The Sacramento Kings have a big choice to make with the No. 2 overall pick in Thursday’s NBA Draft, and they may well have a name in mind when they wind up on the clock.
Marc Stein of the New York Times reported Monday that rival teams believe the Kings are strongly considering Michael Porter Jr. with the second overall pick, and USA Today’s Sam Amick confirmed that he’s very much an option.
Michael Porter Jr. to Sacramento at No. 2? There are rival teams who believe that the Kings are still strongly weighing it …
— Marc Stein (@TheSteinLine) June 18, 2018
The Kings are definitely still weighing it… https://t.co/6zzdPheQQL
— Sam Amick (@sam_amick) June 18, 2018
That’s two teams looking long and hard at Porter in the top four that we know of. He’s an elite talent whose lone season at Missouri was virtually wiped out by injury, so part of it is simply a question of whether teams believe he’s a safe bet long-term.
