You've voted and now the 2020 Kings Herald Community Draft Board is set in stone. Without further ado, here's what the Big Board looks like as chosen by you, the fans:
- Anthony Edwards, G, Georgia
- James Wiseman, C, Memphis
- Deni Avdija, F, Maccabi Tel Aviv
- Killian Hayes, G, Ratiopharm Ulm
- Tyrese Haliburton, G, Iowa State
- LaMelo Ball, G, Illawarra
- Isaac Okoro, F, Auburn
- Onyeka Okongwu, F/C, USC
- Obi Toppin, F, Dayton
- Devin Vassell, G/F, Florida State
- Patrick Williams, F, Florida State
- Aaron Nesmith, G/F, Vanderbilt
- Saddiq Bey, G/F, Villanova
- Aleksej Pokuševski, F/C, Olympiacos
- Tyrese Maxey, G, Kentucky
- Kira Lewis Jr., G, Alabama
This is our first draft at the Kings Herald, but we have done a big board as a community at our old digs since 2008. Funnily enough, the Kings would have been better off listening to this random amalgamation of fans than their own GMs over the years. Hopefully Monte McNair can shake that trend starting today.
What do you think of this year's big board? Have you learned anything from doing more research on prospects that would have changed one of your earlier votes? Let us know in the comments and thank you to everyone who participated.
For those wondering on final voting day breakdown:
Poku won with 32.3% of the vote, closely followed by Tyrese Maxey at 25.8% and Kira Lewis Jr. at 22.6%
McLemore
Stauskas
Cauley-Stein
Papagiannis
Fox
Jackson
Giles
Bagley
No Pick
In the old, paper scoring days of bowling, if you had a run of bad frames you would draw a thick line at what you determined was going to be the end of it, and resolved that you would be better moving forward. Time for the Kings to draw that line. Man, a look at the Ranadive years of drafting is all you need to figure out why this team is where it is right now.
Don’t forget Malachi Richardson and Skal!
We’re really going to complain that the 22 and 28 picks didn’t turn into stars? Skal didn’t blossom the way we’d hoped, but with his potential, getting him at 28 was the right move.
That said, that would make the Kings 1 for 10 on 1st round picks since 2013.
And the drafting of Fox is offset somewhat by the fact his presence has been used as justification for passing on both Mitchell and Doncic.
I am not complaining, just wanted the list to be exhaustive of the 1st round picks in the Ranadive era.
We are complaining that out of 10 draft picks, we gleaned about 1.5 decent players.
Of course, your mileage may
varysuck.1.5? Rik when did you get so optimistic! I think Fox is a good player and then… yeah I think it’s 1 decent player. I do see “no pick” really coming on in his second year though.
I’m an optimist. I hope that Bagley will play at least 36 games this season.
Tis the season of miracles!
Good catch.
That line better be real thick. Like so thick it covers all the aforementioned players except Fox.
This just reminded me that the last activity I did indoors was going to my bowling league back in March.
(bowled my only +650 series FYI, not to brag)
I really don’t want Nesmith, I’m just not convinced.
Anyone else noticing in more recent mocks that Wiseman seems to be showing up in the bottom half of the top ten picks, rather than the top? There’s no way he’s available at 12, but if he slides past five, some phone calls may be in order.
The final mock draft for The Athletic had Wiseman going at #2 to GS (there were no trades in that mock draft, but it was noted that Minny & GS were weighing possible trades).
I’m not getting too excited or bummed on this draft. Too many unknowns. I just hope McNair figures it out or gets lucky or both. The Bagley draft I was despondent when they took Marvin over Luka and I had Marvin down around #11 on my board. That won’t happen over a #12 pick in a draft where I don’t really have any strong feelings for any of the players.
That being said, there are some super interesting guys in this draft and I guarantee someone will be picked late in the 1st round that will end up being a star.
Curious how our previous community draft boards look now after a few years. Does our community know anything about the draft, or are we as clueless as the Kings when it comes to drafting and talent evaluation? (I think we all are much better, btw)
In case you don’t want to follow the link to the old site (And I don’t blame you), here’s how the community has done since 2008:
2018 (StR would have picked Luka Doncic. Enough Said.)
2017 (StR agreed with the decision to pick De’Aaron Fox and also had Justin Jackson ranked higher than Donovan Mitchell and Harry Giles ranked #15)
2016 (StR would have picked almost anybody over Georgios Papagiannis, but had Skal Labissiere ranked #13)
2015 (StR would have picked Emmanuel Mudiay over Willie Cauley-Stein)
2014 (StR would have picked Noah Vonleh over Nik Stauskas)
2013 (StR agreed with the decision to pick Ben McLemore)
2012 (StR agreed with the decision to pick Thomas Robinson)
2011 (StR would have drafted Kawhi Leonard over Jimmer Fredette)
2010 (StR agreed with the decision to pick DeMarcus Cousins)
2009 (StR would have drafted Ricky Rubio over Tyreke Evans)
2008 (StR would have drafted Anthony Randolph over Jason Thompson)
So the one the Kings probably had right the most was probably Tyreke over Ricky, although that has gone on to look like more of a wash as time has gone on. But by far the biggest whiffs were taking Jimmer over Kawhi and Marvin over Luka, and Kings fans would have done those.
Thanks, Aykis. I did not see the link in the article. Wow, we haven’t faired much better I guess.
Exactly; about time that a GM would heed our advice.
Long time stalker on the old StR site. This page is looking nice! Anyone watch film on Xavier Tillman? Someone mentioned him a while back and I started watching highlights. He looks like a value add in the second round. Also, Isaiah Joe looks like a bucket.
We’ve discussed him. Everyone likes him and most would put him in the 20-40 range. He’s top 10 on my board. Another member has him ranked around 15 overall.
Just wanted to say congrats to the Kings Herald team for doing such a great job transitioning from the old digs, and congrats on getting Jerry Reynolds for the podcast. I am more a lurker over here as I am trying to wean myself off of having hope for the future of the franchise and it is better relaxation to just read what people say and then not respond lol. Having said that, I am a believer in Kentucky guards especially after J. Kyle Mann (YouTube/now The Ringer) was pretty high on Maxey, would love to see him as Fox’s rookie 🙂
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