The Kings are hosting a pre-draft workout on Friday featuring Boopie Miller (SMU), Nick Boyd (Wisconsin), Lamar Wilkerson (Indiana), Anthony Roy (Oklahoma State), Izaiyah Nelson (South Florida) and Ugonna Onyenso (Virginia), tweets James Ham of The Kings Beat.
Sacramento controls three picks (Nos. 7, 34 and 45) in the upcoming draft. Big men Onyenso (No. 43) and Nelson (No. 47) are the top-ranked prospects in that group on ESPN’s big board.
Here’s more from around the Pacific:
- After Evan Sidery claimed (via Twitter) that the Hornets and Kings discussed a possible trade involving Domantas Sabonis during the 2025/26 season, Ham shot down that rumor (Twitter link). “Not accurate,” a league source told Ham. Sabonis, a three-time All-Star center, is owed $94.1MM over the next two seasons.
- Nick Avila of NBC Sports Bay Area rounds up seven mock drafts for the lottery picks controlled by the Kings (No. 7) and Warriors (No. 11). Four outlets have Sacramento selecting former Houston Cougars guard Kingston Flemings, while only one name appears multiple times (twice) for Golden State: Mexican forward Karim Lopez, who spent the last two seasons with the New Zealand Breakers in the National Basketball League.
- Although the Suns currently only control the 47th overall pick in this month’s draft, they have a recent history of moving both up and down, notes Gerald Bourguet of Sports360AZ.com. He acknowledges the odds of Phoenix being able to land a first-round pick seem fairly low given the limited assets at the team’s disposal, but Bourguet lists five prospects the Suns should consider if they’re able to move into the first round, including Stanford’s Ebuka Okorie and Iowa State’s Joshua Jefferson.
Hmm…Mocks have Lopez going later…Maybe a trade possibility. The Thunder can’t use all their picks and need to reduce salaries. Kenrich Williams and the 12th for the Warriors 11th. Get Draymond to renegotiate his contract so they can afford Kenrich. Then they can go out and sign Coby White. It would fulfill some needs.
Aaron Wiggins and the 17th pick for the 11th. Maybe their 2nd round pick. There are a couple of draft and stash bigs that could be interesting.
It won’t happen, just playing around with possibilities. Probably not even close to happening.
I appreciate this effort. This is no-coward posting. More of this from everyone.
I dont think Kenrich will be needed because GSW are likely going to get Lebron. Steph is apparently meeting with Lebron in the next couple weeks. I think that “Lebron signs for $15M” prediction might actually happen. It would require GSW moving on from KP and Horford, but Lebron was still good enough to lead a scrub roster aside from Luka, Reaves and himself to 54 wins. Add him to GSW and we might see another classic GSW run.
I know the odds are against it, but a fully healthy Curry season would really do the team and league wonders. My ultimate wish is like 70+ games from Steph.
Brett Siegel has said a lot of things that have never happened. Getting rid of Porzingis and Horford leaves them with a problem, one center on their roster.
If he wanted to play for the Warriors, renegotiate Draymond’s deal and have him sign a minimum deal.
I was thinking the same thing
I like Mara for dubs. Lendeborg as the fallback. But I’ve been wrong so many times about draft prospects. Not as wrong as the Warriors though.