2019 NBA Draft: Sacramento Kings fill needs in final mock draft
By Justin Fried
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Round 2, Pick 60 — SF Deividas Sirvydis (Lithuania)
If the Kings are going to make all three picks, they’ll definitely have some tough decisions to make. Given that each NBA team is only allowed two 2-way contracts for players, the Kings would only be able to stash two of their draft picks in the G-League.
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Now, it’s certainly possible that one or more of their second-rounders could stick around and become a fixture in the rotation, but it seems unlikely that the Kings would want to commit to a roster spot for any one of their draft picks.
As such, it makes a ton of sense to use one of their picks on a foreign player that they could stash overseas for the time being. Lithuania’s Deividas Sirvydis could be just that kind of player.
Currently projected as a mid-second-round prospect, Sirvydis would be an ideal target for the Kings if he were to slip this far in the draft. At just 18-years-old, Sirvydis is a sharpshooting wing who can shoot off the dribble just as much as he can as a catch-and-shoot type scorer.
He still needs to add some strength and bulk up as he gets older, but the potential is there for him to be a very impressive scoring wing once he reaches the NBA.
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For the time being, Sacramento could simply stash him overseas while saving a roster spot for another free agent as opposed to using one on a late-second-round pick.
As a project player, Sirvydis makes a ton of sense.