Kings will have No. 9 pick at 2021 NBA Draft

Photo by Joe Murphy/NBAE via Getty ImagesThe ping pong balls have dropped and the Sacramento Kings will draft No. 9 overall in the 2021 NBA Draft. This year will mark the seventh time in the Kings’ history that they’ve drafted No. 9 overall and the first time since 1984, when they drafted Otis Thorpe.

Here are the full draft lottery results:

Orlando Magic

Sacramento Kings

Golden State Warriors

The No. 9 pick is obviously not the pick that Kings fans were hoping for, but they can find some solace in knowing that they didn’t fall out of their projected spot like the Oklahoma City Thunder and Golden State Warriors did. Instead, they stayed put.

Now, Kings general manager Monte McNair will have a…