WRG 2012 Mock Draft - #5 Sacramento Kings

Lots of question marks here. What do we do with Tyreke Evans? We're exploring trade options for him as we speak, but we're still not really sure what position he plays.

DeMarcus Cousins looks like a cornerstone big man, but his maturity issues will always leave question marks.

The Jimmer didn't light up the league like we thought he would.

The rest of our team is filled with journey-men, role players, and unproven young guys. We do have a lot of young guards, though. Problem is that there aren't really any big men we feel are worthy of this pick.

Two guys are really in the running for our pick, from a pure talent perspective. They are Brad Beal and Harrison Barnes. We like both players a lot, but what really makes this pick for us is the fact that Harrison Barnes can play SF, while Beal can only play guard.

With the 5th pick, the Sacramento Kings select Harrison Barnes, SF, UNC.

MMMMMMM WINGSPAN!

We not only like that Harrison is a talented player who can score at the 3 spot, but his athleticism tested off the charts at the combine, and he interviews as a very mature player. Our team can really use some maturity and hope it rubs off on some of our other young guys.

WRG 2011 Mock Draft - #7 Sacramento Kings

Every online outlet has us taking the same guy here.  We know.  We read.

Those same people also said we were going to be the Anaheim Aces next year.

Just sayin'.

Well, moving to the land of Scrooge McDuck and the Rally Monkey didn't happen, and taking a player who needs the ball all the time when our best player is a guy who has played TERRIBLE every time he has had to play off the ball ever in his LIFE makes about as much sense as having three NBA teams in the same market.

That's why we are taking someone who we feel has the highest ceiling in this draft and happens to play the position we need help at the most.

And it doesn't hurt that his name is Bismack Biyombo, because we could maybe sell a jersey or two, hmmmmm?

Fun Fact: Did you know Sacramento is exactly 1,500 miles from both Bismarck, North Dakota and Biyombo, Oklahoma?  Neat!

WRG 2010 Mock Draft - #5 Sacramento Kings

Tyreke Evans looks like the real deal. Now we need to alleviate the pressure off of him. We have two lottery picks already in the frontcourt (Hawes, Thompson). They're serviceable enough...for now.

We're down to 2 players on our board. Wesley Johnson & Al-Farouq Aminu. We like the fact that Wesley Johnson can come in and play right away and is a good outside shooter, which Al-Farouq struggles with. We could really use someone that could stretch the defense, and this is why Wesley is the pick for us.

He doesn't need the ball in his hands to be effective, is a good defender, shooter, and rebounder. He's a perfect complement to the ball-dominating Tyreke that we love.

#4, and I'm the #4 pick! What?! #4 is retired in Sactown? NOOOOO!

WRG Mock Draft #30: Cleveland Cavaliers

There is no Cavaliers anymore. There is only LeBron.

He ate our franchise. Every decision we make, every second we waste, every dollar we commit relates directly to our ultimate ability to remain daily Witnesses.

So there are two roads to take here. We can take a young guy with potential and hedge a little so we still have some players on our team under thirty if LeBron bolts. That's risky because it's money we are spending that has nothing to do with getting the King to his rightful place above all others, ruling the world.

Or we could stash or trade the pick so we can focus every resource on bringing people in here that can get help our guy get where he is bent on going. The problem with that is that we don't want to be paying tax on an old, expensive losing team with no hope of improving should LeBron leave.

What we are going to do is get a player here that we think can turn into a decent scorer - both down low and on the perimeter. A young, hard-working, versitile big man that - unlike others we were considering with this pick - has legitimate size for the PF position. We believe he can give our team an added dimension we are seriously lacking.

Our pick is Jeff Pendergraph, who would have to lock LeBron in his trunk to be any factor in keeping him in town, but we feel is a step in the direction of reclaiming our franchise from the ravaging monster that has all but consumed it.

And if we and do that, we like our chances of keeping that big, bad all-consuming meanie in town.

"Number 4 sucks! I demand number 23!"

That concludes the first round of the draft.

I'd like to introduce Ru--

Huh? Who the hell is ADAM SILVER??!!

WRG Mock Draft #23: Sacramento Kings

With our first pick of the night, we got our point guard of the future in Ricky Rubio. Now we can look to fill in the blanks and other needs.

We have young developing big men that we've recently drafted (Jason Thompson, Spencer Hawes). We don't feel that it's a pressing need to add more youth to our frontcout. We can only spend so much on diapers.

We want to take a player who can give us minutes and fit in with our uptempo style that Paul Westphal will surely implement.

With the 22nd pick, the Sacramento Kings select:

From G-Town to Paul Westphal? WOOOOO!

DaJuan Summers, F, Georgetown

We believe DaJuan Summers is an absolute steal at this point, especially as a fit to our team. Playing in Georgetowns methodical offense, his talents were masked, and he's shown in workouts that he will be fantastic in a more uptempo setting. He has a great body and can play the PF position, while spreading the floor, as well as the SF spot.

The Portland Trailblazers are on the clock.

WRG Mock Draft: #4, Sacramento Kings

The Kings are jumping up and down because we need a PG and now we have our choice of all of them.

PG is the strongest and deepest position in this draft. There are several to choose from and they come in many different flavors. There are flashy distributors, bull-strong scorers, solid all-arounders and guys representing every color in the intangibles rainbow - good and bad.

The player we want, though, is the one most likely to make our guys better. We have a talent deficit. We have solid developing bigs and a big-time scorer, but we go into almost every game with less talent than the other team. That's tough.

So we are swinging for the fences and taking the player that has the most star potential of the remaining players - maybe all of the players - in this draft.

And we are happy he's at the position we need and that he wants to play for us.

The Kings select Ricky Rubio.

Rubio is hungry to play for the Kings.

The Washington Wizards are on the clock.