Five favorable conditions, Yang Hansen participates in the NBA Summer League, ranking fourth in commercial value, the first most important

Chinese player Yang Hansen signed up to participate in the 2025 NBA Draft and was successfully selected by the Portland Trail Blazers in the 16th pick in the first round. Yang Hansen also became the third Chinese player to be selected in the first round of the NBA after Yao Ming and Yi Jianlian, and the ninth Chinese player to be selected in the NBA.

NBA has always been recognized as the highest palace of basketball. Everyone wants to play there. Yang Hansen is about to become one of them, which represents the honor of Chinese basketball and has attracted much attention from Chinese fans.

The 2025 NBA Summer League will start in July, and the game will be from July 11 to 21, and the location will still be Las Vegas, when all 30 teams will participate. As a rookie, Yang Hansen will also represent the Trail Blazers in the NBA Summer League. This is the return of Chinese players to the NBA Summer League after many years, which has attracted widespread attention from domestic fans.

Next, let’s analyze the five favorable conditions for Yang Hansen to play in the NBA Summer League, and see which one do you think is the most important?

5. Good mentality

Yang Hansen has always had a good mentality. Although he is a young player, he always has a middle-aged calmness, and he is very motivated and has a positive attitude. He works very hard in daily training and games, and has a peaceful mentality. In an interview, he also bluntly said that he should do what he should do and do himself well.

In the face of a reporter's question, is the NBA's confrontation stronger than the CBA? Yang Hansen said humorously: "The NBA's confrontation is more intense but more civilized. The defensive movement control is better." It seems that Yang Hansen has a little understanding and adaptation to the NBA's confrontation, and has a good mentality. Faced with high-intensity pressure, he is more calm.

4. Commercial value

The Trail Blazers selected Yang Hansen, and the commercial value he had was also one of the reasons. He was regarded by the US media as a key figure in the Trail Blazers' expansion of the Chinese market. As a Chinese player, Yang Hansen has a large enough Chinese market and a large group of Chinese fans, so the commercial value he has will inevitably make him more valued by the team.

3. The cover player

Yang Hansen has been highly valued by the team since he was selected. The Trail Blazers officially created a separate promotional poster for Yang Hansen, calling him the "cover player" of the Xia Lian. It can be seen that the team is optimistic about Yang Hansen for such a star treatment, which has attracted more attention from the team, and I believe it will be better to train him.

2. Tactical core

Yang Hansen's active training and good performance were also praised by coach Brell in his first training performance, and praised Yang Hansen for his "fast learning speed, high maturity and good adaptation to the NBA rhythm".

Xia Lian coach Ronnie Brell said that he will design tactics around Yang Hansen and focus on his support and frame protection capabilities. In this way, Yang Hansen has become the core of tactics and will have more opportunities to show himself.

1. The starting center

Trail Blazers chose to buy out the team's center Ayton. After Ayton left the team, Yang Hansen's rotation ranking was improved again, and the team's center position was left with four players, Klingen, Rowe, Rees and Yang Hansen.

Lawway is frequently injured and has only played 26 games in 2 years. Reese is a marginal player, so the team's center is reduced to Yang Hansen and Klingen.

Yang Hansen is still very young and is regarded as the "Chinese version of Jokic". He is expected to obtain stable rotation time, or strive for the starter, and is even trained by the team as a key focus.

At the same time, good news came. Teammate Klingen will be confirmed to be absent from the NBA Summer League due to injury. In this way, Yang Hansen has enough opportunities and advantages to be sent to the court, and is likely to start and get enough playing time.

With this great favorable condition, Yang Hansen has enough room to play in the NBA Summer League. At the same time, the NBA Summer League ended, and there will be NBA preseason and regular season. If Yang Hansen plays well in the Summer League, he will gain stable playing time in the next new season and play his worth.

In addition to the five favorable conditions, there are also some controversies and hidden dangers, such as the conflict between the Asian Cup and the NBA game. The Basketball Association hopes that it will return to participate in the Asian Cup in August. Fans have opposing voices, worried that it will participate in the summer league and participate in the NBA preseason. There will be an injury risk and may repeat Yao Ming's injury mistakes. There are also opposition voices saying that Yang Hansen has not yet gained a foothold in the NBA, and now is a critical period and cannot be distracted. But there are also voices who say that serving the country is unshirkable, and he himself also expressed his willingness to serve the country. The final result has not been determined, and the Basketball Association, the Trail Blazers and Yang Hansen's team have not yet been determined, so they can only rebalance and negotiate.

Do you think Yang Hansen should return to China to participate in the Asian Cup of Men's Basketball Team?

In the end, Yang Hansen won his NBA summer debut (versus the Warriors on July 12), which will be the first key test of his NBA career. Let's wait and see! Let’s cheer for Yang Hansen together!

Text|Super Ah Sports