Local product Bryson impresses Kings scouting director: The Sacramento Kings opened up the 2016 draft prospect season Thursday at their soon-to-be-obsolete practice facility in Natomas. While no name jumps off the sheet, there were a few players who will likely be drafted in the second round or sign with teams as undrafted free agents. When the curtain lifted on the action, assistant coaches Corliss Williamson and Nancy Lieberman were running the drills with newly hired head coach Dave Joerger overseeing the action. -- CSN California

Michael Bryson relishes workout for his hometown Kings: This was almost too good to be true. Someone pinch the man, but not too hard. You don’t want to wake a man living his dream. Here was Michael Bryson, sauntering through the Kings’ practice facility Thursday morning for a predraft workout, trying not to let his profound glee get in the way of his basketball fundamentals. -- The Sacramento Bee