk.

The Niners tried doing this by drafting would be first rounders with bad injuries in the later rounds and they all turned out to be wasted picks.

 

[Sac.Kings]

Risky pick. FILLED with talent though, so I can understand the risk.

 

[Joshoua]

Who else doesn't want to hear about Jimmy F'ing Butler any more??

Give me that than Lavor bull crap

 

[KingsFanSince85]

yeah, I'm not sure about taking a kid with ACL's in both knees -- but, if they really feel it's worth the risk I guess I'm ok with it.

 

[Arkitect]

High risk. High reward. As a rebuilding team we need to swing for the fences.

 

[The Hammer]

Somebody calm my fears about his knees.

 

[hrdboild]

Meh, I think those were both wasted picks but that's what I expected. It's pretty rare the front office cherry picks the same guys I do. But hopefully I'll be pleasantly surprised. At least we got Fox. I can't be mad after that.

 

[kingdivac]

my boy Harry! yes! hey Blob...this ones for you!!

Has a good motor, and some post moves.....uses his left pretty well too.....should provide some depth....

 

[Merdiesel]

Skal in 2016.
Giles in 2017.

Back to back steals of the draft. Love what Vlade is doing with this team.

 

[kingsboi]

Risky pick. FILLED with talent though, so I can understand the risk.

in the 20's the Kings can afford to take a risk...they have a lot of youth as it is. If he busts, so be it. I applaud Vlade for having the cajones, you need to have that as a GM.

 

[andjel]

Somebody calm my fears about his knees.

he has two knees...

 

[KingsFanSince85]

I'm thinking they bring Giles along very slowly and he'll be in RENO for most the season.

 

[Bibby10AZ]

summer league is going to be so fun to watch

 

[AaronPDX]

Did we just get Greg Oden II ?

 

[Joshoua]

If Giles hits WCS will be his back up that's how good he can be let's pray. We have enough young talent to make that gamble

 

[Capt. Factorial]

Somebody calm my fears about his knees.

We have Hield, Fox, Bogdan, Skal, WCS, Jackson, Malachi, and PapaG. We can afford to take a chance on the guy who was the top HS player two years ago.

 

[Kingz19]

Scared of his knees....not sure what his strengths are even when he's healthy.

ESPN panel said he was like a young C-Webb in high school which would be when he was last healthy.

 

[Sac.Kings]

in the 20's the Kings can afford to take a risk...they have a lot of youth as it is. If he busts, so be it. I applaud Vlade for having the cajones, you need to have that as a GM.

I liked Evans myself, but I am ok with this.