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

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There been a whole lot of talk on here over the last year about "Swinging for the Fence" this is that. This is Mike's legacy pick and what will eventually land him a GM job. He been on this guy for a while now.
 
theprunetang said:
This was posted on reddit, and the photo is blurry, but here is a screenshot from Minnesota's draft room while the 16th pick was being made.

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Like I said, it is blurry. Supposedly, that blurry image on the laptop is Yang Hansen. I actually think the shape of the face and hair are a match, even if potato quality.
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Why does this matter if other teams were willing to take him? Why does he make sense for us? With Clingan.
 
Rastapopoulos said:
And the 14th. And a ton of seconds.
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I mentioned the 14th pick. Of course, that was the primary leverage used on Avdija. But we also heard plenty of rumors that the Blazers were considering trading up to make sure they got Clingan. But would the Blazers have used two lottery picks last season on two, slow-footed drop-coverage C's 8 months after adding Ayton and Timelord? I guess that's basically where the Blazers are

or would they have traded the 7th pick for Avdija hoping it had enough value that Washington would not demand that 2029 1st? Then use the 14th on Yang?

obviously, the F.O.'s consideration of Yang was before the draft order was sorted and before it became clear Yang wasn't entering the draft last season

inconceivable said:
the barometer is 11-15 players drafted
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I'd say it's 11-30
 
illmatic99 said:
Why does this matter if other teams were willing to take him? Why does he make sense for us? With Clingan.
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I see it as a Nurkic/Jokic type of deal. Draft them both, see who’s going to be better after a couple of years, and then move the other. There’s also the insurance factor. Given how Blazers bigs drop like flies with injuries, depth is a good thing.
 
illmatic99 said:
Why does this matter if other teams were willing to take him? Why does he make sense for us? With Clingan.
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Well, most teams need at least two centers. The Blazers, with their injury history, need 3+
We can't depend on Timelord, and if Ayton demands too much to re-sign, then he won't be back. Plus now I feel better about trading him.

I am not saying this is a good pick, just that I can see why we needed a center to go along with Clingan.
 
e_blazer said:
I see it as a Nurkic/Jokic type of deal. Draft them both, see who’s going to be better after a couple of years, and then move the other. There’s also the insurance factor. Given how Blazers bigs drop like flies with injuries, depth is a good thing.
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Denver did not spend two lottery picks on their bigs when they employed this strategy.
 
theprunetang said:
This was posted on reddit, and the photo is blurry, but here is a screenshot from Minnesota's draft room while the 16th pick was being made.

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Like I said, it is blurry. Supposedly, that blurry image on the laptop is Yang Hansen. I actually think the shape of the face and hair are a match, even if potato quality.
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e_blazer said:
I have absolutely no idea if Yang will be a bust, a future All-Star, or (more likely) something in between. I do find it a bit weird that on a Blazers board that got so excited over the Blazers hiring Mike Schmitz for his talent evaluation acumen, people go bananas when the team doesn’t pick the safe player expected by all of the mock drafts. To go with the mixed metaphors, I like taking a swing for a big hit over dinking out grounders. Fingers crossed that it works out great.
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Are you new here?

This fanbase is bipolar.
 
illmatic99 said:
Why does this matter if other teams were willing to take him? Why does he make sense for us? With Clingan.
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It makes sense why they did not want to wait until later to take him.

As for why they decided to take him with DC on the roster, that's a BPA vs drafting for need discussion.
 
I'm really annoyed I'm going to be in the UK for Summer League! I have a feeling he's going to be fun to watch.
 
Adding plausibility to this: the Nets used all their picks (perhaps it was too late to trade one when Yang went) and took "The Jewish Hansen Yang" in a surprise pick with Danny Wolf

 
illmatic99 said:
Denver did not spend two lottery picks on their bigs when they employed this strategy.
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Didn’t have to because of draft position and great scouting. OTOH, are you of the opinion that a guy at 11 like Coward is certain to be more than a mid-level player, or that the Blazers can’t find similar talent in the FA market?
 
So they are selling and selling out to the Chinese.
I’m trying to stay with my team but this is tough.
 
julius said:
If someone had said the fanbase has depresison, should I be offended since I have depression?

Asking because that's a reach.
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If there were members open about their struggles with depression, i'd try to choose different explanations for a fanbase.
 
illmatic99 said:
Why does this matter if other teams were willing to take him? Why does he make sense for us? With Clingan.
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and Ayton, and RW, and Reath...5 guys at an outdated position
 
I came here to post that I had a dream the Blazers drafted a Chinese kid with their first round pick but then I saw this thread and realized….. damn….
 
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