{"id":90161,"date":"2025-06-11T00:17:15","date_gmt":"2025-06-11T00:17:15","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nba\/90161\/"},"modified":"2025-06-11T00:17:15","modified_gmt":"2025-06-11T00:17:15","slug":"mock-draft-projects-kings-to-select-duke-guard-to-bolster-backcourt","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nba\/90161\/","title":{"rendered":"Mock Draft Projects Kings to Select Duke Guard to Bolster Backcourt"},"content":{"rendered":"

Mock Draft Projects Kings to Select Duke Guard to Bolster Backcourt<\/a> originally appeared on Athlon Sports<\/a>.<\/p>\n

The Sacramento Kings enter the offseason with many questions surrounding their roster after their disappointing season.<\/p>\n

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Of course, the Kings have already made multiple changes to begin the offseason as they hired a new general manager and named Doug Christie as their new head coach.<\/p>\n

Now the Kings\u2019 focus shifts on their roster and if they want to begin a rebuild or run it back with their big three of Domantas Sabonis, DeMar DeRozan and Zach LaVine.<\/p>\n

\"Sacramento<\/p>\n

Sacramento Kings forward Domantas Sabonis (11) and guard Malik Monk (0) walk up the court against the Minnesota Timberwolves\u00a9 Sergio Estrada-Imagn Images<\/p>\n

No matter which they choose to do, Sacramento has one key area of need this offseason and that is at the point guard position after they moved on from De\u2019Aaron Fox at the trade deadline.<\/p>\n

While the Kings have been linked to multiple different guards, including Trae Young and Jrue Holiday, they could also use their only pick in the 2025 NBA Draft to upgrade their backcourt.<\/p>\n

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That is exactly what ClutchPoints\u2019 Brett Siegel<\/a> has them doing in his mock draft as he has the Kings selecting Duke guard Tyrese Proctor with the 42nd\u00a0overall pick.<\/p>\n

\u201cThe Sacramento Kings desperately need help in the backcourt, and Proctor can contribute in many different ways as a combo guard,\u201d Siegel wrote. \u201cHis high IQ and understanding of how to play his position make Proctor an immediate contributor in Sacramento.\u201d<\/p>\n

Proctor elected to skip the draft last season and return to Duke for his junior campaign and he did not disappoint for the Blue Devils.<\/p>\n

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Duke Blue Devils guard Tyrese Proctor (5) with the ball as North Carolina Tar Heels guard Ian Jackson (11) defends in the first half at Dean E. Smith Center. Bob Donnan-Imagn Images<\/p>\n

Last season, the 6-6 guard averaged 12.4 points, 3.0 rebounds, 2.2 assists and 0.8 steals per game while shooting 45.2% from the field and 40.5% from three-point range.<\/p>\n

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Proctor has great size for his position and he is also a great scorer and has a high basketball IQ, which is exactly what the Kings need as they try to find their point guard of the future.<\/p>\n

Despite this, the Kings could also elect to add a point guard in free agency or on the trade market this summer as well as selecting one in the draft.<\/p>\n

This story was originally reported by Athlon Sports<\/a> on Jun 10, 2025, where it first appeared.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"Mock Draft Projects Kings to Select Duke Guard to Bolster Backcourt originally appeared on Athlon Sports. The Sacramento…\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":77696,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[3792],"tags":[7,1314,3213,4672,3215,691,1771,2038,4056,1267,152,6,1770,4163,986,477,4055,3207,494,1038,3212],"class_list":{"0":"post-90161","1":"post","2":"type-post","3":"status-publish","4":"format-standard","5":"has-post-thumbnail","7":"category-sacramento-kings","8":"tag-basketball","9":"tag-deaaron-fox","10":"tag-demar-derozan","11":"tag-domantas-sabonis","12":"tag-doug-christie","13":"tag-duke-blue-devils","14":"tag-ian-jackson","15":"tag-jrue-holiday","16":"tag-kings","17":"tag-malik-monk","18":"tag-minnesota-timberwolves","19":"tag-nba","20":"tag-north-carolina-tar-heels","21":"tag-point-guard","22":"tag-sacramento","23":"tag-sacramento-kings","24":"tag-sacramentokings","25":"tag-the-kings","26":"tag-trae-young","27":"tag-tyrese-proctor","28":"tag-zach-lavine"},"share_on_mastodon":{"url":"https:\/\/channels.im\/@nba\/114661860710145908","error":""},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nba\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/90161","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=90161"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nba\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/90161\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nba\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/77696"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nba\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=90161"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nba\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=90161"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nba\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=90161"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}