Most of our attention on the upcoming NBA Draft for the Sacramento Kings has been spent on the no. 12 pick, considering that is the team’s best chance of finding another generational talent to pair with De’Aaron Fox and potentially Marvin Bagley III moving forward. But the Kings also have three second-rounders in their war chest this year, one of which is actually quite promising.
Given the high salary first-round picks command, there is an argument to be made that early second-round picks can have similar value to late first-rounders given the flexibility teams have with the contracts.