The draft is a seminal moment for many incoming players. Putting aside competitive stakes, each young athlete’s life is irreversibly altered by the fame and fortune that comes with being an NBA player. The exorbitant contract values ensures these players almost never have to worry about personal finances. Plus, these young guns get to play alongside some of their basketball idols for a living. With these high stakes, it’s easy to see why the draft is so revered.

Likewise, the fortunes of a city and franchise can be completely transformed by a draft pick. LeBron James, for instance, brought Cleveland its first sports championship in 52 years and was also reportedly worth hundreds of millions to the city’s downtown economy. It almost goes without saying that Michael Jordan built the Chicago Bulls from the ground up into a championship team whose dynamic would reverberate through the decades.

With that in mind, Stacker compiled a list of the best draft picks in Sacramento Kings history using data from Basketball-Reference.com. Players were ranked according to a formula that approximates their career achievements, career value, and play quality. The formula encompasses Basketball-Reference.com’s Hall of Fame probability, career win shares, and value over replacement player, aka VORP. For players drafted before data is available for VORP, half of the player’s win shares were used in its place to calculate their Stacker score. Basketball Hall of Fame inductees were given a minimum of 60% for their Hall of Fame probability, indicating a worthy résumé for their time but not up to par with some modern players. Scores were normalized to 100 based on the scoring leader. Keep reading to see where your favorite players fall on the list.

#50. Spencer Hawes
– Stacker score: 4.1
– 10th overall pick in 2007
– Played three seasons with Sacramento Kings
– Career averages: 8.7 PTS, 5.7 REB, 1.9 AST
– Advanced statistics: 22.6 win shares, -1.1 box plus/minus, 3.4 VORP

#49. Francisco García
– Stacker score: 4.3
– 23rd overall pick in 2005
– Played seven seasons with Sacramento Kings
– Career averages: 7.9 PTS, 2.6 REB, 1.4 AST
– Advanced statistics: 18.2 win shares, -0.1 box plus/minus, 5.7 VORP

#48. Pervis Ellison
– Stacker score: 4.3
– First overall pick in 1989
– Played one season with Sacramento Kings
– Career averages: 9.5 PTS, 6.7 REB, 1.5 AST
– Advanced statistics: 21.8 win shares, -0.5 box plus/minus, 4.4 VORP

#47. Phil Ford
– Stacker score: 4.4
– Second overall pick in 1978
– Played four seasons with Kansas City Kings
– Career averages: 11.6 PTS, 1.8 REB, 6.4 AST<

Stacker compiled the richest billionaires in California using data from Forbes. Net worth is as of June 18, 2026.

The first billionaire is generally considered to be John D. Rockefeller in 1916, though some argue it was Henry Ford in 1925. Fast-forward over 100 years and there are now around 3,000 billionaires around the world. Read on to see which billionaires live in your area and the richest across the country.

Richest billionaires in California

#20. Jan Koum
– Net worth: $16.8 billion
– Source: WhatsApp
– Industry: Technology
– Lives in: Atherton, California

#19. Adam Foroughi
– Net worth: $16.8 billion
– Source: advertising technology
– Industry: Technology
– Lives in: Truckee, California

#18. Patrick Collison
– Net worth: $17.5 billion
– Source: Payment software
– Industry: Technology
– Lives in: San Francisco, California

#17. John Collison
– Net worth: $17.5 billion
– Source: Payment software
– Industry: Technology
– Lives in: San Francisco, California

#16. Eric Smidt
– Net worth: $17.9 billion
– Source: Hardware stores
– Industry: Fashion & Retail
– Lives in: Beverly Hills, California

#15. Brett Adcock
– Net worth: $19.1 billion
– Source: Robots
– Industry: Technology
– Lives in: Palo Alto, California

#14. Donald Bren
– Net worth: $19.2 billion
– Source: Real estate
– Industry: Real Estate
– Lives in: Newport Beach, California

#13. John Doerr
– Net worth: $22.9 billion
– Source: Venture capital
– Industry: Finance & Investments
– Lives in: Woodside, California

#12. Henry Nicholas III
– Net worth: $24.5 billion
– Source: Semiconductors
– Industry: Technology
– Lives in: Newport Coast, California

#11. Peter Thiel
– Net worth: $27.3 billion
– Source: Facebook, investments
– Industry: N/A
– Lives in: Los Angeles, California

#10. Robert Pera
– Net worth: $31.7 billion
– Source: Wireless networking
– Industry: Technology
– Lives in: San Jose, California

#9. Andreas von Bechtolsheim & family
– Net worth: $34.6 billion
– Source: Google
– Industry: Technology
– Lives in: Palo Alto, California

#8. David Sun
– Net worth: $33.9 billion
– Source: Computer hardware
– Industry: Technology
– Lives in: Irvine, California

#7. John Tu
– Net worth: $34.0 billion
– Source: Computer hardware
– Industry: Technology
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Ask anyone what summer tastes like, and you’ll get a different answer. A perfectly ripe peach. Sweet corn straight off the grill. Watermelon at a Fourth of July cookout. The list is different for everyone, but the euphoric feeling of biting into something at peak ripeness is the same. These are the flavors people wait all year for, and Instacart order data shows just how seriously Americans take them.

