Why do all rookies want to beat Yang Hansen? The NBA has unspoken rules, and Chinese targets make scouts even more excited

Everyone is concerned about whether Yang Hansen flies high or not. Am I the only one who cares about the psychological shadow of his opponent? In the third game of the Summer League in the Trail Blazers, Yang Hansen encountered a contest close to the intensity of the NBA for the first time. Although the overall data is not bad, the single quarter was held by Quinn in this year's No. 13 show, and the evaluation of Yang Hansen quickly split into two voices. One group grabbed Xiao Yang's rebounds and defensive shortcomings and made a big fuss, while the other group was busy listing his highlights.

The evaluation has two extremes from Yang Hansen's perspective, but there are relatively fewer views on comparative compromise. But judging from the performance of the two inside players Missy and Quinn, they are probably not necessarily less psychologically shady than Yang Hansen. In other words, you can scold Xiao Yang for being beaten up, or you can praise him for his 15-point variety of scoring methods, but it is really hard to praise these two Pelicans.

1. When China Jokic encountered the black treasure Jokic, when the game ended, Yang Hansen kept saying "my bad, my bad". It can be seen that the incident of being beaten by Quinn in a single quarter made Xiao Yang feel very uncomfortable.

The showdown between Yang Hansen and Quinn is full of fate, one is the No. 13 show and the No. 16 show, and the pick is almost the same. What's more interesting is that both of them have the title of "Little Jokic". Quinn was called Black Bao Jokic in college, while Yang Hansen was named China Jokic. Both of them have certain dribbling and support skills. The meeting between the two Jokic successors in Las Vegas became very intriguing.

Quin contributed a double-double with 17 points and 10 rebounds, but he also made up as many as 8 mistakes. He scored several difficult singles by Yang Hansen and scored very well and played very resolutely. It can be seen that Quinn really seriously regards Xiao Yang as the target to beat him. Yang Hansen only scored 3 rebounds, but scored 15 points to set a new high in Summer United, making 3 of 6 three-pointers and making 3 mistakes at the same time. At the beginning of the second quarter, Quinn defeated Yang Hansen several times in a row with his strong physique of 112 kg and faster movement speed. One non-idiopic hook shot, one creates 2+1, one shakes away and hits the mid-range shot. Quinn is 10cm shorter than Yang Hansen, and his jumping power ranks at the bottom among center players during physical testing, but his strength advantage, rich fake moves and top center dribbling skills are still eye-catching.

From a technical perspective, Quinn is a bit old-fashioned, quite mature, quite like Scola's floor flow style back then, which makes Yang Hansen very uncomfortable. In essence, this is more like a misplaced showdown. Although Quinn is a center forward, he plays a forward style. He takes the ball from the outside to attack. It is difficult for a heavy center like Yang Hansen to defend.

17+10 is of course excellent, but a player also got 8 mistakes (still not point guard) when he got such a data, and he lost the game. Even if James and Embiid made 8 mistakes, he couldn't praise him.

2. Seeking the psychological shadow area of the Pelicans' inside line

In fact, the only one who was beaten up in this game was probably Missy who was hiding in the corner and cursing. As the No. 21 pick in the first round of 2024, he averaged 9.1 points, 8.2 rebounds and 1.3 blocks last season, and was selected as the NBA's first-tier rookie. As a result, he only made 1 of 11 shots and scored only 2 points and 8 rebounds. While he was unable to defend Yang Hansen, his offense was completely unstoppable. He was a background cricketer.

Judging from Missy's performance last season, he actually has no need to play in the summer league at all, but it is meaningful to let him and Quinn play in the summer league together as the inside double tower, and it may be to train these two people as the team's future inside pillars.

After all, Fat Tiger has been injured to the point where he hardly plays, and his offense is good, his defense is not good. Quinn bounces poorly in comparison, but his offensive methods are quite rich. If Zion continues to truce, then Quinn will be trained to the greatest extent. As long as he can realize his potential, he is expected to replace Fat Tiger in the future. In this way, the partnership between Quinn and Missy becomes natural, which is the future asset of the team's inside.

Among the 2025 rookies, Flag and Harper are of course hot players, but in terms of popularity, Yang Hansen is not even lower than the No. 1 pick due to the Chinese.

The NBA has a problem, or an advantage, the higher the attention they pay, the more they want to play against players with higher attention, so Yang Hansen is their target. Indeed, Yang Hansen was very embarrassed by Quinn in this game, but this "Chinese target" was not obedient, which made Quinn and Missy both embarrassed.

Yang Hansen scored 15 points and the Trail Blazers won, making 8 mistakes, and two Pelicans insiders who were 1 of 11 could not be happy.

When Quinn repeatedly named it, Yang Hansen was not idle either. In the fourth quarter, Yang Hansen hit Quinn in the low post, and suddenly used his dream steps to shake off his opponent and easily hit the board. After being educated throughout the first half, Yang Hansen defeated Quinn in his own way. In terms of the whole game, no one beats anyone, they just explode.

3. What is the survival rule of Yang Hansen in the small ball era?

Yang Hansen's three-pointer in the first two summer league games was not stable. The only goal he hit was a three-pointer in the first game. The tone of that goal said that he was better than making a accurate shot. Therefore, many comments pointed out the stability of Yang Hansen's long shot, including the author.. But it's very good. Xiao Yang slapped the author in the face. He made 3-pointers with 6 shots in a game and dared to make a stable shot. Who dared to question these three-pointers?

In this game, Yang Hansen no longer cut into the inside like before when pick-and-roll, but instead pulled out of the three-point line. This shows that even though the three-pointers in the first two games were unstable, Yang Hansen still dared to face the challenge of shooting three-pointers. In order to adapt to the small ball era, Yang Hansen consciously shot three-pointers, with three more three-pointers than his record of three-point shooting in the CBA (2 three-pointers).

In this game, Yang Hansen's fire from the outside disrupted the Pelicans' defensive strategy.

Of course, there are problems. From the defensive end, the scene where Quinn beats Yang Hansen in a single quarter is enough to see that in the NBA main game, there is a very likely situation where the opponent's small point guard may be able to train Yang Hansen in military training. This is also the collective dilemma of modern centers that Yang Hansen needs to face.

The best defensive player of the year, such as Gobert, is often abandoned by his opponent's small-scale tactics at critical moments. Yang Hansen's difficulty in playing against Quinn exposed the natural disadvantage of the heavy center when changing to defend a small player. In the future, when Yang Hansen has high-level support, three-pointers, dribbling offense and other center skills that fit the small ball era, he will inevitably be singled with a stick. This is almost inevitable.

Yang Hansen could not defend against Quinn, but he was not beaten. Facing the two inside players of the Pelicans, although he thought he was "my bad" (my fault), his state actually showed exceeded most people's expectations.

At the end of the game, Yang Hansen used his newly learned English to encourage his teammates "Good shit! Good shit!", a street-like encouraging word, which is a fresh word he just learned from his teammates this week. Similarly, Yang Hansen presents everyone in the summer league, and the freshness of each game is different.