In an interview Croatian outlet Index.hr, Divac was asked to explain passing over Dončić. Like he did right after the draft, Divac pointed to the presence of Kings guard De'Aaron Fox as the reason why Bagley was the better choice, and implied Fox could still vindicate the decision if he has a better career than Dončić.

That brings us to Vlade Divac, the Hall of Fame basketball player who spent five years as the Sacramento Kings general manager. As he has done before and will have to until his dying days, Divac defended his 2018 choice of drafting Marvin Bagley III over Luka Doncic with the No.

More than six years removed from the 2018 NBA Draft, Vlade Divac is not ready to admit passing on Luka Dončić was a mistake. Divac, the Hall of Fame center who spent five as the Kings general manager,

"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.

Former Sacramento Kings GM Vlade Divac still can't fully grasp that he whiffed in the 2018 NBA Draft by not selecting Dallas Mavericks superstar Luka Doncic.

The Sacramento Kings have mercifully returned to being a competent and competitive basketball franchise the last two seasons, but they are still seeking their first playoff series win since 2004. After signing DeMar DeRozan to a three-year,

In a chat with IndexHR, former Kings GM Vlade Divac finally offered an explanation for why he passed up on Luka Doncic in the 2018 NBA Draft. In his view, Luka would not have been a good pairing with De'Aaron Fox,