The Portland Trail Blazers and Deandre Ayton have agreed to a contract buyout, making the former No. 1 overall pick a free agent.

“He’s the best player in the gym,” Portland head coach Chaucey Billups said in a review of Hansen’s workout that day, according to a June 27 piece from The Wall Street Journal (subscription required).

This article was originally published on www.si.com/nba/draft as Trail Blazers’ Hansen Yang was Biggest Swing of 2025 Draft.

Yang was selected 16th overall in the NBA draft in New York last week, a move that was called “unconventional” and what one ...