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Cousins reacts to Papagiannis selection: 'Lord give me the strength'

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The Sacramento Kings entered the NBA Draft holding the No. 8 pick with dreams of Buddy Hield or Jaylen Brown.

But instead, the team flipped the eighth pick to the Phoenix Suns for the 13th, the 28th, a second-round pick in 2020, and the rights to Bogdan Bogdanovic.

The Kings went on to use the 13th pick on unheralded Greek center Georgios Papagiannis. To that, franchise center DeMarcus Cousins could only muster a prayer.

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