How much can Sean Singletary contribute to the Sacramento Kings?
Former Virginia standout Sean Singletary was selected by the Sacramento Kings in the second round of the 2008 National Basketball Association (NBA) draft on Thursday (June 26). Singletary was the 12th pick in the second round of the draft and was the 42nd player selected overall. Singletary is the first Virginia player selected in the NBA draft since Roger Mason, Jr., was selected in 2002. Mason was a second round selection (31st overall pick) by the Chicago Bulls. Singletary, a 6-0 guard from Philadelphia, Pa., averaged 19.8 points, 6.1 assists and 3.8 rebounds a game during the 2007-08 season. He scored a career-high 41 points at Miami on March 1 and averaged 21.5 points a game in Atlantic Coast Conference games during the regular season. He was twice named ACC Player of the Week during the 2007-08 season. Singletary earned first-team All-Atlantic Coast Conference honors for the third consecutive season in 2008. He joins Ralph Sampson (1981-83) and Bryant Stith (1990-92) as the only
