I love it. It's an effort statistic and the more we get of that, the better.
I could get on board with Devin Carter, Nique Clifford, and Keegan Murray at the 1-2-3 positions with a new frontcourt if that's the plan. That's three guys on the perimeter who are all hard workers, can defend their position, and should keep most opposing backcourts off the glass. I'm lukewarm on this pick mostly because our front office hasn't done anything yet to indicate that they're going to commit to the young guys. Drafting one of the oldest players in the draft at a position where we have no immediate need just feels like business as usual to me for an endlessly risk-averse Sacramento Kings front office.
And if it is business as usual, we can expect them to waffle around adding B-tier free agents to further clutter the depth chart while refusing to sell off the veterans until they lose almost all of their value. If we sign someone like Dennis Schröder and roll with LaVine, Sabonis, and DeMar in the starting lineup again while a better, tougher squad of hungry young guys rides the bench I will not find much joy in watching the Kings next season. I look forward to being pleasantly surprised though if this Kings front office is actually built different than the rest.