The 2024 NBA Draft Lottery will be held today at 12:00 PM PT. The Draft will air on ABC, and will likely include about 45 minutes of chatter before the lottery results are actually revealed.
The Sacramento Kings will be represented on the telecast by Keegan Murray, according to James Ham:
According to a league source, Keegan Murray will represent the Sacramento Kings at the 2024 NBA Draft Lottery.
— James Ham (@James_HamNBA) May 10, 2024
The Kings have just a 0.8% chance at the top pick, and a 3.8% chance at landing in the top 4. For a full breakdown of the odds, my go-to site is Tankathon. Once the broadcast begins revealing the draft order, we’ll know very quickly if the Kings have moved up. If the Kings are announced first, it means the Golden State Warriors moved up from 14. If the Warriors are announced first and any other team is announced next, it means the Kings have moved up.
Prior to the lottery, I always like to give the Tankathon simulator a single spin and see where the Kings land. In my official spin for this year, the Kings stayed at 13, the Spurs lept to the first overall pick, with Portland and Memphis also moving up, while Detroit and Washington both slid to 5th and 6th, respectively. Feel free to give it a spin and share your result in the comments below.
This will also serve as the open thread for the lottery telecast, and we’ll have a new article up with the results.
Breaking News:
We are landing the 1st pick !!!!!!!!
Funny?
As this NBA Draft 2024 is seen as a particularly weak draft for star talent, though “deep” I am of the firm belief that this increases Sacramento’s chance of besting the odds and moving up, a là Pervis Ellison, the 1989 draft 35 years ago on June 27 (this year the draft will be two days, June 26 and 27)
I also believe that no matter the result, whether 14, 13, 1,2,3,4 this will be a bargaining chip for upgrading the roster via trade. The value is there, today determines just how much.
I agree the the pick is trade fodder, unless by some miracle they move up. The team just doesn’t have the roster space at the moment to add fringe/unknown talent of a late lottery pick. I see it being shipped to a tax paying contender who needs a cheap warm body who is also looking to cut salary. FWIW, the #13 rookie scale begins $3.9M next season, which is about $1M more than a vet minimum deal.
Teams I’m hoping Monte rings up to dangle the #13 and players: Bucks (Portis), Minny (Reid), Nuggets (Gordon), Lakers (Rui)
I wouldn’t rule out some rebuilding teams looking for another lottery pick Wiz (Kuzma), PDX (Grant), Spurs (K. Johnson,Collins)
Yes to all those players mentioned except for Rui, he sucks. Also don’t see why the Nugs would trade Gordon.
Nuggets are entering into the 2nd apron of the tax (along with Boston and PHX) and are a near lock to give Murray an extension this summer. If Minny takes them out it will interesting to see if they continue to spend far above he 2nd apron. Keep in mind new 2nd apron penalties kick into gear this summer, and they are significant.
Milwaukee already has two top 33 picks. I doubt they’ll look to add multiple rookies since Doc Rivers is notorious for not giving young players minutes.
Moving up in the draft is always a good thing. If the Kings do land the top pick, does Keegan crack a smile?
What if Portland sends Kris?
I simmed the lottery 82 times this morning and only once did the Kings end up in a different position than 13th, and that was at 14th.
So obviously they’re moving up.
On my 3rd time the Kings went to #1!!!!
The Kings should send you to the draft.
The broadcast is only scheduled for half an hour rather than the hour they’ve done the last couple years. So we’ll only have 15-20 of babbling before the order reveal begins, instead of the 45 minutes I mentioned above.
Still too long.
The talking heads have to do what talking heads do. Mute it the same way a lot of fans mute our announcing team.
Oh, I do.
If we miraculously landed the first pick, boy what a trade chip it would be even in a weak draft.
I’m not so sure. In a draft like this with sort of a flat talent distribution and no clear star, you’re looking at paying #1 pick salary for a guy who isn’t that much better than the guys available at 5 or 10.
This. The #1 pick is guaranteed over $30M over 3 years, while the #13 is guaranteed around $12M over 3 years. Is the #1 pick in this draft worth near triple to a player taken late in the lottery?
An interesting wrinkle is that Memphis is projected to be in the 1st tax apron next season. Moving up in the draft may actually hurt them financially. I wouldn’t be surprised if they trade down because of it.
This isn’t a exact science. Some GM’s might think there’s a clear no. 1 with star power.
Markelle Fultz nods in agreement
Just draft Sarr and move on.
Thanks, Keegan.
And his jersey number?
It was a sign!
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