Event With the 16th pick, Blazers have selected Hansen Yang (6 Viewers)

[wizenheimer]

just for reference:

 

[TBpup]

Yang has some offensive skills and solid BBIQ, but his lack of foot speed on the perimeter is defensively debilitating. He isn't just bad, he ends up miles from whoever he is guarding after a simple change of direction. I'm not sure how much better that can get.

 

[julius]

lol...right

talent isn't part of the equation.

Wembanyama won't be good at basketball till he's fluent in English

Not sure why you brought up Victor, since I didn't compare Yang to him, or say that he'd all the sudden be great at basketball once he learns English.
Also Wemby already *knew* and spoke English when he came to the NBA, had no need for a translator, and Wemby has been playing professional ball, at an elite level, for a long time.

Victor has been playing professional ball since he was 15 and has played and represented his country in basketball for a while now.

Growing up and playing basketball in Europe/France is a lot different than playing basketball in China.

Not only that, the whole fucking point I was making that was that experience makes a difference. If Damian came out as a 20 year old, his NBA arc would have been a lot different than it was. And if Clingan hadn't gotten 2 years of one of the best college programs in the nation, he'd look different.

 

[UKRAINEFAN]

Yang has a high ceiling but he should be with the Remix for the remainder of the season.

Desperately needs reps. He’s nowhere close to being ready for NBA pace.

To put him into counting games right now looks like tanking to me.

 

[riverman]

lol...right

talent isn't part of the equation.

Wembanyama won't be good at basketball till he's fluent in English

Wembanyana is fluent in english.

 

[wizenheimer]

Not sure why you brought up Victor, since I didn't compare Yang to him,

I was making a joke

 

[SlyPokerDog]

Yang has some offensive skills and solid BBIQ, but his lack of foot speed on the perimeter is defensively debilitating. He isn't just bad, he ends up miles from whoever he is guarding after a simple change of direction. I'm not sure how much better that can get.

Balboa had the same problem that got fixed with a chicken.

 

[wizenheimer]

I get it now...as soon as Yang learns to speak English he'll cut his 3/4 sprint time in half

(imagine green font)

 

[AldoTrapani]

Wow this is sad