The Kings Herald’s writer and NBA draft analyst Bryant West stops by to talk about the 2023 NBA Draft.
0:00-Bryant West joins the show
1:30-How the Kings season changed his approach to draft
3:02-The talent level in the draft is deep
4:59-What will the Kings approach be for the draft?
6:03-Jackson-Davis is an interesting target for Sacramento
9:25-Who is his draft crush?
11:40-Picks in 20s still have value
14:38-Could Kris Murray be there for the Kings?
18:00-No one drafted at 24 will fix all the problems
20:36-SPONSOR LOOOOOVE
23:42-Dariq Whitehead’s potential if healthy
27:00-Deuce throws out some intriguing names
29:45-What to make of Max Lewis?
33:30-Could Rayan Rupert be a possibility?
36:00-How Sasha Vezenkov would fit in Sacramento
40:00-Who are some other names to watch?
42:50-What about trading the 24th pick? Could you get OG?
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5 Comments
Whitehead, cissoko, Colby jones, maxwell Lewis, any of those guys would be great for us at 24 with guys like Kobe brown and maxence-prosper in the 2nd. Wouldn’t even mind reaching for brown at 24. All 3 and D guys on the wing that can play now and have self creation upside.
Needed this! I have no motivation to do my own research on prospects this year 😂
When you have the 24 pick. There are a lot of players to choose from because you don't know if they will end up at 24.The list is huge : Brice Sensabaugh, Jett Howard,Dariq Whitehead,Jalen Hood-Schifino, Leonard Miller, Kris Murray, Dereck Lively II, Rayan Rupert, Kobe Bufkin, GG Jackson, Bilal Coulibaly ,Brandon Podziemski ,Julian Phillips, Jaime Jaquez Jr., DaRon Holmes II,,Trayce Jackson-Davis, Sidy Cissoko, Jalen Wilson, James Nnaji ..Noah Clowney, Marcus Sasser, Maxwell Lewis, Colby Jones…These are all the players I've seen in various NBA mock drafts at 24.
Good point about how the Kings don't need to draft a guy who can do everything. A lot of the success we're seeing right now in the postseason – sheesh, just Miami alone – is coming from guys who can do 1-2 things on offense, 1-2 things on defense, and they're set up in situations where they can do those 1-2 things as often as possible. I've seen other basketball commentators call it "having a spammable move."
Or put another way…I don't think a lot of Kings fans would have passed on Peja because he lacked a post-up game.
Max Lewis has sounded really interesting to me. He seems like somebody who, even if he never got any better, would still fit a lot of Kings' team needs right now in a 20-25+ mpg role. I feel like a lot of times, fans will fall in love with what a player might be some day, without really being open to working with what a player is right now – no need to worry about that with Lewis.
Maxwell Lewis or Sidy Cissoko