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The Kings, if you squint, look like a team on the right track. He's closer to the Devin Booker camp - an obviously budding star who's largely proved his own merits but is yet to prove he can be the centerpiece of an organization that successfully transitions from bad to good. That's how Andrew Wiggins winds up getting $148 million.įox, for the record, is not Wiggins. Not drafting Doncic was a massive mistake, but it becomes an outright disaster if, at the very least, Fox doesn't evolve into a star in his own right, and beyond that if Bagley doesn't fatten the aggregate value by making good on at least a significant portion of the potential Sacramento saw in him. It is through the prism of this latter consideration that Fox's value to the franchise becomes even more magnified. Myriad rumors remain as to why the Kings passed on Doncic, but in the end it probably comes down to two simple factors: One, they had no idea how great Doncic was going to be, and two, they already had De'Aaron Fox.
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In 2016, the Kings took Georgios Papagiannis and Skal Labissière in the first round, and two years after that they infamously opted for Marvin Bagley over Luka Doncic. Ben McLemore, Nik Stauskas and Willie Cauley-Stein were all taken in the top eight from 2013-2015. In 2012, they took Thomas Robinson one pick ahead of Damian Lillard. In 2011, they took Jimmer Fredette (via a trade for the rights to Bismack Biyombo) over Kemba Walker, Klay Thompson and Kawhi Leonard. A source with ties to the organization at the time told CBS Sports that Tyreke Evans was chosen over Stephen Curry in 2009 because he was seen as "more ready to contribute right away," and though Evans did win Rookie of the Year that season, that was the start of a number of high-profile misses that continue to cripple the franchise. To say the Sacramento Kings have fumbled their way through the last decade of drafts would be an understatement.