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

Sam is KILLING us on this pic. Called it “asinine “

 

Yeah the Blazers were 13-28 in mid January. Blazer fans all had dreams of Flagg or a consolation prizes of the other top prospects like Ace Bailey who eventually went 5th.

There's not a single of the most glass half full Blazer fans that would've said ending up with Hansen Yang is a success.

 

Lots of legitimate reasons to question the pick of course, but I also admit that I'm not a huge Sam Vecenie guy. While I don't doubt the time he invests, he comes across as a bit of a know-it-all in his delivery. And frankly, his track record isn't all that impressive honestly... heck, I am still waiting for Scoot to turn into that Derrick Rose+ generational point guard he promised.

Vecenie has always felt a bit like that analyst that everyone thinks is great because he likes to throw obscure details and quasi-medical biomechanics into his analysis that makes his approach seem more "scientific." Now, he certainly could be right here (and frankly, he would be betting the odds for 16th picks more generally in slamming the pick), but I don't put a lot of extra stock into his take.

And don't get me started on Hollinger...

 

yeah...he has the Blazers on blast...so did Hollinger:

 

I didn't think it was Hansen cuz he has a lot of conditioning and strength work still to do.

 

He won't amount to anything. Oops, this is what was said about Jokic, not Hansen.

 

So I have seen it posited on the internet that all of Minny, BKN and ATL were gonna take him. Were they all juking PDX so much that PDX wasted a pick on a second round talent? These guys are stating unequivocally that PDX was the only team in on Yang as a first rounder and that he may not ever have NBA talent. Now I understand that these other clubs will not say "hell yeah, we were gonna take him but the Blazers chumped us." I too am not keen on either of these talking heads. What gives?

 

Ryan absolutely LOVED the pick! Said he’s all in. Saw Yang play at the combines and was impressed!

 

Rusillo said Atlanta was “idiotic” for actually moving up to get Queen. All that they gave up.

 

How about the passes he can make? This one shown here is top-level. I still think it's going out of bounds.

 

I don't trust anyone who calls Timelord an asset to know jack about shit.

 

Let's waive Reath so we can get into the second round tonight so I will have something to watch!!

 

Simmons and Lowe didn't seem to hate the pick.

 

Hidden in all of this is (for me) a great thing.

Add a country to your international basketball watch list! I love having Blazers which play internationally for their country!

I know in the past people have been on one side or the other on this. Some don’t like our players playing for their countries in the offseason and wish our team was the focus. But with a young player like Hansen Yang, I’m hoping down the road he can get as much time as possible with his national team.

 

Oh shit, we just drafted 1984 Sabas.

 

Yang is gonna bring back the jump hook.

 

Ok these highlights are worth something since its the NBA combine. Also theres enough of the clips you can watch the entire play.

The highlights from China are nearly worthless as honestly looks like a bunch of YMCA pickup.

 

Feelings ain't facts.

 

It was actually different seasons. Yang played in the season after. Duop put up those numbers at age 26.

Duop put up those numbers in 25MPG. Yang did his in 33MPG, so definitely a bit different. Duop was also much less efficient so it seems like more of a usage thing. Still, Duop is a serviceable NBA player, so there is at least some hope here.