MKG is still only 21 years old and his shot looked quite a bit different from his first years in the league. This ugly twitch with the elbow while reaching the top of his release is almost gone. At least that is how it looked in the few games I actually watched the Hornets this season. So maybe there is still some hope, that he can develop a jumpshot and the kid is a heck of a player in almost every other aspect of the game.
Would be a huge gamble, but it's not like most rookies turn out to be the player they are made by scouts or experts publishing youtube videos. The draft is always a bit of a gamble too.
Every year there are people that claim some prospects have the ceiling of guys like Ginobili, DRose or even Lebron and every year it turns out, that most players are just rookies and struggle in their first years in the league.
Thats why I'm not so worried about, who the Kings draft, but more about what happens after they drafted a player. Very few players got drafted and turned out the be stars right away. Most players are made into stars, by constantly working on their game. And this is an area, where the Kings completely failed for more than a decade.
So taking a player, who has already proven, that he has a niche in this league, might be worth a closer look.
Rubio and MKG might be guys, that would help our defense. If I would be asked to make the choice I would go after Smart though.
Smarts jumpshot doesn't look broken, he played a lot of SG for the Celtics, but has really good court vision and he may be the best rookie perimeter defender I ever saw, because his defense is not about his athletic ability but about his basketball IQ. Usually it takes guys lots of time to defend like that in the NBA. Smart did it in his first season. Quite impressive...
I doubt the Celtics would give up on him for the #6, but if they would, I would consider it a steal.
Heady player, scrappy, aggressive and with a competetive mindset - I would love him on our roster. The thought of a player close to Tony Allen in a few years, but with a good enough jumpshot to keep his defender busy waters my mouth.