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

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  1. SharpesTriumph

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    Correct. Also even if you had a confidential Cronin interview - they're not going to game plan how to select a player that isn't in the draft. They gather assessments on these players for years. Then days/weeks before the draft plot out how to maneuver and select their targets. Yang was never in the draft at the time they were targeting Clingan/others.
     
    SharpesTriumph, Jun 25, 2025 at 10:14 PM
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    Reath deal has $0 guaranteed so can just be cut before Aug1.
     
    SharpesTriumph, Jun 25, 2025 at 10:15 PM
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    successfully? they lost that series against a team that spent most of the series without a C on the floor
     
    wizenheimer, Jun 25, 2025 at 10:15 PM
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    Pretty sure everyone drafted today could do stuff like that to players of that caliber.
     
    JFizzleRaider, Jun 25, 2025 at 10:16 PM
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    B-Roy If it takes months

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    The won the Adams/Sengun together minutes.
     
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    Adams and Sengun are both under 7ft but more importantly have mobility that the 7ft Clingan and 7ft Yang dont. If it was one of Wemby or Chet types we likely could try some crazy twin tower center lineups together. Clingan and Yang never will be able to.
     
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    Not really.
     
    Tince, Jun 25, 2025 at 10:21 PM
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    ok...so in this sequel, is it Yang or Clingan playing the Sengun role? Yeah, that's a trick question because neither has anywhere close to Sengun's mobility. Adams is probably quicker than either
     
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    They are not very mobile. Certainly not good on the perimeter. But regardless, I'm just saying thinking outside the box is not always a bad thing. No one would have thought the Pacers could make the finals with the way they've gone about building their roster.
     
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    Are you dense? This was just in response to a poster saying they could never share the court together. I'm just saying there is proof that isn't exactly true.
     
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    Agreed. These highlights that fans get to validate a Blazers draft choice are near meaningless.
     
    SharpesTriumph, Jun 25, 2025 at 10:23 PM
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    You honestly think that competition is better than most of the college kids most draftees play?
     
    JFizzleRaider, Jun 25, 2025 at 10:24 PM
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    Apparently Cronin sees something in Yang that 29 other GMs do not.
     
    Bingo Bango, Jun 25, 2025 at 10:26 PM
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    Clingan and Yang will never share the court together. Find an example of two slow footed lumbering drop coverage 7 ft bigs that have ever done that successfully together. The Rockets and Pacers were both totally different styles of play and we've seen many teams do those same styles successfully.
     
    SharpesTriumph, Jun 25, 2025 at 10:26 PM
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    That's not what you said...
     
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    There are only 29 other GMs.
     
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    There are 33 GMs in the NBA?
     
    Tince, Jun 25, 2025 at 10:27 PM
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    The shadow GMs….
     
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    obviously they could be on the court together. It just wouldn't work unless the goal was tanking
     
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