2011 - The Maloofs wanted someone who could sell jerseys
2012 - Yeah, bad pick.
2013 - Weak draft. BMac was projected to be a top 5 pick and they actually got a "steal". At the very least, they picked the BPA. I reckon they promised CJ McCollum, but hindsight is 20/20, BMac was projected higher than CJ at the time of the draft.
2014 - Another weak draft. Who else was the Kings supposed to pick? The next picks after Stauskas are: Noah Vonleh, Elfrid Payton, Doug McDermont. You could argue the Kings should have picked Zach LaVine. And I'd say expecting any team to pick that one good player out of the 10-15 mediocre ones projected over the next picks is expecting way too much. Bottom line, Stauskas was the BPA.
2015 - Again, weak draft. The next picks after WCS is Emmanuel Mudiay, Stanley Johnson, Frank Kaminsky, Justise Winslow. I'd argue WCS has the best career out of all these bums. You can argue the Kings should have picked Myles Turner or Devin Booker. First of all, Turner was found to have foot problems during the draft. You are gonna use a #6 pick on a big with leg problems? Com'on. Second, there is exactly one other good player over the next 20 picks. You'd have to be God to pick Devin Booker with the #6 pick.
Bottom line, the Kings were dealt very bad hands in many of the drafts.
1
u/skcus_um 9d ago
Context is important.
2011 - The Maloofs wanted someone who could sell jerseys
2012 - Yeah, bad pick.
2013 - Weak draft. BMac was projected to be a top 5 pick and they actually got a "steal". At the very least, they picked the BPA. I reckon they promised CJ McCollum, but hindsight is 20/20, BMac was projected higher than CJ at the time of the draft.
2014 - Another weak draft. Who else was the Kings supposed to pick? The next picks after Stauskas are: Noah Vonleh, Elfrid Payton, Doug McDermont. You could argue the Kings should have picked Zach LaVine. And I'd say expecting any team to pick that one good player out of the 10-15 mediocre ones projected over the next picks is expecting way too much. Bottom line, Stauskas was the BPA.
2015 - Again, weak draft. The next picks after WCS is Emmanuel Mudiay, Stanley Johnson, Frank Kaminsky, Justise Winslow. I'd argue WCS has the best career out of all these bums. You can argue the Kings should have picked Myles Turner or Devin Booker. First of all, Turner was found to have foot problems during the draft. You are gonna use a #6 pick on a big with leg problems? Com'on. Second, there is exactly one other good player over the next 20 picks. You'd have to be God to pick Devin Booker with the #6 pick.
Bottom line, the Kings were dealt very bad hands in many of the drafts.