Evans or Odd?

Was Tyreke Evans the right pick for the Kings or will this be one of those Sam Bowie type moments for the Kings? (Wait, didn't they already have a couple of those)

I'm not sold on the Evans pick. I don't like point guard projects. He says he wants to play the point, but CAN he play the point? The knock on him is that he can be, as Jay Bilas put it last night, "ball dominant". I read this as a nice way to say he's a floor-pounding, movement killing, black hole looking to get his. The Kings had this guy last year. His name is John Salmons.

Add to that the fact that if he doesn't turn into a point guard, he will be playing the same position as your current best player. Wonder how this pick sits with Kevin Martin? Grant Napier the other day said current players don't really care too much about the draft unless the guy picked plays the same position as them. Well Kevin, you might want to start caring.

Now the Kings can minimize the impact of Evans' lack of facilitation if they end up running the good'ole Princeton Offense that made them so effective a couple years ago. Mike Bibby wasn't a great distributor. That job belonged to Chris Webber and Vlade Divac. Can Jason and Spencer recreate that? Let's hope so!

I loved the rest of the Kings draft. Casspi was my guy at 23. I was afraid when I heard all the rumors about Portland moving up to 22 to get him. Love his aggressiveness and attitude.

A commenter over on SacBee.com brought up the fact that Sergio Rodriguez was the Ricky Rubio of last years draft. So, maybe the Kings did get their PG of the future...

The Brockman pick will go over very well in Sacramento. The guy is pure lunch pail player. He'll just go get the ball. Something the Kings have lacked for years.

Now, we wait and see. We all love to mumble and groan about our teams draft picks, but in the end, we don't know any different than anyone else. Personally, I hope I'm wrong about Evans, cause if I am, that means the Kings are probably winning a lot more games, and how can any fan not like that?