King for a day: Singletary drafted by Sacramento

By Whitey Reid

Published: June 27, 2008

George Hill from IUPUI. J.R. Giddens from New Mexico. Kyle Weaver from Washington State.

The names were coming off the board fast and furious – and none of them were a three-time All-ACC First-teamer.

Finally, over three hours into the draft, Virginia’s Sean Singletary heard his name called.

The Sacramento Kings picked the Philadelphia native in the second round with the 42nd overall pick.

Singletary, who was hoping to be drafted in the first round, was selected right where many of the experts expected him to go.

Singletary is headed to a pretty good situation. Sacramento isn’t very deep at point guard. The Kings starter, Beno Udrih, is an unrestricted free agent. The team’s only other guards are veterans John Salmons and Francisco Garcia, as well as second-year man Quincy Douby.

Sacramento spent its first-round pick on Jason Thompson, a 6-foot-11 center from Rider. After Singletary, the Kings took Patrick Ewing, Jr. from Georgetown
Singletary is the first Virginia player selected in the NBA Draft since Roger Mason, Jr. was drafted by the Chicago Bulls in 2002.