The 2022 NBA Draft Lottery is upon us! The festivities start at 5 PM PT, and will be aired on ESPN. As we know from experience, the picks themselves will likely come towards the end of the half hour.
The Kings odds of landing at each pick are as follows:
1st – 7.5%
2nd – 7.8%
3rd – 8.1%
4th – 8.5%
7th – 19.7%
8th – 34.1%
9th – 12.9%
10th – 1.3%
As we’re watching, the pre-lottery standings would be announced as follows:
Cleveland Cavalier
Charlotte Hornets
LA Clippers (owed to Oklahoma City Thunder)
New York Knicks
Washington Wizards
San Antonio Spurs
LA Lakers (owed to New Orleans Pelicans)
Sacramento Kings
If it isn’t announced in that order, a team behind the Kings has moved into the top 4. The order would continue:
Portland Trail Blazers
Indiana Pacers
If either the Blazers or Pacers are announced before the Kings, it means the Kings have moved into the top 4.
Fingers crossed, lucky shirts worn, children promoted into leadership roles, do whatever you can think of to bolster our odds tonight. Go Kings!
Let’s go kings.
No. 11 here we come!!!
So by start at 5pm, does this actually mean we have to sit through like 30 minutes and endless commercials before they actually start the reveal?
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You must watch all the trash that espn has to offer.
The last time Anjali Ranadive was in the news on NBA lottery day, it was 2014 when she represented the Kings.
That year the Kings were slotted at #7 and fell to #8, and then they drafted Stauskas.
Sorry to share that.
Ha!
If we end up slipping past 7 again we will know who’s the jinx…
Boo.
LET’S GO!
And the first pick goes to…………………..The Sacramento Kings !!!!!!!!!!!!!!
Let’s go combination of numbers!
Let it happen……..Captin
Something small I noticed but during that interview Paolo seemed a bit aloof speaking with the ESPN crew, but the second David Robinson started speaking you could see how laser focused he was on his advice.
After the lottery positions are set I’m really looking forward to Anjali Ranadive’s initial mock draft. Player evaluation being one of her new duties, I expect the organization to rely heavily on her input.
I mean…if her thought is that she couldn’t be any worse than Vlade I get that.
Ahh, it’s that time of year where my hopes are raised before inevitably getting crushed. Let’s go Kings!
At least they aren’t talking to each team representative, like what they’ve done the last few years.
Send Sabonis to ensure that the akward fit with Chet is apparent right away…chews popcorn.
DUUUUUUUUUUUUUUDE
Yesssd!!!
first pick baby!
Sac top 4!!
WooHoo!
FUCK YEAH!
LFG we moved up baby ????
YEAH !!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
Top 4!
Yeah baby! Domas did his job!!!
HOLY SHIIIIIIIIIIT
We have moved into the top 4. Cannot believe it
Rejoice Sacramento rejoice
W00t!
DONT FUCK THIS UP!
Chet and Sabonis ????
Top 4! Hell yeah!!
Well, Well,well! What did I told you?? my gut feeling never disappoints!
Top four…yesssssssssssssssssssss
Lfg baby!!
Top 4
If you don’t like that!!!!
Ooooooohhhhhhh Boooooyyyyyyyyy!
The 1st pick goes to the Sacramento Kings !!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
Just popping in to say…
Fuck you Vivek Ranadive.
Top 3 please
I feel A tremor in The Force.
May the 4th be them
crud – May the 4th be with them. You must have felt a tremor in the fourth (not force)
11111111111111111111111 come on 111111111
LFG
KINGS MOVED INTO THE TOP 4
LOL!
The timing of this BS was not a coincidence.
We are all better off for Konsta being here.
#1 pick in coming for Sac
WOOOOOOO! MUCH easier to make good decisions from higher up.
Best moment as a Kings fan all year.
Everyone of us is just as curious about how they screw this up. Admit it.
Whoa!!!! #4
Four. I’ll take it.
Dam ot!
