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

Either he succeeds or he doesn't. At least this time he won't be a guy people point to as "The Guy We Could Have Had" when our 11th pick underperformed.

 

So we drafted a guy about 13 to 20 picks ahead of where the consensus had him. I really like Yang and I'm not mad about the pick. That being said the odds are that one out of the field of the guys mocked in front of Yang having a better career than him has to be the case.

Joe called it an overdraft. Sure, Yang could be better than everybody who went behind him but I don't think it's more likely than one of the guys drafted after him being better than him.

 

Yang's live reaction as he was being picked

 

I was hoping Blazers would get a pick in the 20s and draft Yang.

My prime targets were (outside the top guys) Essengue, Yang, Richardson, & Thiero.

I liked Bryant, Clifford, & Coward - but I was more hesitant about those 3.

 

Think you misinterpreted my post.

The odds are simple math... 4+ players are more likely to be good than one single player.

If all these guys had equal chance to be a star it would be 20% chance Yang is one and 80% chance Blazers picked wrong and missed the star. But there's way more than 4 players the Blazers passed on so it's even greater than that.

Yang was a shocking pick, so there's a very good chance it will be able to be criticized with how other players careers develop.

 

We're here to piss the bed. To melt down over every decision. To make a spectacle of ourselves over something we'll never control. After all, there are no other options of how to conduct ourselves when following a sports team. It's not about the stupid team, it's about my precious emotions and I need some attention!

STOMP

 

Really cool video! Exciting time in this kids life.