The Sacramento Kings looked across the country to find talent from three of college basketball’s bluebloods in Thursday night’s NBA Draft, using their three first-round picks on Kentucky point guard De’Aaron Fox at No. 5, North Carolina wing Justin Jackson at No. 15 and Duke forward Harry Giles at No. 20. Although the Kings entered the night with just the fifth and 10th overall picks, they traded No. 10 to Portland for the right to pick up the two Tobacco Road rivals.
The trio are no strangers to each other on the floor – Jackson faced Fox and Giles a combined five times last year – but will now join forces in hopes of revitalizing a franchise that has not finished better than .