Instacart analyzed fresh produce orders from grocery retailers in California and across the country from 2023-2025 and commissioned The Harris Poll to survey over 2,000 Americans to map what’s actually happening in the summer produce aisle — including when different categories peak, where they peak hardest, and just how much people care about their summer fruits and veggies.

Key Takeaways

• Stone fruit is the main event of summer. The week of Aug. 12 is the single most dramatic week on the entire summer produce calendar — donut peaches (+378%), white peaches (+292%), white nectarines (+333%), pluots (+439%), and plums (+172%) all hit their 2025 highs in the same 48-hour window. No other week comes close.
• Americans have strong feelings about their stone fruit. The share of produce orders with hand-typed customer instructions swings 16 percentage points from its January low to its late-July peak. A May 2026 Instacart/Harris Poll survey found 35% of Americans say a perfectly ripe peach beats any other summer dessert, and 62% identify as Team Peach versus Team Nectarine (18%). Opinions about stone fruit are a seasonal phenomenon.
• The Fourth of July is a big moment for produce. Sweet corn (+263%), yellow corn (+327%), white corn (+292%), tri-color corn (+293%), watermelon (+170%), and cherries (+369%) all peaked within a four-day window around Independence Day.
• Every state has its thing. Vermont over-indexes on corn at +40%. Maine leads the country on heirloom tomatoes. Muscadine grapes spike almost entirely in Georgia and the Carolinas.

Summer’s Biggest Produce Categories

Here’s the starting lineup. These are the fruits and vegetables that captured the largest share of Instacart baskets at their summer peaks. Strawberries lead the fruit side and stone fruit makes a strong showing throughout, a preview of the August crescendo to come. Meanwhile, sweet corn, yellow corn, and everything you need for a great summer salad dominate the vegetables.

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During the height of the pandemic in 2022, the typical home took less than a month to go from listed to under contract, creating the fastest housing market in history. But since then, home prices and mortgage rates have climbed substantially, pricing out many would-be buyers and sellers and slowing the market to a crawl.

It’s not all bad news, though. Recently, more consumers have been testing the waters on the heels of slowly improving affordability—and buyers who are in the market are especially keen to take advantage of a slow and favorable landscape. Buyers face less competition in most parts of the country, giving them more room to negotiate.

So, how is the Los Angeles, CA market doing in 2026? How long does it take to buy a house in the city, and how much above or below asking do they sell? To find out, Redfin Real Estate analyzed the city’s market speed using several metrics, such as median days on market, share of homes that sell within one week, and the sale-to-list ratio. Metro-level data is seasonally adjusted except for median sale price. National-level data is seasonally adjusted except for median sale price. All data represents the monthly median for May 2026.

How long does it take to buy a house in Los Angeles, CA?

• Median days on market: 49 (+1 days YoY)
• Share of listings off-market in one week: 10.4% (+2.1% ppt YoY)
• Share of listings off-market in two weeks: 27.3% (+2.1% ppt YoY)
• Average sale-to-list ratio: 99.34% (-0.2% ppt YoY)
• Median sale price: $937,111 (+0.8% YoY)

How long does it take to buy a house nationwide?

• Median days on market: 49 days (+3 days YoY)
• Share of listings off-market in one week: 20.4% (+0.1 ppt YoY)
• Share of listings off-market in two weeks: 31.9% (+0.2 ppt YoY)
• Average sale-to-list ratio: 98.3% (-0.1 ppt YoY)
• Median sale price: $398,771 (+2.0% YoY)

This story was
produced by
Redfin Real Estate and reviewed and
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Purchasing a home is one of the most important investments there is. More than a place to live, homeownership is an asset with the potential to tremendously rise in value. But with home prices reaching record heights, affordability plays a huge role for buyers.

The typical home value in the United States was $368,720 in May, 0.8% higher than the year before.

High mortgage rates are also making monthly payments more expensive; as of June 11, the 30-year fixed mortgage rate sits at 6.52%.

Although home prices have inflated all across the U.S., there are some cities that command a higher price tag than others. Location, size, age, and condition are all contributing factors to home value.

Stacker compiled a list of cities with the most expensive homes in the Los Angeles metro area using data from Zillow. Charts show the monthly typical home value since January 2018. Data was available for 151 cities and towns.

#30. Sierra Madre, CA

– Typical home value: $1,439,928
– 1-year price change: -2.2%
– 5-year price change: +22.5%

#29. Topanga, CA

– Typical home value: $1,446,502
– 1-year price change: -4.1%
– 5-year price change: +16.3%

#28. Laguna Niguel, CA

– Typical home value: $1,495,131
– 1-year price change: +3.5%
– 5-year price change: +60.8%

#27. Redondo Beach, CA

– Typical home value: $1,502,231
– 1-year price change: +2.1%
– 5-year price change: +23.2%

#26. Irvine, CA

– Typical home value: $1,547,649
– 1-year price change: -1.6%
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