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Re: 2025 Blazer Draft Prospects 

Post#1521 » by DaVoiceMaster » Thu Jun 26, 2025 2:08 am

Or making the team bad so no one buys it.
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Re: 2025 Blazer Draft Prospects 

Post#1522 » by BlazersBroncos » Thu Jun 26, 2025 2:09 am

Ayton, Clingan, RWIII, Reath, Yang

Our roster is 1/3rd centers.
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Re: 2025 Blazer Draft Prospects 

Post#1523 » by PDXKnight » Thu Jun 26, 2025 2:09 am

DeBlazerRiddem wrote:Ah hahahaha. I dunno what to say, this is very unexpected.

Make or break type pick for a head scout.


Yeah if yang becomes an all star he probably has a job for life
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Re: 2025 Blazer Draft Prospects 

Post#1524 » by PDXKnight » Thu Jun 26, 2025 2:09 am

BlazersBroncos wrote:Ayton, Clingan, RWIII, Reath, Yang

Our roster is 1/3rd centers.


Trade has to be incoming. Reath is defikkfdlu gone
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Re: 2025 Blazer Draft Prospects 

Post#1525 » by The Sebastian Express » Thu Jun 26, 2025 2:09 am

BlazersBroncos wrote:Ayton, Clingan, RWIII, Reath, Yang

Our roster is 1/3rd centers.


I demand we use the non-tax MLE on a sixth.

Let's just go fully absurd. Turn this into satire. Fully embrace the crazy.
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Re: 2025 Blazer Draft Prospects 

Post#1526 » by kdawg32086 » Thu Jun 26, 2025 2:10 am

His player comparison on nbadraft.net is Wang Zhizhi...

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wang_Zhizhi
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Re: 2025 Blazer Draft Prospects 

Post#1527 » by Chanse503 » Thu Jun 26, 2025 2:11 am

The new owner of the team has gotta be based out of China- makes no damn sense!!
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Re: 2025 Blazer Draft Prospects 

Post#1528 » by zzaj » Thu Jun 26, 2025 2:11 am

Blowing me away that KJ, Nique, WCjr, Asa, Fleming, Wolf all still on the board.
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Re: 2025 Blazer Draft Prospects 

Post#1529 » by babyjax13 » Thu Jun 26, 2025 2:11 am

kdawg32086 wrote:His player comparison on nbadraft.net is Wang Zhizhi...

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wang_Zhizhi

It is a terrible comp. He reminds me a bit of Nurkic or Ilgauskas.
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Re: 2025 Blazer Draft Prospects 

Post#1530 » by Braggins » Thu Jun 26, 2025 2:12 am

Yang is really interesting.
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Re: 2025 Blazer Draft Prospects 

Post#1531 » by zzaj » Thu Jun 26, 2025 2:12 am

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kdawg32086 wrote:His player comparison on nbadraft.net is Wang Zhizhi...

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wang_Zhizhi

It is a terrible comp. He reminds me a bit of Nurkic or Ilgauskas.


Yeah a much less offensively talented Ilgauskas is a good comp.
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Re: 2025 Blazer Draft Prospects 

Post#1532 » by zzaj » Thu Jun 26, 2025 2:14 am

With border restrictions, who knows if Yang is even going to be available to come to the USA? Sabonis situation all over again?
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Re: 2025 Blazer Draft Prospects 

Post#1533 » by BlazersBroncos » Thu Jun 26, 2025 2:14 am

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BlazersBroncos wrote:Ayton, Clingan, RWIII, Reath, Yang

Our roster is 1/3rd centers.


I demand we use the non-tax MLE on a sixth.

Let's just go fully absurd. Turn this into satire. Fully embrace the crazy.


Clingan and Yang on the floor at the same time would be must see TV.
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Re: 2025 Blazer Draft Prospects 

Post#1534 » by dckingsfan » Thu Jun 26, 2025 2:15 am

zzaj wrote: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.
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Re: 2025 Blazer Draft Prospects 

Post#1535 » by Case2012 » Thu Jun 26, 2025 2:15 am

We passed on Coward to take a pick 3 years from now, to take a guy we could have bought with a second round pick with.

The Jazz get WCJ.

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I'm still in that Days Inn in Yakima aren't i?

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Re: 2025 Blazer Draft Prospects 

Post#1536 » by DusterBuster » Thu Jun 26, 2025 2:15 am

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Re: 2025 Blazer Draft Prospects 

Post#1537 » by zzaj » Thu Jun 26, 2025 2:16 am

This is going to be one of those drafts where a few picks between 11 and 30 are going to be damned good players and we are going to HATE the Blazers for years.
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Re: 2025 Blazer Draft Prospects 

Post#1538 » by BlazersBroncos » Thu Jun 26, 2025 2:17 am

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?
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Re: 2025 Blazer Draft Prospects 

Post#1539 » by JRoy » Thu Jun 26, 2025 2:19 am

BlazersBroncos wrote:Ayton, Clingan, RWIII, Reath, Yang

Our roster is 1/3rd centers.


Start all of them.
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Re: 2025 Blazer Draft Prospects 

Post#1540 » by Dame Lizard » Thu Jun 26, 2025 2:19 am

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....

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