Surprising picks and stunning trades are through lines each year at the NBA Draft and part of what makes the event such a fascinating spectacle. But the Portland Trail Blazers on Wednesday during the first round of the draft made a selection so unexpected and so astonishing -- drafting Chinese center Yang Hansen at No.

Yang Hansen, the 19-year-old big man from China who was drafted #16 overall by the Portland Trail Blazers in the NBA Draft, will be introduced in a press conference on Friday.

TUALATIN, Ore. (KATU) — The Portland Trail Blazers are introducing their newest draft pick, Yang Hansen. Hansen was the 16th overall pick, a move that many people in the basketball world questioned.