2019 NBA draft

[captain green]

Ideally I'd like only the sac pick to convey. So I'm hoping for 4th through 7th from sac and probably 27th or lower for are own.
I'd like to say, come home with reddish and wooten, but until then hard to say say. If all some how convey I'd try to trade for a Crack at Barret or zion, or for a player worth at least 3 picks not named butler or or anyone over 30.

[Jakeopp]

This Sac pick isn't trending in the right direction

[Half-Full]

This Sac pick isn't trending in the right direction

I'm noticing.

[JHTruth]

This Sac pick isn't trending in the right direction

Too early.

[Kalela]

My sleeper to rise up draft charts is Keldon Johnson.. Another wing but he’s looked every bit an equal to those consensus guys everyone keeps mentioning.

Yup. My favorite player in the draft. Kid plays with a lot of confidence.

[sully00]

Well Cavs have officially given up and should finish bottom 3ish. At least that's one less chance the Sixers end up with the first pick.
Already at 5 teams that will certainly be worse than the Kings this season (Cavs, Knicks, Magic, Hawks, Suns). Gotta assume Mavs will be down there too.

It is difficult to figure right now mostly because of the really poor starts of good teams. Assuming the Rockets and Wizards right the ship and are at least playoff relevant. I think you can write PHX, ATL, and CLE off at this point. Neither DAL or SAC have their own pick so they aren't likely to tank at any point. LAC is a candidate to tank because if they make the playoffs BOS gets their pick. To me if they look like a 50 win team fighting for a playoff spot they will go for it especially because of the idea of being a FA destination. If they look like a 40 win team fighting for a playoff spot then look out below.

The last time the KIngs got out to a start like this was '14-'15 and they went on to win 29 games, They got out to an 11-10 start and proceeded to go 18-43.

[Duke4life831]

Well Cavs have officially given up and should finish bottom 3ish. At least that's one less chance the Sixers end up with the first pick.
Already at 5 teams that will certainly be worse than the Kings this season (Cavs, Knicks, Magic, Hawks, Suns). Gotta assume Mavs will be down there too.

It is difficult to figure right now mostly because of the really poor starts of good teams. Assuming the Rockets and Wizards right the ship and are at least playoff relevant. I think you can write PHX, ATL, and CLE off at this point. Neither DAL or SAC have their own pick so they aren't likely to tank at any point. LAC is a candidate to tank because if they make the playoffs BOS gets their pick. To me if they look like a 50 win team fighting for a playoff spot they will go for it especially because of the idea of being a FA destination. If they look like a 40 win team fighting for a playoff spot then look out below.

The last time the KIngs got out to a start like this was '14-'15 and they went on to win 29 games, They got out to an 11-10 start and proceeded to go 18-43.

All you gotta do is look to last year as well with ORL. They got off to a 6-2 start and ended up with 25 wins. Also I don't know how much longer Sac will be able to keep this level of play up. They have 4 guys getting heavy minutes with a 60 TS% or better and one with a 70%. Their schedule also gets pretty damn tough starting now. Their next 13 games are going to be all against teams that will be fighting for a playoff spot, plus a good chunk of games against some of the elite teams in the league. I expect that record to take a pretty big hit coming up.

[reload141]

Well Cavs have officially given up and should finish bottom 3ish. At least that's one less chance the Sixers end up with the first pick.
Already at 5 teams that will certainly be worse than the Kings this season (Cavs, Knicks, Magic, Hawks, Suns). Gotta assume Mavs will be down there too.

It is difficult to figure right now mostly because of the really poor starts of good teams. Assuming the Rockets and Wizards right the ship and are at least playoff relevant. I think you can write PHX, ATL, and CLE off at this point. Neither DAL or SAC have their own pick so they aren't likely to tank at any point. LAC is a candidate to tank because if they make the playoffs BOS gets their pick. To me if they look like a 50 win team fighting for a playoff spot they will go for it especially because of the idea of being a FA destination. If they look like a 40 win team fighting for a playoff spot then look out below.

The last time the KIngs got out to a start like this was '14-'15 and they went on to win 29 games, They got out to an 11-10 start and proceeded to go 18-43.

All you gotta do is look to last year as well with ORL. They got off to a 6-2 start and ended up with 25 wins. Also I don't know how much longer Sac will be able to keep this level of play up. They have 4 guys getting heavy minutes with a 60 TS% or better and one with a 70%. Their schedule also gets pretty damn tough starting now. Their next 13 games are going to be all against teams that will be fighting for a playoff spot, plus a good chunk of games against some of the elite teams in the league. I expect that record to take a pretty big hit coming up.

