7. Marvin Bagley III, Sacramento Kings
This might seem insulting for the No. 2 pick in the draft, but the justification for such a low ranking is twofold: 1) The Sacramento Kings are an awful organization with a ton of overlap in the frontcourt and 2) Marvin Bagley III was really, really bad in NBA Summer League.
Obviously Summer League isn’t the end-all, be-all, but there’s no denying the Duke product struggled against below-NBA-caliber competition, averaging 8.7 points and 5.3 rebounds per game on 31 percent shooting in Sacramento Summer League before posting 15 points and seven boards on 5-of-13 shooting in his lone appearance in Vegas.
He did average 2.0 blocks per game in Sacramento, however, and even competition from Skal Labissiere, Zach Randolph, Willie Cauley-Stein, Harry Giles and Kosta Koufos shouldn’t keep him from getting hearty minutes in year one. Now it’s just a matter of whether he struggles against more legitimate competition on a roster devoid of established talent to make his life easier.