in free agency, and they must spend their summer preparing for that possibility. Monk came just two first-place votes short of bringing home the 2023-24 NBA Sixth Man of the Year award and is due for a payday on the open market following a career-best season.
If the Kings look to the draft to fill Monk's role, they can find a potential star with the assumed 13th pick, pending a low-chance move in the lottery. One candidate they can target in the first round is Illinois Fighting Illini starShannon spent three seasons as a Texas Tech Red Raider before transferring to Illinois for his final two years. In his fifth season, Shannon was third in the NCAA in scoring with 23.0 points per game and contributed 28.
If Shannon is such an impressive, NBA-ready prospect, why are scouts not as willing to take a chance on him in the lottery? Is it because he is nearly 24 years old? Or is it because Shannon has anShannon got in trouble when he was charged with rape and sexual battery, causing Illinois to hammer a slim six-game suspension, and the University has since ceased any investigation into the case.