Brayden Burries reportedly isn't interested in a predraft visit with the Sacramento Kings. Here's what that means for their plans at No. 7.
The Sacramento Kings are closing in on their first round pick, and the pre-draft process is still sorting out which players actually get a look before draft night.
One name attached to the top 10 is reportedly steering clear of that list entirely.
ESPN's Anthony Slater covered the Golden State Warriors' offseason outlook this week and slipped in a notable update about where Sacramento stands with one of this draft class's most talked about guards.
Burries "has declined workouts with select teams in the top 10, including the Sacramento Kings," league sources told Slater, via ESPN.
Slater's reporting points to Dallas as the preferred fit. The Mavericks pick ninth, and people close to the situation believe that is the landing spot Burries and his camp would rather see happen on draft night.
Burries closed his lone season at Arizona averaging 16.1 points, 4.9 rebounds and 2.4 assists while shooting 39.1 percent from three. He helped the Wildcats reach the Final Four as a freshman before declaring for the draft.
Where Burries Would Have Slotted
The Kings own the No. 7 pick after a lottery slide knocked them down two spots from where they sat in the standings. Burries has been mocked anywhere from the back of the lottery to the middle of the teens most of this spring.
That range put him in play for Sacramento on paper, even before any workout decisions came into it. A 6-foot-4 guard with his scoring instincts is the type of name a rebuilding roster usually has to consider at seven.
But Sacramento has been signaling for months that point guard play, not scoring punch, is the priority at that slot. Burries profiles as more of an off ball threat, which made him a tougher sell there regardless of the workout snub.
What Else Sacramento Could Look At No. 7
The Kings still have plenty to work with at No. 7 if Burries is truly off the board. Names like Darius Acuff Jr. and Kingston Flemings have circulated as the two guards Sacramento is believed to favor most.
Both bring more of the lead guard skill set the roster is missing, with Acuff's on ball pressure and Flemings' two way feel for the position standing out as the closer fits for what the Kings are trying to build around.
There is also Brooklyn to watch one spot ahead at No. 6. The Nets finished with the league's worst offensive rating last season and are believed to be hunting for scoring help too, with Acuff and Flemings both coming up in their search as well.
That overlap matters. If Brooklyn takes one of those two names, Sacramento's options at seven are already thinner before the Kings are even on the clock.
For now, the bigger story is where Burries actually wants to land, and Dallas still looks like the answer. Sacramento has other options at seven, and its draft board will sort itself out soon enough either way.
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