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After Yang Hansen s debut in the NBA summer league, the US media s comments suddenly changed. Netizens: Turning against each other faster than turning a book

10:50am, 14 July 2025【Basketball】

Yang Hansen, who represented the Trail Blazers in the NBA Summer League, made 24 minutes into the first game against the Golden State Warriors, and handed over 10 points, 4 rebounds, 5 assists, 1 steal, and 3 blocks. The comprehensive performance of filling the data bar not only made Chinese fans excited, but also made the US media who once questioned him look at him with admiration.

Some American media even commented: The Trail Blazers will make a leap in Yang Hansen's era! Yang Hansen may become a star in the future. He plays like a center in the organization, at least as good as Bill Walton, but it's a bit too early to say he's like Jokic.

You should know that Bill Walton, known as the "Red Giant", is a legendary star selected by the Trail Blazers as the draft pick. He also plays as a center, and his biggest feature is both offensive and defensive.

Now, based on Yang Hansen's debut in the summer league, the US media gave such high evaluations and expectations, which was unexpected; but he still maintained a little rationality for the statement that Yang Hansen has always compared him to Jokic.

Chinese fans are quite pleased with the US media's high evaluation of Yang Hansen today, after all, Yang Hansen conquered the US media with his strength. But if you compare the previous comments from the US media, it can be said that "turning the face is faster than turning the book."

In April this year, when Yang Hansen officially announced that he would participate in this year's NBA Draft, almost all the US media gave a unanimous evaluation prediction of "lost".

At that time, Yang Hansen had not arrived in the United States, and they had not yet seen Yang Hansen's ability and performance. Just because he came from China, he did not trust and distrust and did not like him.

When Yang Hansen showed his strong strength and technical and tactical characteristics in the joint draft through unremitting efforts, the US media's evaluation of him slightly improved, but the draft pick was still given to the end of the second round. After the joint trial, Yang Hansen also allowed many teams to see their strength and room for improvement, and was invited by nearly half of the NBA teams in the league to try out. With the accumulation of trial performances one by one, the US media's views on him have improved a little, but at this time his draft pick is not very high, and it is predicted that he will be selected at the end of the first round or the beginning of the second round.

At this time, Chinese basketball bloggers also joined in speculation about Yang Hansen's draft pick, and more of them played the family card, saying that Chinese boss Cai Chongxin's Nets would choose Yang Hansen, after all, the Nets held five draft picks in the first round.

When the Trail Blazers selected Yang Hansen with the No. 16 pick in the first round, the basketball world was in a blast. Chinese fans said they had surpassed expectations and the US media was even more surprised. When questioning the Trail Blazers, all kinds of derogatory words blurted out.

Some people characterize the Trail Blazers' choice as "huge gambling"; some people say that the choice is "terrifying"; and even gave the Trail Blazers the lowest "D-" score. What's even outrageous is that ESPN live guests Stephen Smith and Bob Mells awkwardly admitted at the draft: "We don't prepare Young's scout report."

This kind of doubts has been there until Yang Hansen's NBA Summer League starts. Some media even "dig a hole" to ask questions when interviewing the head coach, but they didn't expect that the head coach would be criticized by the head coach.

Now Yang Hansen has proved his value with his strength. The reputation of the US media has suddenly become kind. Not only does he no longer question Yang Hansen, but he even predicts that Yang Hansen's achievements will be comparable to the pioneer legend Bill Walton.

Such a huge contrast makes people feel that the American media's "face change is faster than flipping books" rhythm, but it also proves that Yang Hansen's strength has been recognized and it also recognizes the pioneers' choice of Yang Hansen. The success of his debut was only the starting point of Yang Hansen's NBA journey. Just as Yao Ming gave him the advice before the draft: "The draft is only a small part of his career, and what is really important is the future."

Faced with subsequent tough battles such as the Grizzlies, Pelicans, and Rockets, the 20-year-old center needs to prove with stable performance that the "praise" of the US media will not become a new round of winning, and the Trail Blazers' gamble will eventually achieve a basketball revival for a team and a country.

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