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Riley has some of the weirdest movements. Looks like a flying squirrel when trying to draw contact on jumpers. In general, his feet are everywhere. Looks really goofy.
 
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Yangs body mechanics look really pleasing to me. Like 99th percentile for his size. Also liked how he showed out at the combine. Did a few things that looked like elite reads in the highlight reels (back door pass, the block in recovery on his man). I’d be stoked if we draft Yang. Glad we had him in for a workout. Utah needs an HMart tho (I know it’s Korean but place slaps).
 
The Liam McNeeley vs Will Riley comparison is pretty interesting to me. I think McNeeley is the safer pick because I do believe he will be able to shoot. He also has a more NBA ready body. I think Riley is the more exciting pick, because I believe in his ability to playmake some more. McNeeley was asked to do too much on ball for UCONN, and potentially Riley could have handled more than he was allowed to at Illinois.

FWIW, on the game theory podcast whenever they talk about Riley they talk about him as a guy who will help his second team more than his first. Or in other words he will be good eventually, but it will take him some time.

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Compare the statistics of 2025 NBA Draft prospects to each other and prospects from previous drafts. Stats are normalized to per-36-minutes numbers.
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rippimpc said:
Yangs body mechanics look really pleasing to me. Like 99th percentile for his size. Also liked how he showed out at the combine. Did a few things that looked like elite reads in the highlight reels (back door pass, the block in recovery on his man). I’d be stoked if we draft Yang. Glad we had him in for a workout. Utah needs an HMart tho (I know it’s Korean but place slaps).
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They need a Japanese 7-eleven, family mart, or lawson.
 
I know there is some ignorance on my part here, but I'm used to seeing Chinese Basketball Association stats from former NBA players and feeling like they can't be real, and then I look at Yang's stats and they are great, but not like silly. For example he averaged 16.2pts, 10.0 reb, 2.8 ast while Kenny Lofton averaged 25.2pts, 12.6reb, 6.5 ast,
 
SoberasHotRod said:
I know there is some ignorance on my part here, but I'm used to seeing Chinese Basketball Association stats from former NBA players and feeling like they can't be real, and then I look at Yang's stats and they are great, but not like silly. For example he averaged 16.2pts, 10.0 reb, 2.8 ast while Kenny Lofton averaged 25.2pts, 12.6reb, 6.5 ast,
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It looks like Taco Fall played in China for 10 games last year, he averaged 11.8pts, 6.4reb, 0.3ast, but only played 13 min/per game. If you look at his per 36 numbers they are pretty crazy: 29.9pts, 16.3reb, 0.8ast.
 
SoberasHotRod said:
I know there is some ignorance on my part here, but I'm used to seeing Chinese Basketball Association stats from former NBA players and feeling like they can't be real, and then I look at Yang's stats and they are great, but not like silly. For example he averaged 16.2pts, 10.0 reb, 2.8 ast while Kenny Lofton averaged 25.2pts, 12.6reb, 6.5 ast,
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Kenny Lofton is really good
 
rippimpc said:
Yangs body mechanics look really pleasing to me. Like 99th percentile for his size. Also liked how he showed out at the combine. Did a few things that looked like elite reads in the highlight reels (back door pass, the block in recovery on his man). I’d be stoked if we draft Yang. Glad we had him in for a workout. Utah needs an HMart tho (I know it’s Korean but place slaps).
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I was pretty skeptical of him at the start of this process, but I think he’s shown out as much as any other prospect I was looking at. I think he’s a legitimate 1st round guy and wouldn’t have a problem with him at #21. There’s a couple of other guys in that range that I think I like better, but I would be perfectly fine with drafting Yang there at this point.
 
@jerick could you please give us more context on the CBA and the role that Yang played on his team and why his points/rebounds might not match what you might expect from a 7'2" NBA prospect playing in the CBA?
 
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