{"id":758766,"date":"2026-06-12T02:03:16","date_gmt":"2026-06-12T02:03:16","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nba\/758766\/"},"modified":"2026-06-12T02:03:16","modified_gmt":"2026-06-12T02:03:16","slug":"kings-to-work-out-keaton-wagler-ahead-of-draft-nba-news","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nba\/758766\/","title":{"rendered":"Kings to Work Out Keaton Wagler Ahead of Draft &#8211; NBA News"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>                <a href=\"https:\/\/www.rotoballer.com\/player-news\/kings-to-work-out-keaton-wagler-ahead-of-draft\/1874635\" rel=\"bookmark nofollow noopener\" title=\"Permanent Link to Kings to Work Out Keaton Wagler Ahead of Draft\" target=\"_blank\">Kings to Work Out Keaton Wagler Ahead of Draft<\/a><\/p>\n<p class=\"player-news meta meta-post-time\" style=\"display:inline;\">Jun 11, 2026, 8:47 PM ET<\/p>\n<p>The Sacramento Kings will work out Illinois guard Keaton Wagler next week, Yahoo Sports&#8217; Kevin O&#8217;Connor reports. The visit lines up with Sacramento&#8217;s need for a lead guard and its No. 7 pick, a range Wagler is expected to land in after ESPN and The Athletic slotted the consensus All-American around No. 5. The 6-foot-6 combo guard averaged 17.9 points, 5.1 rebounds, and 4.2 assists on strong efficiency while powering Illinois to its first Final Four in 21 years. For dynasty and rookie-draft managers, Wagler profiles as a high-floor bet: his shooting, feel, and playmaking should earn early minutes wherever he lands, with comparisons ranging from <a class=\"rbPlayer nba\" href=\"https:\/\/www.rotoballer.com\/nba\/player\/20002307\/Ty+Jerome\" data-id=\"20002307\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">Ty Jerome<\/a> to <a class=\"rbPlayer nba\" href=\"https:\/\/www.rotoballer.com\/nba\/player\/20000620\/CJ+McCollum\" data-id=\"20000620\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">CJ McCollum<\/a>. A thin frame and lack of burst cap the ceiling, but a guard-needy Sacramento would hand him a clear runway to production.&#8211;<a target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/www.rotoballer.com\/author\/briandailisan\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\">Brian Dailisan<\/a><br \/>Source: <a target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/x.com\/KevinOConnor\/status\/2065155241159368906\" rel=\"nofollow\">Kevin O&#8217;Connor<\/a>                <\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"Kings to Work Out Keaton Wagler Ahead of Draft Jun 11, 2026, 8:47 PM ET The Sacramento Kings&hellip;\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":747960,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[3792],"tags":[7,4056,6,49522,986,477,4055,17784],"class_list":["post-758766","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-sacramento-kings","tag-basketball","tag-kings","tag-nba","tag-prospects-rookies","tag-sacramento","tag-sacramento-kings","tag-sacramentokings","tag-top-headlines"],"share_on_mastodon":{"url":"https:\/\/channels.im\/@nba\/116734683055367454","error":""},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nba\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/758766","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nba\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nba\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nba\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nba\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=758766"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nba\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/758766\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nba\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/747960"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nba\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=758766"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nba\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=758766"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nba\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=758766"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}