Agreed, if you're a Kings fan you have to be real happy as their young core looks great moving forward for the first time in years and Fox is really impressive.

But they are still a bottom team this year.

[CSL_1904]

Well Cavs have officially given up and should finish bottom 3ish. At least that's one less chance the Sixers end up with the first pick.
Already at 5 teams that will certainly be worse than the Kings this season (Cavs, Knicks, Magic, Hawks, Suns). Gotta assume Mavs will be down there too.

It is difficult to figure right now mostly because of the really poor starts of good teams. Assuming the Rockets and Wizards right the ship and are at least playoff relevant. I think you can write PHX, ATL, and CLE off at this point. Neither DAL or SAC have their own pick so they aren't likely to tank at any point. LAC is a candidate to tank because if they make the playoffs BOS gets their pick. To me if they look like a 50 win team fighting for a playoff spot they will go for it especially because of the idea of being a FA destination. If they look like a 40 win team fighting for a playoff spot then look out below.

The last time the KIngs got out to a start like this was '14-'15 and they went on to win 29 games, They got out to an 11-10 start and proceeded to go 18-43.

All you gotta do is look to last year as well with ORL. They got off to a 6-2 start and ended up with 25 wins. Also I don't know how much longer Sac will be able to keep this level of play up. They have 4 guys getting heavy minutes with a 60 TS% or better and one with a 70%. Their schedule also gets pretty damn tough starting now. Their next 13 games are going to be all against teams that will be fighting for a playoff spot, plus a good chunk of games against some of the elite teams in the league. I expect that record to take a pretty big hit coming up.

They'll lose a lot of games. It's clear that what they're doing isn't sustainable, altough I like their young talent. The problem is that there are too many worse teams in the East.

[Duke4life831]

It is difficult to figure right now mostly because of the really poor starts of good teams. Assuming the Rockets and Wizards right the ship and are at least playoff relevant. I think you can write PHX, ATL, and CLE off at this point. Neither DAL or SAC have their own pick so they aren't likely to tank at any point. LAC is a candidate to tank because if they make the playoffs BOS gets their pick. To me if they look like a 50 win team fighting for a playoff spot they will go for it especially because of the idea of being a FA destination. If they look like a 40 win team fighting for a playoff spot then look out below.

The last time the KIngs got out to a start like this was '14-'15 and they went on to win 29 games, They got out to an 11-10 start and proceeded to go 18-43.

All you gotta do is look to last year as well with ORL. They got off to a 6-2 start and ended up with 25 wins. Also I don't know how much longer Sac will be able to keep this level of play up. They have 4 guys getting heavy minutes with a 60 TS% or better and one with a 70%. Their schedule also gets pretty damn tough starting now. Their next 13 games are going to be all against teams that will be fighting for a playoff spot, plus a good chunk of games against some of the elite teams in the league. I expect that record to take a pretty big hit coming up.

Agreed, if you're a Kings fan you have to be real happy as their young core looks great moving forward for the first time in years and Fox is really impressive.

But they are still a bottom team this year.

Yup. Sac has to love how Fox/Bagley/Buddy look. Those 3 should be a pretty damn good core to continue to build around. But ya I think Fox's offensive play to come down a little, Bjelica probably won't continue to have a 70 TS%, Shumpert won't keep his 60 TS% either. Bagley will have bumps throughout the season and hit the rookie wall as well.

[Duke4life831]

It is difficult to figure right now mostly because of the really poor starts of good teams. Assuming the Rockets and Wizards right the ship and are at least playoff relevant. I think you can write PHX, ATL, and CLE off at this point. Neither DAL or SAC have their own pick so they aren't likely to tank at any point. LAC is a candidate to tank because if they make the playoffs BOS gets their pick. To me if they look like a 50 win team fighting for a playoff spot they will go for it especially because of the idea of being a FA destination. If they look like a 40 win team fighting for a playoff spot then look out below.

The last time the KIngs got out to a start like this was '14-'15 and they went on to win 29 games, They got out to an 11-10 start and proceeded to go 18-43.

All you gotta do is look to last year as well with ORL. They got off to a 6-2 start and ended up with 25 wins. Also I don't know how much longer Sac will be able to keep this level of play up. They have 4 guys getting heavy minutes with a 60 TS% or better and one with a 70%. Their schedule also gets pretty damn tough starting now. Their next 13 games are going to be all against teams that will be fighting for a playoff spot, plus a good chunk of games against some of the elite teams in the league. I expect that record to take a pretty big hit coming up.

They'll lose a lot of games. It's clear that what they're doing isn't sustainable, altough I like their young talent. The problem is that there are too many worse teams in the East.

Right now ATL and CLE are the only teams right now I think are clearly worse.

