Event With the 16th pick, Blazers have selected Hansen Yang

Or better yet, remember the Blazers?…..

 

I've seen Kuminga play...and I'm looking at his numbers....and I'm having a hard time seeing his value as much over 20M/year

 

Pretty much like Scoot/Sharpe. Won't give them the reigns and because of that they will sit like Kuminga and be unable to get a good second contract. Warriors should have traded him. Blazers should trade Scoot/Sharpe. CB will put a lineup out there of Jrue, Deni, Camara, Grant and Clingan if Williams can't go. Thybulle probably his sixth man. Since management has changed course to win now, with vets, Portland will have two players in Kuminga's situation. Get value while you can. It is a ridiculous turn of events, but many here want to see their team on the treadmill.

 

I don't agree. Even if and I still think it's a big if, neither Scoot or Shae start, they'll be good enough to be getting starters minutes off the bench. So they'll be able to show what they have. I don't think Jrue being here means that either Scoot or Shae will see their minutes cut from last season and last season Shae got 31 per game and Scoot got 27 per game. If anything they might see more PT. Also unlike Ant, Jrue is best when he's a pass first PG.

No I see a lot of room for our two young guards to grow. I guess Tisse could play himself into more minutes and then there might be a minutes crunch but I think the team can address that problem if it ever presents itself.

 

Scoot and Shae will absorb Ant's and Banton's minutes as well as their own from last season...they'll definitely get an uptick in court time

 

Kuminga got moved to 3rd string for stretches of many games and lots of DNP. Blazers have never done that to Scoot or Sharpe.

 

How Yang Hansen became the NBA’s most anticipated prospect

 

Yang is the equivalent of the Jennifer Anniston/Brad Pitt/Angelina Jolie saga for NBA content creators. They're just milking those Chinese clicks.

 

I have a pretty good friend who lives in Phoenix; another good friend lives in NY (the state). Both are big NBA fans. They know who Yang is, but the notion that Yang is a big deal outside of Portland doesn't register

 

But..... China?

 

Are you saying Yang is not a big deal in China?

Which is certainly outside of Portland and has a population of around 1.4 billion.

AI Overview

Yes, Yang Hansen is incredibly popular in China. He's the first Chinese player drafted in the first round of the NBA in nearly 20 years, and his arrival has generated massive excitement and attention in China, with some describing him as the biggest name in China right now.

 

Should we edit this thread title to his proper name?

 

man! threads gatta stay on topic, thread TITLES gotta be accurate. no positivity allowed in posts. who made stren and you the fun police anyway? surprised you two ain't picketing the happy birthday threads.

 

No idea what this says cause I’m too old too see the green, but if it says what I think it says, I love you too

 

now try reading the quoted text in the the voice and style of skip from bull durham when he was giving the team the "lollygaggers" rant as it was intended above.

 

I thought it was pretty clear I was talking about what I was hearing from friends in other parts of the country.

 

I sure didn’t know who Yang was before we brought him in for a workout. I think it’s fair to say nobody knew who Toumani or Deni were before we acquired them either but at this point I’m pretty sure since the draft every big nba fan would know who Yang is now. He’s been all over nba coverage since then

 

How do you think I read it in the first place?

 

We knew who Avdija was.