The Wild NBA Draft Pick van de Blazers is already called ‘Chinese Jokic’ by one team

The Portland Trail Blazers The NBA world shocked by trading with the Memphis Grizzlies and then selecting the Chinese center Hansen Yang with the number 16 pick in the NBA version of 2025.

As our friends noted on the outskirts of Blazerproof that this was a pick that was a bit off the board The ringtone to have mocked on pick no. 40while ESPN let him projected If the 36th pick, he was therefore selected in the top 20 absolutely a surprise.

But there was once a seven-footer from abroad that was projected (and eventually went) in the second round before he became one of the best players in the NBA history, and none other than the front office that sentenced, said triple MVP told NBA Insider Jake Fischer that they see a Nikola Jokic in Yang:

That is an incredible design night, because it is completely loose, wild unrealistic and the rule follows that each prospect must be compared with a star so that fans can understand their play.

And look, I will not claim that last season I viewed a lot of Qingdao Double Star Eagles -basketball in the MKBA, but if you look at Yang’s highlights … Well, the Comp is still crazy, but mainly because Jokic is a wild compirer for everyone!

But still, you can at least see the skill that someone can lead high at Yang’s game to make the comparison when viewing his best plays:

And even Jokic has never won Rookie of the year twice:

Can Yang make a drop in the NBA? Our own NBA concept expert, Ricky O’Donnell -who has been projecting the NBA concept for more than ten years -is less certain. He found the choice much less fun than said anonymous nuggets -employee, giving the selection a D in his live draw figures:

I liked Hansen as a potential second rounder for his size and pass, but this is a shocking selection. The blazers already have another huge center in Donovan Clingan that they took in the top 10 last year, and I don’t think they can play together. This is just confusing for me, but at least Portland did well to trade in and pick up extra assets.

We will see if Ricky or this not more detailed Nuggets -employee is ultimately more right, but I only know this is this: Fischer’s Tweet has the chance to be iconic anyway, and when Yang turns outside, I put it to him on my resume on my resume when I am that nuggets person.

Joe Cronin, Mike Schmitz and the blazers were brave to take Yang so high, but do you know what is more brave? Comparing him with Nikola Jokic before he plays a single NBA game when you work for the team that Jokic plays for. That is the stuff that Takesmen are made of.