[CSL_1904]

All you gotta do is look to last year as well with ORL. They got off to a 6-2 start and ended up with 25 wins. Also I don't know how much longer Sac will be able to keep this level of play up. They have 4 guys getting heavy minutes with a 60 TS% or better and one with a 70%. Their schedule also gets pretty damn tough starting now. Their next 13 games are going to be all against teams that will be fighting for a playoff spot, plus a good chunk of games against some of the elite teams in the league. I expect that record to take a pretty big hit coming up.

They'll lose a lot of games. It's clear that what they're doing isn't sustainable, altough I like their young talent. The problem is that there are too many worse teams in the East.

Right now ATL and CLE are the only teams right now I think are clearly worse.

Bulls, Magic

[Cornbread]

They'll lose a lot of games. It's clear that what they're doing isn't sustainable, altough I like their young talent. The problem is that there are too many worse teams in the East.

Right now ATL and CLE are the only teams right now I think are clearly worse.

Bulls, Magic

I don’t think the Bulls and Magic are clearly worse. They’ll be in the running, but it isn’t clear cut.

[Patsfan1081]

Draft possibily getting much deeper with Jalen Lecque possibly skipping college now to go strait for the draft. Has gotten a ton of Westbrook comps because of his athlectism/similar skill set. Not sure where he would possibly land at this point though the pg position looks pretty weak for this class so he might be a riser depending on how he gets showcased. With possibily four first rounders he would def be somone Ainge might covet especially if Rozier walks.

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[JHTruth]

My sleeper to rise up draft charts is Keldon Johnson.. Another wing but he’s looked every bit an equal to those consensus guys everyone keeps mentioning.

Yup. My favorite player in the draft. Kid plays with a lot of confidence.

I actually like his teammate EJ Montgomery better. I think he will definitely be getting lottery buzz soon..

[JHTruth]

Well Cavs have officially given up and should finish bottom 3ish. At least that's one less chance the Sixers end up with the first pick.
Already at 5 teams that will certainly be worse than the Kings this season (Cavs, Knicks, Magic, Hawks, Suns). Gotta assume Mavs will be down there too.

It is difficult to figure right now mostly because of the really poor starts of good teams. Assuming the Rockets and Wizards right the ship and are at least playoff relevant. I think you can write PHX, ATL, and CLE off at this point. Neither DAL or SAC have their own pick so they aren't likely to tank at any point. LAC is a candidate to tank because if they make the playoffs BOS gets their pick. To me if they look like a 50 win team fighting for a playoff spot they will go for it especially because of the idea of being a FA destination. If they look like a 40 win team fighting for a playoff spot then look out below.

The last time the KIngs got out to a start like this was '14-'15 and they went on to win 29 games, They got out to an 11-10 start and proceeded to go 18-43.

All you gotta do is look to last year as well with ORL. They got off to a 6-2 start and ended up with 25 wins. Also I don't know how much longer Sac will be able to keep this level of play up. They have 4 guys getting heavy minutes with a 60 TS% or better and one with a 70%. Their schedule also gets pretty damn tough starting now. Their next 13 games are going to be all against teams that will be fighting for a playoff spot, plus a good chunk of games against some of the elite teams in the league. I expect that record to take a pretty big hit coming up.

Sac and Orlando last year are classic examples of teams that sneak up on some teams early when everyone is still trying to figure things out and they play with crazy energy for awhile to "prove everyone wrong" and surprise teams then come crashing down to earth as the sample size gets larger.

They are no doubt a bottom 5 team..

[Wes-J]

Umm yeah so much for that.

We need a one outer to land Zion. He may as well be in the matrix.

[SmartWentCrazy]

Zion is unbelievable. Crazy thing is that I would argue that Reddish is the most talented guy on that team— he’s one of the more naturally gifted players Ive ever seen. He just has a serious case of ‘Jeff Green’ disease where he’ll just coast and not give maximum effort.

[CelticsLV]

I'm quickly changing my opinion about Zion even though he can't shoot. The guy plays with crazy intensity. Combined with his size, athleticism, quickness!

[Duke4life831]

Zion is unbelievable. Crazy thing is that I would argue that Reddish is the most talented guy on that team— he’s one of the more naturally gifted players Ive ever seen. He just has a serious case of ‘Jeff Green’ disease where he’ll just coast and not give maximum effort.

One very positive note I saw last night was Cam's defense. He was by far Duke's best and most versatile defender. The dude would go a few possession running around screens and preventing Herro from getting the ball. Next up he was front Nick Richards and rejecting an entry pass. The consistent intensity he showed defensively last night was one of my biggest takeaways. Now lets see if he can do that every game though.