Regarding the pick, I'm trying to wrap my mind around the thinking that the SACs pick will be premium. It wasn't top 5 this year, when they actually had an incentive to tank. Next year fox will be older and they have the #2 pick, which could make them a tiny bit better. And they will have zero incentive to tank.
Will they make the playoffs? Probably not. But I'm expecting a pick in the 10-12 range, which is okay but far from great. That player probably would not even crack the rotation.
I'm more afraid the pick will be #1 than I am of it being 10-12. The Kings will stink. The Suns will improve, they have Booker. I like fox but he is a couple of years away from leading a team anywhere and who else do the Kings have?
Sacramento Kings Roster
TEAM ROSTER
NO. NAME POS AGE HT WT COLLEGE 2017-2018 SALARY
8 Bogdan Bogdanovic SG 25 6-6 205 $9,412,280
22 Bruno Caboclo SF 22 6-9 205 $2,451,225
15 Vince Carter SG 41 6-6 220 North Carolina $8,000,000
00 Willie Cauley-Stein C 24 7-0 240 Kentucky $3,704,160
45 Jack Cooley PF 27 6-10 274 Notre Dame
5 De'Aaron Fox PG 20 6-3 175 Kentucky $4,609,200
20 Harry Giles PF 20 6-10 240 Duke $1,859,400
40 Nigel Hayes SF 23 6-7 254 Wisconsin $55,296
24 Buddy Hield SG 24 6-4 214 Oklahoma $3,675,480
25 Justin Jackson SF 23 6-8 210 North Carolina $2,365,560
41 Kosta Koufos C 29 7-0 265 Ohio State $8,393,000
7 Skal Labissiere PF 22 6-11 225 Kentucky $1,312,611
10 Frank Mason III PG 24 5-11 190 Kansas $1,184,385
50 Zach Randolph PF 36 6-9 250 Michigan State $12,307,692
29 JaKarr Sampson SF 25 6-9 207 St. John's
9 Iman Shumpert SG 27 6-5 220 Georgia Tech $10,337,079
17 Garrett Temple SF 32 6-6 195 LSU $8,000,000