Aweeeee
4 player draft……………or so I’m told
Fantastic
That excitement died quick
4th. I’ll take it.
I mean, I can’t really be mad. Jumped up 3 spots. I’m happy about that.
Boooooo!
In the past I’d have been excited right now.
I don’t even care .
Same here. Apathy.
So, three player draft, amirite?
SEND DOMAS EVERY YEAR
What does Barnes plus 4 get us? 😉
Shaedon Sharpe a possibility now?
a lock if Kings want him.
Soooooo…..Murray, Sharpe, or Ivey?
I’m leaning Murray. He’s just what the Kings need.
He’s definitely the least sexy choice but maybe the smart one, too.
I think he gives you what John Collins would give you without giving up Barnes and the #4 to trade for John Collins.
Not to mention he’d be cheaper.
My only real concern is if he can play the 4 next to Domas. I’m sure the offense will be fine, but there still isn’t a whole lot of rim protection. If he could play the 3 and make room for another long forward that’d be great, but it doesn’t seem like his natural fit. He’s got a lot of Barnes to his game funnily enough.
He’s a very solid weak side rim protector, second best in the top 10 behind Chet.
Excited to hear how the workouts go. As of now, I’m leaning towards Sharpe. Also, there’s a possibility one of Smith, Banchero or Holmgren drops to 4. Highly unlikely but still a possibility especially if Sharpe or Ivey really impresses in their workouts
BPA Ivey
best fit – Murray
god, please do not be a repeat of Bagley best fit.
4th pick is good.
The last two times the Sacramento Kings were in the Top 4
One time they picked 5th (Thank you, Vlade)
and
The other time they picked not-Luka (Thank you again, Vlade)
The time before that they picked Tyreke Evans. I heard the guy the Warriors got later in the draft is still playing.
With the 4th pick in the 2022 NBA Draft the Sacramento Kings select Kofi Cockburn Center Illinois.
Oh wait. That was from Vlade’s white board.
Let’s pick another point guard!
????I’m dead
I haven’t been paying much attention to the draft prospects. How is this draft class looking? Will there be some really good names available at the 4th pick?
Initial reports are lukewarm. A lot of talent that’s high-risk, high-reward in the top end, with fewer sure-fire stars. There a consensus top 3 (Chet, Jabari, Paolo), and a wider pool afterwards for tier 2.
Kings get their pick of the Tier 2 or snag whoever gets flubbed from tier 1.
God if someone gets seduced by Ivey and let’s the Kings have Smith or Chet….I can dream…
Yep. That’s the dream. Either way, the Kings are going to have a chance to choose from at least two of Chet/Smith/Banchero/Sharpe/Murray. And while I’ll have my opinions, any one of those guys would be a good choice IMO.
solid but not great draft- no super guy like next year with Victor.
Some say top tier is 3, others say 4.
Smith
Banchero
Chet
Ivey
second tier
Sharpe
Murray
we get one of these guys. Honestly, I would avoid Chet (Shawn Bradley). My guess is he is top 3 anyway. Then that means Ivey- BPA vs. Murray best fit.
I fell for the best fit argument last time. Will I get fooled again?
Trade the pick up or down. Chet or a Vet
I like Purdue’s Jaden Ivey at #4 — Top shooting guard. Flat out scorer, athletic.
similar to Tyreke, Derrick Rose and Jalen Green
I’m just going to say it. Fox and the 4th pick to Houston for Wood, Gordon and Porter Jr. starters:
Mitchell
Gordon
whoever we get for Barnes and maybe Holmes
Wood
Sabonis
switch Gordon and Porter Jr. if it’s more appealing.
No thanks.
What would you prefer? Keep Fox and add a question mark? Or a different trade? I like the trade with Houston because I like Wood and Porter Jr. and Gordon can still shoot and at 32 he’s not ancient. Wood is 26, Porter Jr. is 22. All three can play. Being that the chosen direction is win now, it seems a trade is most prudent. Unless Jabari Smith falls to 4.
