DRAFT PICK discussion thread

[allrightythen]

Skal and WCS have had multiple years. And a long athletic big is not a least valuable position. All depends if his shooting develops. Sounds a lot like Fox doesn’t it.

It's kinda weird with Bagley. He shot it well from 3 albeit sparingly (1.8 attempts/gm) at Duke but his FT% was poor. His form seems solid though and if his work ethic is as advertised I'm confident he will improve as a shooter. If he does his offensive ceiling is extremely high. I'm much more concerned with his defense. He didn't just look bad, he looked lost/disinterested etc...

 

[roasthawg]

Diop and Fraiser last two SF

Let's get diop

 

[Gguod]

Dude Amare was single handedly worth 29 wins over those three seasons. If a guy is worth almost ten wins a season that's huge. Nash was the best player on that team, no doubt about it. We're talking about the value of Amare though as he compares well to Bagley. 10 wins a year is huge.

54 wins to 61 wins is not significant for me if we are talking about the impact of a supposed franchise player for us. That being the best case scenario for Bagley, to me its a hard pass at #2. Plus him playing or not literally had no impact on their playoff succes on those three seasons

 

[206Fan]

Kings only draft players who come work out for them. Here's the list of those players remaining:
-SG Diallo
-PG/SG Milton
-SG/SF Alkins
-SF Williams
-SG Mykhailiuk
-SG Hall
-PF Johnson

 

[biltalent]

One of Melton (#12 on my board), Vanderbilt (#26) and Bates-Diop (#22) is guaranteed to be there now at #37. Some really good talent available..

 

[Blob]

The amount of negativity of StR is crazy, you'd think someone died.

 

[sactowndog]

Center is a position where its easiest to find cheap quality production. That makes it the least valuable position

He is a PF

 

[New Era]

Who’s the pick here for us?

 

[206Fan]

lol wtf Shams tweeted our pick, then deleted it. I almost freaked out

 

[Blob]

One of Melton, Vanderbilt and Bates-Diop is guaranteed to be there now at #37. Some really good talent available..

Melton looks okay but too small to play the wing.

 

[Blob]

Ha-ha, Gary Trent Jr. Bagleys teammate!

 

[dude12]

Gary Trent jr....meh

 

[Gguod]

He is a PF

Traditional non shooting pf at #2, even better

 

[206Fan]

he's being traded to Portland

 

[kingdivac]

It's kinda weird with Bagley. He shot it well from 3 albeit sparingly (1.8 attempts/gm) at Duke but his FT% was poor. His form seems solid though and if his work ethic is as advertised I'm confident he will improve as a shooter. If he does his offensive ceiling is extremely high. I'm much more concerned with his defense. He didn't just look bad, he looked lost/disinterested etc...

Yes I saw it as lackadaisical.....I was hoping they'd go JJJ precisely because of the defense. Definitely saw JJJ as a better fit for the Kings addressing interior defense. With Bagley it's a big question-mark.

 

[YoungBlood]

Why no Keita Bates-Diop???

 

[Bosnian Diehard]

This could mean we are looking to play Hield and Bogdan together next season, with Trent coming off the bench.

EDIT: Guess not, he's being traded.

 

[Double-K]

 

[sactowndog]

Traditional non shooting pf at #2, even better

Relax. He shot a high percentage from 3. We shall see if he can extend to the NBA 3 or not. Yes if he can’t it’s a problem but Luka wasn’t a 40 percent shooter either.

 

[206Fan]

uhm did we just sell our 2nd round pick? Portland has no other draft pick...

 

[sactowndog]

uhm did we just sell our 2nd round pick? Portland has no other draft pick...

I hope not

 

[biltalent]

Bad organizations stay bad for a reason.

 

[allrightythen]

Got 2 future 2nds for Trent. Ok, I guess.

 

[Jkbiker]

Another SG? Whaaaaat?
Hield to starting SG So Bogdan going to SF?
Trent, Justin bench?

 

[biltalent]

uhm did we just sell our 2nd round pick? Portland has no other draft pick...

Two future seconds according to Woj.

 

[OptimusRhyme]

trade him to get Papagiannis back??

 

[roasthawg]

54 wins to 61 wins is not significant for me if we are talking about the impact of a supposed franchise player for us. That being the best case scenario for Bagley, to me its a hard pass at #2. Plus him playing or not literally had no impact on their playoff succes on those three seasons

You cherry picked the worst of the three seasons at only +7. The other two were better. The average was almost ten. For one player that's a major impact. It's not LeBron James but it's all star level. And maybe Bagley exceeds that... Pollard thinks his game is custom made for the NBA. A lot of the ex pros seem to like him the best in the draft. If you just want to look for the negative that's on you
... There's plenty of positives here.

 

[Gguod]

Relax. He shot a high percentage from 3. We shall see if he can extend to the NBA 3 or not. Yes if he can’t it’s a problem but Luka wasn’t a 40 percent shooter either.

Bagleys lack of jump shot attempts and his very poor ft% (62) indicates he wont be a good shooter in the Nba. Doncic shot a lot of threes off the dribble, contested shots ect and still had decent percentage. Also much better ft%. Everything suggests he will be a lot better shooter than Bagley in the Nba

 

[allrightythen]

Yes I saw it as lackadaisical.....I was hoping they'd go JJJ precisely because of the defense. Definitely saw JJJ as a better fit for the Kings addressing interior defense. With Bagley it's a big question-mark.

Yeah I would have liked to have one of those defenders (JJJ, Bamba, even Carter) but it just wasn't in the cards.

 

[206Fan]

Justin Jackson is horrible. I'd easily take 4-5 other 2nd rounders over him at SF.