This is the 12th pick in a weak draft which means chaos value wise. So, lets not get that twisted either. You're looking at it in a bubble and that's been this franchises undoing for years. Even prior to Vlade. That's the same thing that tricked people into thinking George Hill was one of the greatest pickups for Sacramento while some questioned how Fox fits in next to him or that Ben and Nik wouldn't get in each others way. Drafting another PG wouldn't be Kangz, the Kings will likely turn it into Kangz if history is any indication. In reality the Kings have probably killed more young careers than they've simply picked talent with poor potential.
Lewis could be the BPA, although plenty of mocks don't indicate it from what I've seen, but in this draft that doesn't really mean much. He could even end up the best talent IF he finds the situation to showcase it and we've heard everything you've mentioned before especially "WE WILL FIGURE IT OUT LATER" when it came to drafts and signings and watched it fail time and time again. I mean, that should be the slogan outside the arena. "FIGURE IT OUT LATER". Yet, they never seem to hmmmm... If the team were rebuilding then fine but drafting two players that have gaps in their game and likely don't fit together unless something unusual happens like having two players that aren't great perimeter threats or that lack swing size run your offense at the same time LOL. Not thinking of depth or position when you are talking about a lotto pick that isn't a clear cut superstar gets you, well, Papa G. Papa G who looked like a world beater on tape but you had a stuffed front court so even if he was you would NEVER find out. And in the end, shocker, he never got a real chance to show anything. Then multiple SG's last year when you had two already not getting a fair crack while getting paid or preparing to get paid while Bol Bol and Ignas are there. Heck they drafted Ignas. Size/shooting matters because they can find a role more easily even in a worst case scenario. Versatile players are one thing, but one position players that play basically the same way as your "franchise" player is going to put the player ending up on the bottom of that internal competition in a rough spot. I guess we still haven't learned our lesson about Fox playing off the ball? Even if he were able to develop there is that the best usage for him anyway?
That said with this draft in particular. Ball, or Haliburton types are different. They can run offense but they have size and other intangibles so that it could work. This is the same reason why Fox/Doncic wouldn't have been a guarantee to fail although I do think Vlade was right in some ways, there was no way Luka and Fox reach their personal PRODUCTION ceilings side by side as growing young players. Of course in time it could have brought titles so... I was all in on Luka last year being the pick and Bagley as the only other option if they took a turn based on fit but that was easy, Bagley was obvioulsy rated higher by some teams than Luka in the end. We'll see how Bagley does now because it's almost infamy time for the poor kid. It was the same story with Donovan Mitchell. He was a legit combo G which makes a world of difference although, there is still only one ball. I was fine with him because of that versatility.
