Yang Hansen | 16th Pick | 2025 NBA Draft | Portland Trail Blazers

Yang Hansen | 16th Pick | 2025 NBA Draft | Portland Trail Blazers

THE SCENE IN NEWPORT THE MOMENT HE GOT DRAFTED. BUT NOW ANOTHER PICK IS IN. IT’S TIME TO GET IT BACK TO NBA COMMISSIONER ADAM SILVER AND THE NUMBER 16 PICK. >> WITH THE 16TH PICK IN THE 2020 NBA DRAFT, THE MEMPHIS GRIZZLIES SELECT JUZANG HANSEN FROM ZIBO, CHINA, AND THE QINGDAO EAGLES. >> SO REMEMBER, THIS PICK IS ON ITS WAY TO PORTLAND. YOUNG HANSEN, WHO LED THE CHINESE BASKETBALL ASSOCIATION IN BLOCKS AND RANKED IN THE TOP TEN IN FIELD GOAL PERCENTAGE. BUT I JUST LOVE WHEN A YOUNG MAN WHO DOESN’T KNOW WHETHER OR NOT HE’LL HEAR HIS NAME CALLED IN THE FIRST ROUND, HE STILL COMES AND HE SITS IN THE STANDS AND HE WAITS FOR HIS MOMENT. >> LOOK. >> IS THAT RICH POWELL MEETING HIM? BUT NO, IT IS ABOUT THE MOMENT, THOUGH. AGAIN, YOU COME IN AND YOU’RE JUST SITTING THERE, YOU’RE NERVOUS. YOU DON’T KNOW IF YOUR NAME IS GOING TO GET CALLED AND YOU’RE WAITING. WE JUST HEARD COOPER AND HE KNEW HE WAS THE NUMBER ONE PICK. HE SAID, YOU KNOW WHAT’S TAKING SO LONG? AND UNFORTUNATELY, I DIDN’T COME AND I MISSED THIS MOMENT. I SHOULD HAVE BEEN HERE. I SHOULD HAVE HAD MY OPPORTUNITY TO WALK ACROSS THE STAGE AND SHAKE HANDS WITH ADAM SILVER. AND THAT’S ONE OF THE REGRETS THAT I HAD. >> I’M SO GLAD THAT. >> THAT’S A MOMENT RIGHT THERE. >> MALIK CAME HERE NOT KNOWING WHETHER OR NOT HE’D HEAR HIS NAME CALLED NECESSARILY IN THE FIRST ROUND. A HUGE JUMP FOR HIM DECIDED TO COME TO BARCLAYS CENTER, AND NOW HE GETS HIS MOMENT WITH NBA COMMISSIONER ADAM SILVER. JONATHAN, WHAT WILL HE BRING HERE FOR THE PORTLAND TRAILBLAZERS? >> MALIKA, THIS IS ONE OF THE FIRST MAJOR SURPRISES OF THIS DRAFT. FIRST OF ALL, HAPPY BIRTHDAY, YOUNG HANSEN. HE TURNS 20 TOMORROW, SEVEN FOOT TWO, NINE THREE, STANDING REACH, SKILLED PASSER AND FINISHER WITH AN OUTSTANDING FEEL FOR THE GAME. THINK OF A GREG MONROE TYPE BIG MAN. YOUNG HELPED HIMSELF AS MUCH AS ANYBODY IN THE PRE-DRAFT PROCESS WITH HIS PERFORMANCE AT THE NBA DRAFT COMBINE, THE PORTLAND TRAILBLAZERS HAVE TARGETED YOUNG HANSEN FOR THE PAST TWO YEARS. THEY TRAVELED TO CHINA, THEY SCRIMMAGED AGAINST THEM IN THE LAS VEGAS SUMMER LEAGUE. THEY BROUGHT HIM IN. THERE WERE SOME REAL CONCERNS THAT HE COULD BE DRAFTED AT SEVERAL PICKS LATER HERE, SO THEY DECIDED TO TAKE THE PLUNGE ON YOUNG HANSEN. THEY’RE EXCITED ABOUT HIM. HE’S GOING TO BE ON THE ROSTER THIS UPCOMING SEASON. THIS IS A BIG SURPRISE.

Yang Hansen hears his name called at Barclays Center.

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