The Kings might need to raise the ceilings for their next NBA draft workout.
University of Central Florida center Tacko Fall is among the six players Sacramento will host Thursday for a workout ahead of the June 20 draft in Brooklyn. Fall, who the Kings listed as 7-foot-7 and 289 pounds, was ninth among NCAA Division I basketball players during his senior season with 2.6 blocks per game.
Working out for the Kings tomorrow: Tacko Fall, Marques Bolden, Myles Powell, Nick Weiler-Babb, Jalen Hudson and Amir Hinton. #NBADraft— Shlomo Sprung (@SprungOnSports) May 22, 2019
NBC Sports Washington's Ben Standig, citing conversations with six NBA teams and other league sources, wrote Monday that Fall was among the players who stood out at the draft combine in Chicago. Fall become something of a viral sensation in four years with the Golden Knights because of his height, and the Senegal native didn't start playing basketball until he was a teenager.
[RELATED: Kings will reportedly go after free agent Tobias Harris]
In a league that's getting smaller and spacier, Fall is something of a throwback and "is not gonna be a guy that's gonna be a 35-40 minute a game guy," according to ESPN's Jay Bilas. The Athletic's Sam Vecenie pegs Fall as "probably a 10-minute per game guy given his propensity for fouling and his complete and utter inability to make foul shots," but noted that Fall's length (8-foot-2 wingspan) and size could make him a situational big in the NBA.
Sports
Fall, like all of the players the Kings will host Thursday, figures to be available when the Kings pick in the second round at Nos. 40, 47 and 60 overall. Duke center Marques Bolden, who is listed as a whopping eight inches shorter than Fall, is the only workout participant listed on NBADraft.net's top 100.
