For Kings fans, this will always sting. Divac’s decision will be remembered in the same category as the Trail Blazers drafting Sam Bowie in front of Michael Jordan because Portland had Clyde Drexler and didn’t need a wing player. Divac missed and the franchise continues to pay the price.

Luka Doncic has been one of the best players in the NBA since the second he stepped foot on the court in 2018, and fans quickly realized why his name had been floated around as the next overseas phenomenon for years dating back to his childhood.

Count former Sacramento Kings general manager Vlade Divac among those who had doubts about Doncic. In a recent interview with Saša Čobanov of Index HR, a Serbian-language news site, Divac laid out why he didn’t select Doncic—Sacramento drafted Marvin Bagley III—when the Kings held the second overall pick.

Luka Doncic is one of the best players in the NBA and emerged in the world of basketball as a teenage hoops prodigy overseas. His professional experience led him to be selected third overall in the 2018 NBA Draft,

Back then, Doncic was highly regarded as a player with insane potential. There were concerns about him not playing in the US, but almost everyone was convinced of his skill. Well,

"I had De'Aaron Fox at that position, whom I drafted a year earlier. At that moment, I thought that Fox was a player who could become a franchise player in the next period," said Divac. "Time will tell if I was wrong.

Luka Doncic didn't play college basketball before coming to the NBA in 2018, as he was busy dominating the competition in Europe with Real Madrid. If Doncic had come over to the U.S. to play in college,

NBA Draft, the Kings selected Marvin Bagley III second overall. Bagley was an impressive prospect and there was no reason to doubt the pick, but in hindsight, the next

The former Sacramento Kings' general manager recently explained why the team did not select Luka Doncic in the 2018 NBA draft.

Former Kings general manager Vlade Divac speaks on the decision to draft Marvin Bagley instead of Luka Doncic in 2018 NBA Draft

Looking at the 2018 NBA Draft, it’s amazing to think that Dallas Mavericks point guard Luka Doncic was essentially the fifth overall pick. Though he was drafted third overall by the Atlanta Hawks, they traded him to the Mavs on draft night in order to secure the rights to Oklahoma’s Trae Young.