Get well bajaden. Look forward to your observations for years to come 

Well, the only way we end up with a 1st round pick is by getting lucky in the lottery, by buying one, or trading for one from a team like Oklahoma who has them out the ying yang. We do have 2nd round pick that we acquired in the Lavine deal. Don't remember the exact number but I believe it's in the forties.
I'm not doing a mock draft this year for a multitude of reasons. One, the fact that we don't have a 1st round pick, and the mock draft is a ton of work that takes a lot of prepreation. I will, God willing, be doing one next year. I will however be doing some critiques on some players I like in the draft just for the fun of it. I won't bother with the obvious players like Flag and Harper etc. I do like V J Edgecombe a lot. A freak athlete who remindes me a bit of a taller Fox, but doesn't have his handles.
I'm fascinated by Danny Wolf, the 7' center that plays like a SF at times. Terrific passer and has excellent handles for a big man. And he can shoot the ball. I'd love Derik Queen more if he could shoot the three better. Kasparas Jakucionis has the makings of a future star. He has all the tools.
As a final note: The main reason for my absence is a medical condition that I didn't know existed. But it's due to low sodium in your body's chemistry. The side effects of which among many, is severe cramping. Anytime I tried to type, or even write with a pencil, my hands would cramp up almost into a fist. It was not only very inconvienient, but painful. Anyway, through proper medication, I'm close to be back to normal. Better living through chemistry!
I always thought your medicine of choice was Cerveza but I guess there are some medical issues which require a more focused approach.
Draft Combine Invites
Here's the list of draft combine invites.
Not a ton of surprises here, basically everybody getting reliably mocked in the first or second made the list. If we consider Tankathon (who hasn't updated in 25 days) only JoJo Tugler (#55) and Xaivian Lee (#58) didn't get an invite.
On the list is Cedric Coward, who was injured for Washington State last year but is a pretty interesting 6'6" do-it-all wing with a 7'2" wingspan who recently committed for NIL at Duke. Hope Perry takes a look if he stays in the draft.
Patrick Williams might be the better comparison because Bilal actually looked like a basketball player playing in Euroleague.Cedric Coward appears to be this years Bilal Coulibaly
My assumption is that you will go through a round 1 mock draft in order to then be able to post your round 2 mock draft. If you do, I'd like to know your thoughts on which mid-to-late round 1 picks you wouldn't mind seeing the Kings trade into round 1 for. Maybe asking for mid round 1 picks is stretching it a bit, as I am not sure if we even have the assets required to trade that high into round 1, so even if your list includes players you've mocked in the 20s, that would be fine.Well, that was an ordeal. I've been trying to log in for it seems an eternity. For some reason they wern't recognizing my password. A password I've been using for around 20 years. So I was required to reset my password, and they said that they would send me an e-mail with the instructions. An e-mail that I never got. After ranting and cursing KIngsfan.com I decided to check my spam box on my e-mails. Low and behold, for some reason it decided that all the e-mails coming from Kingsfan.com were spam.
Anyway, obviously I got the problem resolved or you wouldn't be reading this. So I will be posting my thoughts on players that are obvious 2nd picks, and also borderling low 1st or high 2nd round picks. Not much point in spending my time on first rd picks unless the KIngs make a draft day trade to move up. My favorite dark horse in the lottery is Carter Bryant. I think he has a chance to be one of the top players in the draft when they re-draft a couple of years from now.
Well, Gordon is an elite athlete. Yaxel is a good athlete, but most of all, he's a highly skilled athlete, and not to beat a dead horse, but he knows how to play. I see starter material in him. Whether he ever reaches that or not remains to be seen. The only explanation for is low rating, is that UAB plays in a midlevel conference, and Yaxel is 22 years old. I could care less how old he is at this point when fans are talking about trading for 34 to 36 year old stars on the downside of their careers!Yaxel kind of looks like a less athletic Aaron Gordon. Probably a good time for him to be coming out.
The NIL is decimating the second round, at least on paper. If the Celts can’t find a taker for Jrue and we make a play for him, maybe we can swap our second rounder for one of their late firsts and have a better shot at grabbing a prospect. Toohey and Dixon might still be on the board at our pick but I won’t be surprised if they aren’t either.
Baja, if Yaxel goes earlier than projected, or if we don't want to trade that far up to grab him, how would you feel about trading up into the late first round (or early 2nd if he doesn't go in round 1) for Maxime Raynaud (Stanford)?Most mocks have them going after our pick, so I think there's a good chance. The player I'm hoping for is Yaxel. If we trade up, it more likely it will be with the Net's. They have 4 first rd picks, two of them back to back near the bottom of the first round, and we definitely have some connections with the Net's. I don't think there's any way on Gods earth that they plan on using all four of those picks. I think if the Kings can give Yaxel a promise he'll stay in the draft.
He's a player that can step in and play right now, and also make an impact. One can only hope
Most mocks have them going after our pick, so I think there's a good chance. The player I'm hoping for is Yaxel. If we trade up, it more likely it will be with the Net's. They have 4 first rd picks, two of them back to back near the bottom of the first round, and we definitely have some connections with the Net's. I don't think there's any way on Gods earth that they plan on using all four of those picks. I think if the Kings can give Yaxel a promise he'll stay in the draft.
He's a player that can step in and play right now, and also make an impact. One can only hope
If it’s Lendeborg the Kings are interested in then Brooklyn’s 26 or 27th picks might not do it. He seems to be rising. I haven’t yet looked at many mock drafts but nbadraft.net has him going 23 to Indiana. I don’t like that idea at all considering. Brooklyn also has the 19th, that might do it.
I assume Lyles won’t be back, but I can get behind a couple young guys like I. Jones and Lendeborg fighting for those PF minutes.