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Blazers somehow got a top 10 pick by trading out of the lottery

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It's way too early to conduct a redraft for a 2025 class that has yet to play a meaningful basketball game at the next level. But if summer league was any indication, extremely early returns on Portland Trail Blazers center Yang Hansen suggest that he already should've gone significantly higher than pick No. 16.

That's already quite the turnaround for Hansen and the Blazers, who were being heavily criticized by fans and analysts alike for their "reach" of someone who wasn't expected to go until the second round. You could make a strong case that Hansen was worthy of a top 10 pick, making this an ultimate maneuver by general manager Joe Cronin to pick up additional assets while landing the player they have been targeting for multiple years now.