{"id":358496,"date":"2026-06-12T22:43:09","date_gmt":"2026-06-12T22:43:09","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/358496\/"},"modified":"2026-06-12T22:43:09","modified_gmt":"2026-06-12T22:43:09","slug":"kings-may-want-darius-acuff-but-will-sacramento-settle-with-keaton-wagler","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/358496\/","title":{"rendered":"Kings may want Darius Acuff – but will Sacramento settle with Keaton Wagler?"},"content":{"rendered":"

Yahoo Sports senior NBA analyst Kevin O\u2019Connor dives into his latest mock draft and explains why the Arkansas point guard may be the apple of Sacramento<\/a>‘s eye – but it could be the Illinois guard who ends up heading to the California capital. Check out the full conversation on \u201cThe Kevin O\u2019Connor Show\u201d and subscribe on Apple Podcasts<\/a>, Spotify<\/a>, YouTube<\/a> or wherever you listen.<\/p>\n

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Eaton Wagler to the Sacramento Kings.<\/p>\n

Obviously, the Kings continue to want Acuff here.<\/p>\n

All indications are they want Acuff.<\/p>\n

Maybe this is all a smokescreen.<\/p>\n

I don’t think so.<\/p>\n

I think it is very real that Sacramento wants Acuff and views him as a potential face of the franchise for the next decade, and it’s not just rooted in the relationship between Scott Perry and Acuff’s father.<\/p>\n

it’s not, has nothing to do with just them being Detroit guys.<\/p>\n

It’s their belief in him as a player.<\/p>\n

That said, Wagler is the pick here ’cause Acuff got taken at six, and this is a very real potential scenario to think about on draft night.<\/p>\n

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I remember about, you know, maybe late May, early June, one of the mocks I did, I had Wagler, I think, falling to eighth, and a lot of people were like, “No way.<\/p>\n

This isn’t gonna happen.<\/p>\n

Wagler’s fifth or sixth at worst.”<\/p>\n

D- not so fast.<\/p>\n

Wagler, from what I understand, you know, he was expected to be the fifth pick, but I don’t believe the Clippers are super in love with him.<\/p>\n

Wagler himself just canceled the group workout with the Nets, who have the sixth pick.<\/p>\n

And so, here we are at number seven with Sacramento, and my league sources say he has a workout with Sac next week.<\/p>\n

So Wagler will be working out with the Kings as Sacramento continues to do their due diligence on finding a new point guard for their roster moving forward<\/p>\n

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