Sacramento Kings coach Dave Joerger insisted that his lofty praise of Dallas Mavericks rookie star Luka Doncic wasn't intended as a slight at his team's front office and declared that Marvin Bagley III "was the right guy for us" to select with the No. 2 overall pick.
"There was no veiled shots at anybody," Joerger told reporters in Minnesota on Monday, a day after his praise for Doncic in Dallas made headlines. "De'Aaron [Fox] gushed about him and [Bogdan Bogdanovic] gushed about him and his ability.