You’d be giving up the two best assets in that trade in Fox and the 4th, horrible trade IMO.
Fox’s money makes him harder to trade in my opinion. He’s simply not worth his pay check. Keeping him isn’t going to get us to the playoffs. Who do you believe would be a realistic return for Fox and his contract?
You are assuming I agree with your premise that he is not worth his pay; I vehemently disagree. At the beginning of the year the Kings asked him to play as a SG to let Hali run point. It was okay, they needed more time to see if it would work, but once they traded for Domas, Fox was back to his old self and earning his money.
People talk shit of his Def but it’s way better than he gets credit for and just wait til he has confidence in his teammates to perform, people will say his Def improved, but it is what happens when someone knows the effort won’t be wasted.
Wow, I feel like we’re looking at both extremes of the Fox takes in these past two posts.
I’d say I’m one of the people more open to trading Fox ’round these parts, but I think the Kings are clearly getting the short end of that deal.
OMG no !
Keegan Murray!
He’s The Apathy Mutilator!
He’s what King’s fans crave!
Our choice of Ivey, Sharpe, Murray and maybe Paolo – NOT BAD! Would pick up Paolo if he slides, take a hard look at Ivey and Sharpe, then Murray if all else fails. Murray seems like a nice safety net to me – good but not really elite at many aspects of the game – a Jack of all trades, ala Barnes.
Ivey is the only one there I wouldn’t be a fan of.
Blind luck and sure I would have before rather been in the 6th spot than the 7th BUT…Fuck off to Portland for starting a sub G league team the last 15 games of the season. That tank was particularly egregious.
My early hope is Sharpe…based on a whopping 15 minutes of various highlight reel watching.
You are damn right.
Fuxk those tank teams.
We gave our most efforts every night, but not being rewarded ?
I hope we end up with Murray, he does everything very well.
I don’t get the Sharpe hype even a little, has anyone seen him play at all?
Only in our imaginations and there he’s awesome!!!
I mean I saw his workout today. Nothing stood out. Need to see him play.
It’s the same problem I have with Ivey, if you want a true bucket getter, Davis is much better IMO.
Eh, he was walking around. But what you could see is his athleticism, comfort with both hands, and smooth, consistent stroke off the catch and the dribble. Nothing new that you couldn’t see elsewhere. It will be really interesting to see what he takes part in at the combine.
my fear is that he won’t do anything but have his measurements taken
There is various tape out there on him from HS, EYBL, and with the Canadian National Team. He isn’t quite the man of mystery some people are making him out to be.
Not tanking worked?!? Let’s hope we actually get this pick right!
My ideal draft is Keegan Murray and Leonard Miller, this is considering the top 3 of Smith, Chet, & Paulo are all gone.
Leonard Miller has some intriguing traits, but he’s a long-term project. I wouldn’t expect to get any real minutes out of him for at least a few seasons.
Its why I like him, I think Murray is Barnes type player with higher floor and much higher ceiling and is someone is ready to play from day one. Miller has some star potential nd should be available in the late 1st or early 2nd, great value.
4th pick is perfect for this organization. Take any of the top 3 guys if they fall, or take the best remaining of Murray, Ivey, and Sharpe. I like Murray.
If none of the top two fall out, trade down to okc at 12 and their unprotected 2023. The top of that class is top tier.
Murray seem like a safe pick, but he reminds me of a younger Harrison Barnes. I am so intrigued by Shaedon Sharpe. I know he hasn’t played college, but he seems like the real deal on his workout film. He’ll be the youngest with the highest ceiling. Kings would have to evaluate him thoroughly with their personal workouts. Go Kings…
Sharpe– Z. Lavine
Davis- DeMar
Chet – Shawn Bradley
Sharpe is only a year younger than Ivey. What is a year when Kings are building.
Ivey- Jalen Green
I could see the draft going Smith, Chet…and then Ivey to the Rockets.
Paolo drops to 4.
Do we go with BPA with Paolo or fit with Murray?
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