Yang progress

[HoopsFanAZ]

Adams was stiff-arming Yang out of his set position and sometimes out of bounds, clearly should be a foul.
What should Yang be told to do? No player in the NBA can stand their ground in that situation.
Yang can't grab Adams' arm.
I'm inclined to think Yang needs to learn to flop when Adams shoves him and extends his arm all the way.

Disclosure: I've wanted Steven Adams as a Blazer since before C.J. was drafted.

And actually, though Adams would not help with the Blazers' need for a mobile, rim-running, healthy, 3-shooting, back-up center, I'd still love to have him working with Clingan and Hansen on a daily basis. Dude is just a beast and a pro.

Hansen needs work physically, quickened feet on D, and English. His entire game needs work because he's a rookie. He has good beginnings of NBA skills, and I'm glad he has a foreign-born center as a coach.

 

[HailBlazers]

 

[THE HCP]

Great to see him crushing it down there! Mac McClung had 54 points the other night in a G-League game. Crazy the difference in the level of play at that level. I remember when we sent Luke Babbitt down and he did his Larry Bird impression killing it in the D-League.

 

[wizenheimer]

Great to see him crushing it down there! Mac McClung had 54 points the other night in a G-League game. Crazy the difference in the level of play at that level. I remember when we sent Luke Babbitt down and he did his Larry Bird impression killing it in the D-League.

didn't Babbitt have back-2-back 40 point games in g-league?





not many recognizable names there. Ingram with 474 games. Deni has played 409 and NBA seasons are twice as long

 

[BassPlaya]

Great to see him crushing it down there! Mac McClung had 54 points the other night in a G-League game. Crazy the difference in the level of play at that level. I remember when we sent Luke Babbitt down and he did his Larry Bird impression killing it in the D-League.

One thing I noticed was spacing. Once we can generate enough fear from behind the arc, that will give Yang some room to do what he can do by keeping guys outside more.

 

[Samuel]

Disclosure: I've wanted Steven Adams as a Blazer since before C.J. was drafted.

And actually, though Adams would not help with the Blazers' need for a mobile, rim-running, healthy, 3-shooting, back-up center, I'd still love to have him working with Clingan and Hansen on a daily basis. Dude is just a beast and a pro.

Hansen needs work physically, quickened feet on D, and English. His entire game needs work because he's a rookie. He has good beginnings of NBA skills, and I'm glad he has a foreign-born center as a coach.

the good news is that there are still pieces of steven adams inside yang hansen's arm every time he takes the court. so in a way, he's a blazer.

 

[Rastapopoulos]

Suppose you could trade Hansen Yang for a pick in the 2026 draft. What's the lowest pick you would accept?

 

[wizenheimer]

Suppose you could trade Hansen Yang for a pick in the 2026 draft. What's the lowest pick you would accept?

44...too high?

ok then, 55

 

[blazerfan11]

Hansen's most recent Remix game.

20 points on 9-9 field goals, 2-2 three-pointers, 9 rebounds and 5 assists.

He did a little bit better than Jayson Kent, Javonte Cook, and Chris Youngblood, putting it mildly. (10 shots for 9 points, 15 shots for 14 points, and 17 shots for 15 points.)

 

[SharpesTriumph]

Suppose you could trade Hansen Yang for a pick in the 2026 draft. What's the lowest pick you would accept?

Id probably take #25. Lower than that just isn't a ton of upside so I'd keep Yang on the small chance hes a late bloomer.

 

[blazerkor]

Suppose you could trade Hansen Yang for a pick in the 2026 draft. What's the lowest pick you would accept?

We could find out on draft day. I still think it's fairly likely that we have an entirely different front office by then.

So the new GM could see if any team wants Yang for a mid to late second round pick. Especially with how great Clingan has been. No team in the league can give big playing time to two drop coverage Cs.

 

[kjironman1]

Suppose you could trade Hansen Yang for a pick in the 2026 draft. What's the lowest pick you would accept?

I guess the same we got him at. Lower seems like a loss but I’d probably take the same position pretty quickly.

 

[julius]

We could find out on draft day. I still think it's fairly likely that we have an entirely different front office by then.

So the new GM could see if any team wants Yang for a mid to late second round pick. Especially with how great Clingan has been. No team in the league can give big playing time to two drop coverage Cs.

Its doubtful that Joe would still be here if Cronin was going to fire him

 

[blazerkor]

Its doubtful that Joe would still be here if Cronin was going to fire him

 

[wizenheimer]

Its doubtful that Joe would still be here if Cronin was going to fire him

every time Joe turns around a Cronin does too

 

[kjironman1]

I read the comment he responded to at least 4 times to see if it was a joke.

 

[SlyPokerDog]

That would be epic to fire yourself.

"I've decided to fire myself and will immediately start searching for my replacement."

...

"After an exhausting interview process, I've decided to hire myself back as GM and will start salary negotiations with myself."

 

[julius]

I was typing on my phone. Meant It's doubtful that Joe would be here if Tom wanted him gone.

