Sacramento, at 17-65, had the best shot at landing Blake Griffin with the top pick. Instead, they fell out of the top 3 and landed at No. 4, the lowest they could have been slotted, with the consensus top 3 players in Griffin, Rubio and Thabeet off the board.
The Kings will be considering SG James Harden, SG Tyreke Evans and PF Jordan Hill with their pick, but with their roster I like Davidson PG Stephon Curry in this spot. Their best player and only consistent scorer is SG Kevin Martin (24.6 ppg) and they've taken front court players C Spencer Hawes (2007) and PF Jason Thompson (2008) with their last two first round picks. SF Francisco Garcia is one of the more undervalued players in the NBA and can be a playmaker with Curry and Martin alongside him.
Curry, of course, has an NBA pedigree with his father Dell shooting 40% from the 3-point line in his 16-year career. Stephon scored well over 2,000 points in his three years, led the nation in scoring as a junior at 28.6 ppg and added 5.6 assists after moving to point guard. He's obviously not a traditional NBA point guard but will be one of the better shooters in the league right away, can give Sacramento a 40-45 ppg backcourt with Martin and is a huge upgrade over the point guards currently on the roster.
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