No matter how good he was in his work-out, I hope Petrie doesn’t base his pick off just that work-out. The thought of drafting Flynn makes me cringe. We need a PG who can be a floor leader and pass the ball well, not a PG that’s drafted primarily for defense and nothing else.

by the sell the draft picks remark. A building team selling draft picks? If thats true, then we’ve become a bottom feeder, saving every dime, hoping that luck gets us out of it.
If that’s the battle plan I fully expect last fan out will have to turn off the lights. Wow…please don’t let this be true.

Don’t they need to add 8 players to the roster, 4 at the minimum? Wouldn’t the player at the #23 pick come cheaper than free agency. Unless the plan is to call up the entire D-League.

about Holiday and Jennings. That restores some of my faith in the good sense of the front office.

Please tell me you’re kidding me? If Rubio’s gone and the choice is between Brandon Jennings and Jonny Flynn and they choose Flynn I’m going to cry. A lot.

that simply none of the PG’s have blown their socks off. There’s no reason to move up. There is reason to take a better look at Thabeet. It seems like maybe all of the guys (who would actually work out for them) looked OK, but no one really set himself apart, other than perhaps one guy (Flynn) who really shouldn’t otherwise be getting #4 attention.

Then to me that means there is either a potential star (in Petrie’s eyes) that could be available and if he’s not on the board they don’t want the pick, OR it could mean that they want to save money next season, draft a player who’ll do a season or two in Euroleague (Casspi or Calathes) and then sign or trade the player when the financial/roster situation improves.

I continue to be surprised that Flynn is in the mix at #4, I didn’t see anything that said “lottery talent” during the NCAA season. They must really like his toughness and he must be shooting the lights out right now.

No offense to Spencer Hawes but he is probably NOT the kind of center to anchor a defense that you need to win in the NBA. Look at the past champs they all had a strong and defensive minded or defensive imposing center.

1998-2003: Shaq and Duncan
2004: Wallace twins
2005 and 2007 Duncan
2006: Shaq and Mourning
2008: Garnett and Perkins
2009: Bynum, Gasol

The Kings are tissue paper thin up front and a sieve in the backcourt. Paul Westphal keeps talking about defense and rebounding. While the Sene comparisons are scary but Sene didn’t play for one of the best college coaches of all time in Jim Calhoun who has helped many of his players succeed in the NBA. I think if Thabeet turns out to be Okafor, the Kings will have done extremely well.

Call me crazy but I will be quite happy if the Kings pick up Thabeet with the 4th pick should he fall there. 7’2" or 7’3" whatever but Thabeet is intriguing.

People compare Thabeet to Sene? Really? That’s crazy. Sene basically got drafted off a good performance at the Nike Hoop Summit game and by measuring out to have insanely long limbs. It certainly wasn’t off his game performance over in Europe since he hardly played. Thabeet was co big east player of the year this season. He is a far more substantial and tested prospect.

I think what get’s overlooked amid his awkwardness in the post and his late basketball background is his shown aptitude for the game. He came in immediately to major division 1 college basketball and averaged 3.8 blocks in 24 minutes. That’s a lot of natural ability. And then the next two seasons he continued to block a ton of shots but he got better at not fouling. He’s really advanced in his ability to avoid contact in the air and block shots.

He also made improvements in his free throw shooting, going from 51 to 69 to 62. I think that says a lot about his ability, work ethic, talent because a lot of big men never improve their free throw shooting. He, with his raw basketball background, was able to do that very quickly.

I don’t think he’ll ever be a franchise center based on the way he runs. That may sound ludicrous but aside from Yao, franchise bigs run naturally and athletically and Thabeet doesn’t do that. I think that speaks to limited potential of his footwork. But even so, I think he’s going to be at least a defensive force and I think based on his track record, he’s capable of developing more offensively.

• Plenty of teams are actually trying to get the No. 4 pick from Sacramento. This hurts to write, it pains me personally, but … there’s talk the No. 23 or 31 could also be up for sale. Sale, as in selling to the Rockets, Cavs or Spurs for $3 million, Phoenix style. It seems like the scenario would be that the team has two or three key guys they’d like to get at either pick. If they aren’t available, the pick can be had for some cash or salary relief.

Kind of curious who is trying to get the #4 pick from us. Personally, I think Flynn is the Kings guy. He reminds me of Tony Parker when he first came into the league. Quick, passer without much of an outside shot. However, I think #4 is too high to take him so trading down for him and saving a couple of million dollars makes sense.

I know that NY is looking at Curry (and maybe even Rubio if he is still on the board), but is #8 too far down to take him and still get Flynn? Can NY put the right package together since they don’t have anyone on their roster I would want back? Are they willing to go #4 for #8 + 2010 first round pick unprotected (since they are most likely going to be in the lottery again next year)?

Here is what I would like to see the Kings do

At #4, Trade down a few spots and then pick up Flynn. Hopefully, pick up a future 1st round pick (in hopefully a better draft year). I really think they can do it because there has been a number of teams looking at acquire the #5 pick and getting ahead of your competition is always best..

At #23, I know everyone is talking about selling the pick, but I think that drafting a SG/SF would be nice here. Obviously, whoever is picked is going to be a bench player, but a Sam Young at SF or the shooting of Budinger backing up Martin wouldn’t be bad. I would rather acquire talent and then package them into deals for better players down the road, kind of like what Portland has been doing.

In the second round, look at one of the remaining big men like Josh Heytvelt or the guy from ASU. Josh Heytvelt has been compared to Scott Pollard and any team can use a hustle/rebounder type to “toughen” up their squads.