The Yang Hansen Era Has Begun
The Trail Blazers introduced the No. 16 overall pick in a press conference on Friday.
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đTUALATIN, Ore. â This is going to be different.
Every part of it, for everybody.
Chauncey Billups has never coached through a translator before, although he says he's "excited about the challenge."
Sean Highkin
Joe Cronin has never made a draft pick this far outside of consensus in his career. His last three lottery picksâShaedon Sharpe, Scoot Henderson and Donovan Clinganâwere, if not chalk, close to it. This one will be scrutinized and picked apart on a day-to-day basis more even than Henderson was after his arrival brought about Damian Lillard's exit.
And I've never been interviewed for a documentary on the day of an introductory press conference for a rookie most fans don't know anything about. But that happened on Friday.
The arrival of Yang Hansen in Portland is going to be an adjustment for everybody around the Trail Blazers organization, on and off the court.
