When the Kings make their selection with the No. 2 pick in Thursday's NBA draft, they should not base it on who could be the best player in 2018-19. This is about the next four or five years.
That's why if Michael Porter Jr.'s medical records check out — and there's been nothing to say they haven't — he has to be the pick.
There has been widespread skepticism and curiosity as to why the Kings, who do not have a first-round pick in 2019, would take a chance on a player coming off a back injury so early in the draft.