When the Sacramento Kings traded away its eighth pick in the 2016 NBA draft to the Phoenix Suns, the Sacramento faithful went into shock. The weight of what a potential top ten draft pick would do for the Kings’ future was one that the community wanted to hold on to.
With an opportunity to draft a potential franchise-sculpting player at the eighth spot, the Kings went another route collecting two first round picks from Phoenix and the rights to Bogdan Bogdanoviu0107.
Sacramento selected seven-foot-one Georgios Papagiannis with the Suns 13th overall pick and later drafted Skal Labissiere 28th overall.