3 reasons why the NBA Draft means Collin Sexton is returning

Why the draft says Sexton is returning: Potential suitors took guards

Two of the top suitors for Collin Sexton were rumored to be the Detroit Pistons and Washington Wizards. Both needed on-ball creators at the guard positions and had bigger playmakers in Cade Cunningham and Bradley Beal, respectively, to handle starting a point guard-sized player who wasn’t a primary playmaker for others.

Then the night of the draft happened. If the Sacramento Kings had taken Purdue’s Jaden Ivey with the fourth pick, or if another team had traded up to do the same, it’s very possible, if not likely, that the Pistons would be Sexton’s leading suitor right now. Instead, the Kings took Iowa’s Keegan Murray and Ivey went to the Pistons.

Further down the line, the Washington Wizards got to pick at No. 10 and took Wisconsin’s Johnny Davis, a 2-guard with some on-ball creation abilities (and a much better defender than Sexton). That doesn’t mean the Wizards won’t pursue Sexton, but it’s certainly less likely now.

The Indiana Pacers, as a team with cap space, are also a possibility to pursue Sexton, but they took a shooting guard in Bennedict Mathurin. The San Antonio Spurs draft Malaki Branham and Blake Wesley later in the first, both guards. It’s not impossible for any of these four teams to go after Sexton, and in fact at least one will at least look into it, but the urgency was somewhat decreased.