WE FREAKING DID IT! For the first time in this recent stretch of NBA Draft Lottery appearances, the Kings are going to have a top-3 pick. De’Aaron Fox’s lucky smile was good enough to snag the Kings the #2 overall pick, the first time in the Sacramento-era they’ve had that pick. The Phoenix Suns won the #1 pick while the Atlanta Hawks snagged the #3.
The circumstances leading to this jump show just how crazy the NBA Lottery is. The Kings needed to win all those random games at the end of the season, and then after all that a lost coin toss to the Chicago Bulls gave them the right combinations to jump up while Chicago fell.