The Kings as a franchise have five players who have won Rookie of the Year honors, but it’s been nearly a decade since the last.
The upcoming first-year players don’t expect that to change in 2018-19.
The NBA released its annual rookie survey Tuesday, and although forwards Marvin Bagley III and Harry Giles III received some nods in the poll’s seven player categories, neither was picked to win any of them.
Deandre Ayton, the No. 1 overall pick by the Phoenix Suns, and Collin Sexton, who went eighth to the Cleveland Cavaliers, were favored to win top rookie honors, tying with 18 percent of the vote.