SacKings had a string of bad drafting:
2011: #7 pick Biyombo , immediately traded for Jimmer!
2012: #5 Thomas Robinson -- never found a role. 50% FT. Out of the League at 25.
........... next two picks: Lillard & Harrison Barnes
2013: #7 Ben McLemore. Weak draft. McCollum was the pick here. Giannis, Gobert were out there.
2014: # 8 Nick Stauskas. Talent drop-off after Randle at #7. Still plenty of solid role players.
And some starters: LaVine, Gary Harris, Capela, Utah Bogdanovic , Jurkic/Nurkic ...
2015: #6 Willie Cauley Stein.
Weak draft, historically bad Top 10. But Dev Booker and Myles Turner
5 years of picking between #5-8 wasted. WCS and McLemore were below average starters for a couple years. Their lone Top 5 pick was a bust. Looks like just guys without enough talent.
Then their drafting improved:
2016: #8 Marquese Chriss, traded immediately to PHX for Bogdanovic!
2017: #5 DeA Fox (talent drop off from 6-9)
2018: #2 Bagley (over Luca, Trae, Jaren Jax)
-- 2019: No 1st rounder --
2020: #12 TyH
2021: #9 Davion Mitchell
That's 4 out of 5 good drafts, and the mistake was a #2 pick, which you can't go too wrong with.