Yahoo’s Jake Fischer posted an article with lots of draft-related news and rumors. Definitely worth checking out the whole thing if you’re a draft fanatic. But two notes in particular stood out for Kings fans:
Ron Holland worked out for the Kings
The Kings have been very secretive with their workouts in the Monte McNair era, much to my chagrin, but Fischer reports that the Kings are one of the teams Ron Holland has met for a workout.
With no decisive top prospect, NBA teams have been preparing for all kinds of volatility and movement up and down the draft board, while the players echoed that sentiment. “I have no idea where I’ll go,” said Colorado forward Cody Williams. “There’s going to be a lot of trades.” Williams did say he worked out for every team picking in the top 10. Ron Holland, a G League Ignite product, agreed. “There’s so much uncertainty,” said Holland, who worked out for Atlanta, Charlotte, Portland, San Antonio, Chicago, Miami, Sacramento and Oklahoma City.
Holland is one of my favorite prospects for the Kings. I wrote a profile of him here. A month ago it seemed unlikely that Holland would even be on the board when the Kings picked at 13, but more and more mocks have Holland being available with the 13th pick. ESPN’s Jonathan Givony kept Holland to the Kings in his latest mock draft.
The Kings have been “connected” to DaRon Holmes
DaRon Holmes has been another favorite around here, you can read more about him from Bryant here. Holmes has been mostly rumored to be a favorite of the Denver Nuggets, who currently have the 28th pick. He shut down his workouts early in the pre-draft process, leading to speculation of a promise. Fischer adds some interesting reporting:
While Holmes indeed shut down his workout schedule — prompting teams to suspect a promise somewhere in the late first round — and Holmes could certainly be an option for the Nuggets at that spot, there has been no guarantee Denver would select him, sources said. Holmes has garnered interest from enough teams to earn a green-room invite. He’s been connected by league personnel to Sacramento as well.
The 13th pick is still up for trade
The final Kings tidbit is no surprise, but a confirmation that the Kings are still open to moving the 13th pick. However, Fischer says the Kings have not been credibly connected to any major deals at this time.
