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

Literally nobody working at the Blazers today has anything to do with that history. Paul Allen died, Trader Bob and Nash were long ago fired with a half dozen GM's in between, multiple Blazer presidents, Cronin wasn't even a lowly salary cap assistant yet.

Now if you want to lump Simons/Sharpe/Yang together please feel free. But the ancient history just isn't relevant at all to how the team is being built today.

 

Maybe, but 4 of the 5 guys there are knew it was Yang as well, also they were secretly mentioned it way more than 30 seconds before the pick.

 

You think someone from the Blazers war room texted them? It's possible.

 

Yes

 

Wow very creative trade ideas -

 

Kling Kong x Hanzilla

 

too lazy to look it up but i believe even Denver themselves drafted another player ahead of Jokic on the same draft

 

They drafted two before Jokic

Nurkic at #16
Gary Harris at #19
Jokic at #41

 

Doug McDermott who they traded for Nurkic

 

The Blazers didn't draft Roy and Aldridge - we drafted Tyrus Thomas.

 

Jokic didn't play for the Nuggets after that 2014 draft, he played another year in Serbia.

In 2015 Jokic came over as a rookie with the Nuggets 2015 #7 lotto pick Emmanuel Mudiay.

 

In Scottie we trust.

 

Except nobody will play hard to win games just to see Jody in a g-string.

 

The Block Lobster and The Passing Panda

 

Legit seven footer without a long neck or gigantic head. Look at how high his shoulders sit. This kid will do great.