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Flagg on SportsCenter after SVP asks him when he'll know that he's made it. Flagg says when he matches up against Jayson Tatum. Unfortunately he won't face Tatum until late this upcoming season, early the season after.

 

I have a feeling they’re going to trade into the second round tomorrow — Penda being their guy

 

Which reminds me: can this guy speak and understand English?

 

a 2027 second-round pick (via Atlanta) and a 2028 second-round pick (via Sacramento)

 

How does this compare to those guys you had up couple days ago?

 

Don’t think so, he’s had a translator at interviews Ive seen.

 

I was asking, cuz he obviously is going to need a lot of coach and training.

 

a little better than Queen; maybe comparable to Clingan

 

Clingan 12.06 lane agility, 3.38 shuttle run, 3.46 three quarters court sprint, 25.5 standing vertical jump, 29.0 max vertical jump

Yang 11.79 lane agility, 3.01 shuttle run, 3.38 three quarters court sprint, 26.0 standing vertical jump, 30.0 max vertical jump

 

I just don't get it.... this isn't what the league is doing anymore. Drafting two players of basically the same exact mold in back to back seasons smacks of......... Neil fucking Olshey.

Dame and then CJ.

I didn't understand it when we drafted CJ either. Yeah he's a good player...... it was a bad fit. Why draft another short ball dominant guard? So is big ass, slow, lumbering centers gonna be Joe's thing? Neil could only draft short scoring guards and Joe only wants to draft big ass centers?

 

video of the presser please

 

Dude, we at least have some hope with the Raiders this time. Brady will be good for the franchise. Loved our offseason.

 

Id really like that. Personally I prefer Thiero. Either one would be awesome

 

I wish someone would have brought up Clingan. They can’t play together, so wtf? Interesting that he pointed to this summer when asked about the roster. He made it sound like more moves to come

 

Best rating i found on that pick at 16 was a D-.
Pretty much could have bought a late second rounder and got that dude.
He's big yes but slow and can't shoot. He's worse than a Tall Slow White Center. Thanks @Mediocre Man
It's even worse thinking they just used their pick last year on Donovan Clingan who is also a Tall Slow White Center that is slow and can't really shoot.

Now lets think about If they really wanted a Center for some reason? The very next pick by the T-Wolves netted Beringer.

Someone please explain an upside to this pick. It's literally been given the lable of the worst pick in this years first round.

Just kind of seems like this pick was for Chinese exposure.

 

It's for sure the biggest reach in the first round by a mile. That being said, I've watched videos of Yang and his footwork is nice, he's both quicker and faster than Clingan, some of the passes I've seen him make are insane, he finishes well around the hoop, he rebounds well, he has really solid timing when protecting the rim. The footwork, soft hands, court vision, passing ability and overall feel for the game (a much slower game in China) are what they drafted this guy for.

 

I don’t know man. He cannot shoot outside of 6 feet. He will get cooked on defense if he tries to go anywhere out of the paint. This has all the makings of that Heng Jun Korean Dude.

 

I’d love to feel optimistic about this but I just don’t see it.

 

I watched the highlights of several games and obviously I'm not seeing the missed shots but his form from three looks great on the makes, slow release but good form and consistent. I don't know how you can say the guy cannot shoot outside of 6 feet when he made a third of his three pointers this last season.

He definitely could be a bust, I don't have enough information to know that he'll be good in the league let alone great but the video on him is impressive.

Also he's not Ha Seung-jin, that dude was slow. Yang's combine stats are better than the slow centers stats are, he's not a guard or a wing but he isn't as plodding as Clingan or others on that level of mobility.

I guess we'll see but on the limited info we have, I don't think it's time to call this young guy a bust.