With 30.4% of the vote, Labaron Philon is off the board for the Kings Herald Community Draft Board. He joins Aday Mara, Yaxel Lendeborg, Brayden Burries, Mikel Brown Jr., Keaton Wagler, Kingston Flemings, Darius Acuff Jr., Darryn Peterson, Caleb Wilson, Cameron Boozer and AJ Dybantsa off the board.
This is the readership’s opportunity to create a democratic draft board which represents the order in which we as a collective would like the Kings’ draft board to look like. It does not represent the desires of individual writers or fans, but some semblance of the community’s collective thinking.
When a choice comes up, pick who you’d want the Kings to pick given all the players remaining. Note: THIS IS NOT A MOCK DRAFT. This is a draft board, a ranked list of prospects you’d like to see the Kings pick. In other words, if we were the Kings front office, when our pick came up, we’d take the top name left on our board. So pick your choice, not who you think Scott Perry or anyone else would choose in a slot.
Explain your choice in the comments, and lobby for who should be added to the next pick’s choices. We’ll be doing this until the end of this week.
For me it’s Cameron Carr here and it’s not close. Carr’s one of the best 3 & D prospects in the draft and he’s a guy who can guard at least 1-3 in the league. If the Kings were to trade back or to acquire another pick, he’d be one of the guys I’d most covet.
Same. He is an excellent trade back candidate, and there are a few of them in this draft. If Perry can somehow execute a trade of the #7 for OKC’s #12 and #17 or Charlotte’s #14 and #18 and walk away with 2 of guys like Carr, Yaxel, Labaron, Burres, and/or Graves. I could get on board with it.
It would be the ultimate needle thread but I could understand that two dudes lower in the draft can potentially offer more to a roster than any one guys that is there at #7. There could also be a scenario where it’s #7 for a later pick and an already rostered prospect. #7 for the #12 and Topic?? Done. Kings could head into July with both Topic and Carr or Yaxel, instead of just Flemings? Yeah, I think I’d take that hypothetical.
This would be a nightmare scenario for me.
Kings need star power and need to get younger.
Yaxel – not projected to be a star. Not young. He’s an Oldsmobile
Labaron (wasn’t that the name of a Chrysler?), Carr (Chrysler again) – younger, but still not star projected.
Acuff, Wagler – please. Hell, move up to 5 and draft Caleb Wilson or Cam Boozer or Darryn Peterson if Acuff goes higher than expected). Flemings – ok. Burries – I don’t know why. It’s a point guard draft. You need a point guard. They are high lottery projected picks. USE THEM. (sorry/not sorry for the caps).
If Sacramento trades away the #7, all it tells me is that either/and that damn Governor Vivek is Donald Sterling cheap and Vlade Divac is an influential decision maker. Maybe this is the nail in the coffin.
Aside: getting emails from my very nice ticket guy with the Kings. They are now adding enticements to their 10 day packages as I suspect season ticket holders (like myself, formerly) are fleeing in droves. Not adding a star and getting 24 year old Landeborg and Topic, Carr, Labaron, Graves someone at #17 (because you’re picking Landeborg at #12, amirite?, is a bad marketing strategy because everyone knows it just plain blows). Memphis – which has done a superb job of drafting and developing players – I can’t even imagine them doing this trade, and they have a better chance of making it work.
I totally get the wanting a cornerstone star, but I’m just now sure there is one there at #7. Sure, that sort of stuff happens all the time (see Curry, Steph), but the same can be said for picks after #10 (see, Giannis, Kobe, or even Hali)
The point is, if Perry, and his team of people who are paid to do this stuff, feel the gap between #7 and #12 isn’t all that great, then maybe there is a chance you can improve the team in a trade back, AND get additional assets to make it happen. Maybe the potential is hypothetically like hitting two doubles instead of one triple.
I get that we were snake under Vlade for trading back twice, but those two were #8 Marquese Chriss for PapaG and Skal. Pretty much a wash, but it did get the Kings the right to Bogi.
The other was the #10 Zach Collins for Justin Jackson and Harry Giles. Again, kind of a wash, but Vlade was the one who missed out Bam, Donovan Mitchell, John Collins, Jarret Allen, OG, Derrrick White and Josh Hart…who all came after #10.
I also don’t feel the Kings are in a position to trade up. That would require future draft capital that I feel the Kings shouldn’t be trading. If they already had their Batman and want to trade up for a Robin to make a playoff run, then sure. let it ride, but as of today, they shouldn’t gamble the future on an unknown.
Carr for me. Good size, has some ball skills. Does need some refinement in his game, but the signs are there.
Vote: Christian Anderson
Lobbying to add: Christian Anderson
Been continuing to do homework during this draft board. I’ve been thinking, what’s the obvious thing to look for, something that would make people think, “well of course he should have gone higher”. Who are the best shooters, especially 3 pt shooters, in this draft (other than Acuff)?
Besides his 3pt shooting and the other shooting stats, Anderson’s non-shooting stats are pretty good. How to sell this to you guys? Ceiling: a more athletic Mike Bibby?
Once again, it’s Carr.
The more I thought about it, the more I like Morez Johnson, Jr. in the second half of the lottery. big defender who rebounds. Can’t be counted to score though. He’s a good fit AFTER a point guard.
MoJo (Jr.)
You can count on him Morez or lesz.
CC Rider die.
Badge Legend