2025 Blazer Draft Prospects

[zzaj]

I cant even imagine how high the FO must be on Yang to take him after drafting DC - who just had a very good year, obviously needing offensive work but every advanced metric showed we were a much better team with him on the court.

Maybe we are playing the long game and hoping Clingan and Yang have a baby that has elite feel on offense AND defense?

Well, the obvious hope here is that the Blazers have a trade situation set up for Ayton.

I guess I could live with:

Clingan/Yang/Reath as a center rotation...

[The Sebastian Express]

I wasn't big on WCJ but his accent alone makes me wish we had drafted him.

[BlazersBroncos]

I have no issue with us drafting Yang. But why on earth we wouldn't trade down is ridiculous.

Do you really think the Nets wouldn't have traded up for #16?

They can't be drafting 5 rookies....

I am thinking the Nets may have taken him at 19 honestly. They have a crap team and need big swings.

I just dont get this with Clingan already here. I see DC as a 10+ year solid as hell starter who is probably eventually a Top-10 big defender.

How do you justify investing a 16 pick the next year in a position locked C like Yang? The only justification is this FO legit thinks he has All-Star potential. Thats pretty rich for me.

[Butter]

Yang is fine as a slower version of Boban, but with slightly better interior scoring, plus passing.

Really, really bad pick in all ways at 16.

Agreed.

Disagree about Yang. He is a very skilled offensive high post creator but he needs a lot of development time (playing against better competition), shot development and time to grow into his body. To me, he is a project that will take quite a bit of time.

You don't want to take him in the first round because of the development time. Well, if you could do a draft and stash, then fine.

Very weird picking and logic here, IMO.

So... They drafted Jrue to win now, then draft a long term project?

[Butter]

I have no issue with us drafting Yang. But why on earth we wouldn't trade down is ridiculous.

Do you really think the Nets wouldn't have traded up for #16?

They can't be drafting 5 rookies....

I am thinking the Nets may have taken him at 19 honestly. They have a crap team and need big swings.

I just dont get this with Clingan already here. I see DC as a 10+ year solid as hell starter who is probably eventually a Top-10 big defender.

How do you justify investing a 16 pick the next year in a position locked C like Yang? The only justification is this FO legit thinks he has All-Star potential. Thats pretty rich for me.

Great, let's send him to the Nets

[The Sebastian Express]

I have no issue with us drafting Yang. But why on earth we wouldn't trade down is ridiculous.

Do you really think the Nets wouldn't have traded up for #16?

They can't be drafting 5 rookies....

I am thinking the Nets may have taken him at 19 honestly. They have a crap team and need big swings.

I just dont get this with Clingan already here. I see DC as a 10+ year solid as hell starter who is probably eventually a Top-10 big defender.

How do you justify investing a 16 pick the next year in a position locked C like Yang? The only justification is this FO legit thinks he has All-Star potential. Thats pretty rich for me.

I guess maybe if they worry they'll both have conditioning issues to play consistently 30+ minutes at their size and are looking for a 24/24 type thing. But if that's the case then that would be horrible reasoning imo.

I agree that the Nets could've taken him at 19 based on what they did at eight, but.. I don't know. Still feel like we could've traded down here and gotten more picks.

[Case2012]

Can you imagine Coward becoming Jalen Williams and we traded him for Hsu?

Wolf could have been the post play maker

We could have traded down with BK.

It's like they were all high on something, or just threw a dart at the board after spinning around 20x.

This will go down as one of the worst Blazer trades, right there with Jordan and Durant.

[zzaj]

KJ was mocked by some in the Top 10...pretty unreal fall.

REEEEEEEEAAALLY surprised that he hasn't been picked.

[Dame Lizard]

Cronin gets an B+ for the trade. Good value but with Bryant, Coward and Noa on the board still, I'm on the fence.


He gets a F- for the draft. What a clown move. There is almost a zero percent chance that he wasn't available in the early 20s.

[BlazersBroncos]

Yang is fine as a slower version of Boban, but with slightly better interior scoring, plus passing.

Really, really bad pick in all ways at 16.

Agreed.

Disagree about Yang. He is a very skilled offensive high post creator but he needs a lot of development time (playing against better competition), shot development and time to grow into his body. To me, he is a project that will take quite a bit of time.

You don't want to take him in the first round because of the development time. Well, if you could do a draft and stash, then fine.

Very weird picking and logic here, IMO.

So... They drafted Jrue to win now, then draft a long term project?

I mean going win-now with vets but taking big swings in the draft has been my ideal path since acceptance that we are not doing a true tear down.

Going both win-now with vets AND drafting win-now players is my least favorite path.

We just took the wrong big swing IMO.

[DeBlazerRiddem]

Where did all those Ha meme's go? can we bring those back?

[DaVoiceMaster]

Where did all those Ha meme's go? can we bring those back?

Man, I wish that was still around. There were some awesome pix & sayings. I think it's one of the few posts on the Blazers forum that people from every other forum came to see and post. It's arguably the greatest thread ever on RealGM.

[Dame Lizard]

Can you imagine Coward becoming Jalen Williams and we traded him for Hsu?

Wolf could have been the post play maker

We could have traded down with BK.

It's like they were all high on something, or just threw a dart at the board after spinning around 20x.

This will go down as one of the worst Blazer trades, right there with Jordan and Durant.

That last sentence is a big call Case.

I think Noa has the best upside of all remaining on the board. I wanted Coward too.

[DusterBuster]

Where did all those Ha meme's go? can we bring those back?

I’m high key here for it

[Chanse503]

Miami always snipes great players falling to em’

Last year with Ware too SMDH!!

[Case2012]

"Portland's Yang Hansen pick is going to be laughed at around the league; it's one of the more shocking picks of the past decade-plus. Was also told by sources that a few agents were intentionally not sending their guys there because they didn't love the current state of the franchise."

[dckingsfan]

KJ was mocked by some in the Top 10...pretty unreal fall.

REEEEEEEEAAALLY surprised that he hasn't been picked.

GREAT pick for Miami.

[Dame Lizard]

Agreed.

Disagree about Yang. He is a very skilled offensive high post creator but he needs a lot of development time (playing against better competition), shot development and time to grow into his body. To me, he is a project that will take quite a bit of time.

You don't want to take him in the first round because of the development time. Well, if you could do a draft and stash, then fine.

Very weird picking and logic here, IMO.

So... They drafted Jrue to win now, then draft a long term project?

I mean going win-now with vets but taking big swings in the draft has been my ideal path since acceptance that we are not doing a true tear down.

Going both win-now with vets AND drafting win-now players is my least favorite path.

We just took the wrong big swing IMO.

100%.

You could also argue that we took the right swing but clearly at the wrong place. Big overpay.

[Brandon-Clyde]

Asking again if any of those that understand the CBA better about the 2028 pick swap with Milwaukee if Portland can use the 2028 Orlando pick or if it has to be the Portland pick?

[zzaj]

KJ was mocked by some in the Top 10...pretty unreal fall.

REEEEEEEEAAALLY surprised that he hasn't been picked.

GREAT pick for Miami.

Agreed. Steal of the draft so far for me...