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Who recognizes it? Ma Jian: I saw the shadows of Duncan and Jokic from Yang Hansen

11:13am, 19 May 2025【Basketball】

As the saying goes: People are popular, there are many troubles.

When Yang Hansen performed amazingly in the Chicago joint trial 5V5 competition, many domestic media and domestic basketball celebrities began to show off and talk about it.

Of course, to some extent, this is a good thing.

In other words, if Yang Hansen performed like this, everyone would still be silent and say nothing, it means that they really don’t pay much attention to the Chinese men’s basketball team.

In this way, no matter what achievements Yang Hansen achieves in the future, the entire Chinese men's basketball team will not improve much, because without the "foundation" of fans, the entire basketball sport will become a "castle in the air". Naturally, there will be no foundation for development.

Therefore, now everyone's "instructions" about Yang Hansen just shows that Chinese basketball is still very important in the hearts of fans, and many people have been silently paying attention and supporting them.

This is also what Yang Hansen needs most.

Otherwise, he would have no motivation to continue moving forward and rising.

So among these "voices", the views of the Chinese men's basketball celebrity Ma Jian are quite interesting.

First of all, with the performance of this week's confrontation, Yang Hansen ushered in a big rise in the entire draft, and some American media directly gave a simulated guess that he was selected by the Suns with the 29th pick.

However, Coach Ma Jian feels that this ranking is still not comprehensive and in-depth enough, because as the subsequent joint trial continues, Yang Hansen is likely to be selected in the top 20 rankings.

If this is true, then he will become the third Chinese men's basketball player to be selected by the NBA in the first round after Yao Ming and Yi Jianlian.

I have to say that Coach Ma Jian is still quite daring to think about it.

After all, a week ago, everyone's general view on Yang Hansen could still be selected, and the rough draft pick was around 55.

can be said to be a place to be selected.

However, this is already very good. After all, after Zhou Qi and Wang Zhelin were both selected in the 2016 NBA Draft, it has been 9 years so far, and no player in the Chinese men's basketball team has been selected by the NBA.

Now that Yang Hansen's appearance can fill this gap, what other bicycle is needed?

So, as for rankings and other things, let's put it aside first. Of course, the higher the better, the better, but the most important goal should be to choose.

Secondly, Director Ma Jian said that he saw the shadow of Jokic and Duncan in Yang Hansen, and even the "combination" of the two.

This evaluation is directly given to the "ceiling".

After all, these two are strictly considered to be the top 10 inside players in history.

Although Jokic's entire career has not yet been completely concluded, his achievements are enough to be famous in history.

Of course, it is also well-founded to say that Yang Hansen and Jokic have similar playing styles. Both of them have excellent basketball vision and excellent support skills, and the area and scope of activities can basically cover the entire half.

So, there is no problem with this.

However, as for the similarity to Duncan, this statement is relatively new. If you remember correctly, it should be the first time.

Because Duncan is a "big basic skilled man", because his technical level is too solid, there are really not many players who can match him.

If Yang Hansen can have some of Duncan's basic skills, then at least it is not difficult to establish himself in the NBA.

Of course, what caused the most heated discussion among fans was that Coach Ma actually admired Duncan so much. I still remember that in a certain portal in the early years, he was not as sure as he is now.

After all, any excellent player needs to be "recognized".