The 18-year-old Yang Hansen is a new force in domestic basketball. He is a 2.18-meter center with excellent inside footwork and passing ability. In the 2023 World Youth Championship, Yang Hansen won the blocked shot and was selected as the best second team, and was praised by NBA Nuggets reporters as Jokic from China.
And Yang Hansen is about to land in CBA league in the new season. At present, he is playing in CBA summer league with the team, and his personal performance is good. In Futian Station of Summer League, Qingdao played against Guangzhou, and Yang Hansen suppressed the national player Jiao Boqiao. Four singles opponents can help the team score points, either directly or assisting teammates to score points, which is highly personal threat.
In the last 6 minutes of the game, Yang Hansen asked for the ball in the low post for singles four times. In the first round, he directly staged a dunk. In the next two rounds, he assisted Yang Jinmeng and Wang Hong to hit three points. In the fourth round, Yang Hansen made a foul on Jiao Boqiao, and the latter directly replaced him.
As can be seen from each of the above rounds, 18-year-old Yang Hansen already has the ability to influence the trend of the game. Because of his solid inside footsteps and passing the ball, his cooperation with his teammates can often achieve the effect of 1+1 greater than 2, which becomes the tactical axis of the team. Looking at the history of CBA, few people can have such influence on the game at the age of 18, which is enough to show Yang Hansen’s special and outstanding.
In this campaign, Yang Hansen’s data was 6 of 12 shots, including 1 of 3 points, 0 of free throws and 2 of 0, and scored 12 points, 14 rebounds, 9 assists, 1 steal and 2 blocks.
Because of his outstanding talent, Yang Hansen is expected by most people outside, and even expected to hit the NBA in the future. In the past, Wang Zhizhi, Yao Ming, Yi Jianlian and other famous coaches went to play in the NBA between the ages of 20 and 22, so the 18-year-old Yang Hansen still has a few years to grow up. In the next two to three seasons, if Yang Hansen can show his dominance in CBA, grow into a CBA star and lead the Qingdao men’s basketball team to create good results, I believe that Yang Hansen has the opportunity to attack the NBA, and everything depends on whether he can make continuous progress.
At present, there are still many personal shortcomings of Yang Hansen, such as lack of physical strength, lack of physical fitness at critical moments, and lack of accuracy in shooting. These problems need some training to make up. Rome was not built in a day. To become a top athlete, Yang Hansen needs to do more.
Do you think Yang Hansen can become a top athlete in the future?
(Lin Xiaoyu)