Team: Sacramento Kings · Age: 22 · Position: SG · As of: 2026-07-18
2026-27 median projection
| GP | MPG | FG% | FT% | 3PM | PTS | REB | AST | STL | BLK | TO |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 45 | 7.0 | .410 | .820 | 0.6 | 2.5 | 0.6 | 0.3 | 0.2 | 0.1 | 0.3 |
Nine-cat: outside top 220. Points: D. Dynasty: 5.0/10 in 16-team or prospect formats.
Role and evidence
Sacramento selected Sharp 45th and lists him fourth at shooting guard. Houston's official 2025-26 statistics show a high-level shooting baseline: 15.9 points through the early published report on 43.6% FG, 39.4% from three, and 85.7% FT (Houston report book).
Sharp is on the current NBA roster and played on Sacramento's official Summer League roster. Summer League flashes strengthened the shooting case but did not change the blocked regular-season depth chart.
Range
- Ceiling: 2 threes and 9 points in 20 minutes after a LaVine or Monk trade.
- Median: short shooting cameos plus developmental assignments.
- Floor: no stable NBA rotation role in year one.
Career record
Pre-NBA: Five years at Houston, redshirting 2021-22 while recovering from a broken fibula and dislocated ankle suffered in a May 2021 pickup game. Four playing seasons, all under a top-tier defensive program, with a clean year-over-year climb:
| Season | Conf | GP | GS | MPG | PTS | REB | AST | STL | FG% | 3P% | FT% |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2022-23 | AAC | 33 | 0 | 15.6 | 5.9 | 2.2 | 0.5 | 0.3 | .365 | .347 | .881 |
| 2023-24 | Big 12 | 37 | 32 | 28.2 | 12.6 | 3.5 | 0.9 | 1.5 | .373 | .368 | .851 |
| 2024-25 | Big 12 | 37 | 36 | 27.3 | 12.6 | 3.0 | 0.8 | 1.4 | .418 | .407 | .868 |
| 2025-26 | Big 12 | 37 | 37 | 29.4 | 15.5 | 3.0 | 1.7 | 1.2 | .413 | .372 | .891 |
Honors: AAC All-Freshman Team in 2023; Big 12 Tournament MVP and NCAA Midwest Regional Most Outstanding Player in 2025; first-team All-Big 12 and Big 12 All-Defensive Team in 2026. His final season came on 7.1 three-point attempts per game. Draft: 2026, second round, 45th overall, Sacramento Kings.
Sharp has never appeared in an NBA game. His most recent competitive season is the 2025-26 Houston line above — 37 games, 37 starts, 29.4 MPG, 15.5 PTS, 3.0 REB, 1.7 AST, 1.2 STL on .413/.372/.891.
Durability: The one significant item predates his college career: a fractured fibula and dislocated ankle in May 2021 that cost him roughly 18 months, his high-school senior season and a redshirt year. Since then he has been fully available, playing all 37 games in each of his last three seasons.
Trajectory: Four seasons of steady, unspectacular improvement in a program that demands defense — the free-throw stroke is elite and consistent across every year, the three-point rate is good but not special at 37 percent on high volume, and the Big 12 All-Defensive selection is real evidence that he is not a one-way player. The limiting factors are size at 6-foot-3 and the absence of a creation gene: 1.7 assists in his best year, and a field-goal percentage that has never cleared 42 because the two-point game is ordinary. He is a 45th pick behind Sacramento's veteran guards and wings, so the base case is shooting cameos plus G League assignments. He becomes fantasy-relevant if Sacramento trades a veteran guard and hands him 20 minutes, in which case the payoff is roughly two threes a night and little else — a threes-only stream, not a category contributor.
Career sources: Emanuel Sharp — Wikipedia · Houston Athletics: Sharp selected in 2026 NBA Draft second round · Kings Herald: Kings draft Emanuel Sharp 45th · Houston report book
Open questions
- Can Sharp create enough inside the arc and defend NBA wings?
- Does Sacramento move a veteran guard before opening night?