Since the 2026 NBA Draft order has been locked in, with the Sacramento Kings falling two spots in the lottery to seventh, another round of mock drafts has been surfacing, with Kingston Flemings being the Sacramento Kings selection.<\/p>\n
Jason Jones of The Athletic joined Kevin \u201cWhitey\u201d Gleason and Allen Stiles on The Drive Guys\u00a0to give his reasoning for selecting the Houston freshman in their collaborative staff roundtable.<\/p>\n
Friendly reminder that the post-lottery draft order begins with Washington, Utah, Memphis, and Chicago, followed by the LA Clippers and Brooklyn, before Sacramento general manager Scott Perry will be on the clock.<\/p>\n
In\u00a0The Athletic\u2019s\u00a0mock, the top four came as no surprise, with AJ Dybansta, Darryn Peterson, Cameron Boozer, and Caleb Wilson coming off the board in that order. It\u2019s what most experts and draft analysts are expecting to take place on draft night.<\/p>\n
Keaton Wagler went to the Clippers at five before Darius Acuff Jr. was selected by the Nets at six. Jones elected to take dynamic two-way guard Kingstong Flemings with the Kings\u2019 pick at seven.<\/p>\n
Stiles is more skeptical of Fleming\u2019s upside and asks Jones what he sees in the guard\u2019s game.<\/p>\n
\u201cI don\u2019t know if you\u2019re definitely missing anything. These guys are so young,\u201d Jones told\u00a0The Drive Guys. \u201cYou know, a lot of times they have that (one) game, or a couple of games, or you say, \u2018Okay, he\u2019s got some potential.’\u201d<\/p>\n
\u201cI think right now this thing can change so much between now and the actual draft. Every year, there\u2019s at least one guy who falls into that seven to 10 range that you didn\u2019t think would be there, or they\u2019ll fall off the top three, top five. Last year Ace Bailey was going to be a top-three pick, he slides down to Utah. So, I mean, you don\u2019t know what\u2019s going to happen.\u201d<\/p>\n
In his freshman season with the Cougars, Flemings averaged an impressive 16.1 points, 5.2 assists, and 4.1 rebounds while shooting 47.6 percent from the field and 38.7 percent from beyond the arc. Coming into the season, many wondered if he was a candidate to do another season with Houston, where he could be the focal point as some key seniors moved on, but his play this season catapulted him into the mid to high lottery conversation, deservedly so.<\/p>\n
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