Chinese version of yokichi, it wasn't for marketing! Portland 1 Pick Similar to Yang Hansen Summer League's Best Player Jokic, Similar to Antetokounmpo's Move
Jul 17, 2025
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Yang Hansen (20·Portland), called the 'Chinese yokichi'. The evaluation of him in the Summer League has been completely reversed. This is also the top issue in the Summer League.
CBS Sports announced on the 17th (Korea time) 'Portland took risks and nominated Yang Hansen in the first round. His passing ability and charismatic performance showed why he was called "China's Jokichi" '``````````````````````````. He has become the top-rated player in the Summer League. Antetokounmpo was also evaluated as having been nominated earlier (than his ability) when he was ranked 15th in the first round in 2013.
Antetokounmpo was drafted by the Milwaukee Bucks with the 15th pick in the first round, and has grown to become the league's best combined air forward at this point. It's the MVP level.
Portland named Yang Hansen 16th overall in the first round. Portland is one of the western underdogs, and a team with rebuilding still underway.
Yang Hansen has a large height of 2m18, a wing span of 2m20, and excellent vision and passing ability. It is possible to attack inside and outside and has a very good sense of basketball.
He is China's next-generation ace with an average of 16.6 points, 10.3 rebounds, and 3.0 assists last season in the Chinese Professional League (CBA).
In this draft, the second round between the 40th and 50th rankings was likely.
However, Portland, who scouted Yang Hansen for two years, chose 'high risk high return'.
Portland general manager Joe Cronin watched Yang Hansen for two years, and he never wanted to miss it. I chose early in the first round believing Yang Hansen's potential.
The evaluation was not good. Many local media criticized the NBA for being the "most absurd pick" and saying, "The technical potential is high, but in the NBA, it is unknown".
This article was translated by Naver AI translator.
