Rumor: Kings passed on Luka Doncic in draft because Vlade Divac doesn’t like Doncic’s dad

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Luka Doncic looks like an NBA superstar — already, at age 20 — and the kind of player that can win MVPs and turn a team into a contender. Anytime a player like that doesn't go No. 1 in the draft, especially when that player comes in with the level of hype Doncic did (he had just won the EuroLeague MVP at 19), there's fingerpointing at front offices. In the case of the Suns (who had just hired Doncic's international coach), multiple of sources around the league say Phoenix owner Robert Sarver pushed for Deandre Ayton, the in-state Arizona player (and, to be fair, he was on top of a lot, if not most, team draft boards).

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