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Nah. Ask it in another thread. Dont say "answer it and then merge it".

Ask it in the relevant thread. Dont be the "the workers will do it afterwards" be better than that.
 
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“He was on our board rated extremely high. We didn’t realize only our team thought he was this good but in 2025 it’s imperative that you have a backup center to your backup center. “
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I am fantasizing this means Ayton is gone. But I know that’s bullshit. This is Joes post season
 
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inconceivable said:
will there be a post draft press con?
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I can see it now

Reporter: Yang was one of the biggest surprises of the draft. What made you draft him?

Cronin: Mike and I have been watching him for years. We got our guy!

Reporter: But, why at #16? Why not buy into the 2nd round?

Cronin: If you found a Jokic, would you wait for the second round to draft him?
 
Chris Craig said:
I can see it now

Reporter: Yang was one of the biggest surprises of the draft. What made you draft him?

Cronin: Mike and I have been watching him for years. We got our guy!

Reporter: But, why at #16? Why not buy into the 2nd round?

Cronin: If you found a Jokic, would you wait for the second round to draft him?
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Man…. This poor guy is getting massively setup to fail. He should have had second round expectations. Now people are gonna be massively disappointed when he doesn’t turn out to be the next Jokic.

The worst thing you can do to your reach is to start calling them a Jokic.
 
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.
 
blazerkor said:
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
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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?
 
LayneStaley said:
I thought being a Raiders fan was depressing but the Blazers are all fucked up. Our roster is a mess. No shooters and log jams everywhere. Fuck Cronin.
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Dude, we at least have some hope with the Raiders this time. Brady will be good for the franchise. Loved our offseason.
 
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.
 
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kjironman1 said:
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 thy 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.
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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.
 
blazerkor said:
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.
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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.
 
kjironman1 said:
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.
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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.
 
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