 

[kjironman1]

I was typing on my phone. Meant It's doubtful that Joe would be here if Tom wanted him gone.

None of us knew that…

 

[blazerkor]

I was typing on my phone. Meant It's doubtful that Joe would be here if Tom wanted him gone.

I think it wouldn't make a lot of sense for Tom to have Joe fired before he officially took over the team... then he'd have to work with Jody and Bert to replace him.

I guess we'll see this off season but I think it's more likely that Dundon cleans house on the basketball ops side of things than us going into the draft with Joe at the helm.

 

[SharpesTriumph]

I think it wouldn't make a lot of sense for Tom to have Joe fired before he officially took over the team... then he'd have to work with Jody and Bert to replace him.

I guess we'll see this off season but I think it's more likely that Dundon cleans house on the basketball ops side of things than us going into the draft with Joe at the helm.

Did Tom clear house with the Hurricanes?

From what I've read Tom likes to be hands on at first, but not pay for agents, announces, fluff, etc. I'm not sure he'd be in a rush to clean house as that will be expensive. I could see him working with Joe for this draft as it might be late in the process to bring in new basketball ops people, scouts, etc.

Joe seems like a nice enough guy he'd still work hard the whole time even if Tom was transparent and let him know there would be a search for a new GM after the summer.

 

[HailBlazers]

My guess is Tom is pleased with the job Joe's done and will continue to employ him.

 

[kjironman1]

My guess is Tom is pleased with the job Joe's done and will continue to employ him.

I was wondering about that also.
You would think a new owner would do his research and look into and even have direct contact with the current GM.
When the Celtics sold did the new owner clean house? How about the Mavs?

 

[wizenheimer]

When the Celtics sold did the new owner clean house?

you mean did the new owner clean house less than a year after the Celtics won 64 games in the regular season and then won the NBA finals?

I don't know if he did or not, but if he didn't there would be solid reasons for it. Meanwhile, Cronin took over a team that won 48 games (covid-adj); he's had 4 drafts, 4 lottery picks, 3 top 7 picks, 5 first round picks, and 4 second round picks; he's had 4 off-seasons; he's had 5 trade deadlines. And in the 5th season under his direction, a season he publicly labeled "winning time now", with 7 games left in the season, his team has a losing record. And yet, this is the best season of the five. And the team with that losing record is only a few hundred thousand dollars below the tax line

yeah, I agree, the Celtics are a great template for how Dundon will view the job Cronin has done....makes sense

 

[PCmor7]

I was typing on my phone. Meant It's doubtful that Joe would be here if Tom wanted him gone.

Are you sure you weren't typing on Julius' phone?

 

[wizenheimer]

Are you sure you weren't typing on Julius' phone?

he couldn't...Julius wouldn't let him borrow it...at least that's the rumor I heard from Julius

 

[julius]

Are you sure you weren't typing on Julius' phone?

What he doesn't know....

 

[kjironman1]

you mean did the new owner clean house less than a year after the Celtics won 64 games in the regular season and then won the NBA finals?

I don't know if he did or not, but if he didn't there would be solid reasons for it. Meanwhile, Cronin took over a team that won 48 games (covid-adj); he's had 4 drafts, 4 lottery picks, 3 top 7 picks, 5 first round picks, and 4 second round picks; he's had 4 off-seasons; he's had 5 trade deadlines. And in the 5th season under his direction, a season he publicly labeled "winning time now", with 7 games left in the season, his team has a losing record. And yet, this is the best season of the five. And the team with that losing record is only a few hundred thousand dollars below the tax line

yeah, I agree, the Celtics are a great template for how Dundon will view the job Cronin has done....makes sense

The question is just more about did he interview Joe and do they think alike? Obviously we are not comparing the Celtics to the Blazers. It's not like he has the money to buy the Celtics either so apples and oranges pretty much.

 

[SharpesTriumph]

We've seen a lot of new NBA owners the last couple decades and I think normally they've kept the existing GM in for at least a couple years. Often they have shocking moves early on that the new owners push for (ie Suns, Mavs, Jazz, Clippers, Nets, etc) but its normally been the existing GM from the prior owners.

It would be a lot of work for a new ownership group to interview and overhaul the front office and they've probably just spent a lot of time/effort closing the sale so seems like they might normally want to take a few years to evaluate current leadership before doing a change.

 

[SharpesTriumph]

Another thing is Dundon doesn't really have any experience managing an NBA team, as a GM, as an assistant GM, etc. He'll probably need Cronin, maybe another consultant, and others to get him up to speed on what a successful owners role and responsibilities are. Every owner is unique in how involved or how much they want to delegate, how much they micro manage. Again probably a reason to delay moving on from Cronin as Dundon will need time to better understand what he even wants in a long term GM partner.

Dundon can immediately approve every transaction and grill Cronin to justify why he wants to do a specific move. So its not like Dundon won't have ultimate control regardless of who the GM is.