Should The Sacramento Kings Take A Chance On Tacko Fall?

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COLUMBIA, SOUTH CAROLINA – MARCH 24: Tacko Fall #24 of the UCF Knights dunks the ball against the Duke Blue Devils in the second round game of the 2019 NCAA Men’s Basketball Tournament at Colonial Life Arena on March 24, 2019 in Columbia, South Carolina. (Photo by Streeter Lecka/Getty Images) /

Tacko’s Chances Of Making It

This is not the Manute Bol Era where low-post players stayed in the paint to protect the rim. Otherwise, I think Tacko Fall would go in the first round.

Any team that takes a chance with Tacko will have a guy that can rebound the ball and protect the rim. For a man as tall as Tacko, he is not a lumbering giant as you would expect. He did play pick and roll defense enough to get by in college.

I think there will be a team willing to see if he can create problems with his height and wingspan. For Tacko, five-minute stretches could help a team succeed.

Second-Round Picks Gives Vlade Options

The Sacramento Kings have shown they will take chances in the draft. The 2016 draft proves this notion. With three second-round picks, there are not enough spots on the roster for the Kings to keep all of them.

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With a team full of youth to develop already, this puts the Kings in a position to use one of their picks on Tacko and then send him to work in the G-League for a couple of seasons. For Divac, it is a low risk-high reward deal. Fall could work his way to the NBA and be productive if he is put in the right direction.

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