The 18-year-old played in the CBA in his first year this season, and his personal performance was very good, averaging 15.9 points, 11.8 rebounds, 3.9 assists and 2.6 blocks per game after 28 games, and he is already one of the best interior players in the CBA. Although he is only 18 years old, he has strong emotional control, high playing quotient, and knows how to flexibly respond to various emergencies on the court.
On the evening of January 10th, the Qingdao team faced the Jiangsu team at home, Qingdao in the last quarter of the big lead, Qingdao defender Duan Angjun was dissatisfied with the referee's decision and was emotional, even the jersey was taken off and wanted to rush up and the referee theory, at this time Yang Hansen, who was resting on the sidelines, immediately got up to comfort his teammates, very warm, and also reflected Yang Hansen's calmness, successfully avoided the team's loss, the score lead and won the game, Yang Hansen knew that his teammates did not need to be angry at this time.
It is worth mentioning that Yang Hansen also set a new season low in this game, he only made 4 shots in the whole game, scored 8 rebounds, 3 assists, 3 assists and 2 steals in 1 of 4 shots, and all the shots and points in a single game created a new career low, but Yang Hansen did not show frustration, but he could dissuade and comfort his teammates, which further demonstrated Yang Hansen's strong emotional control ability.
From another point of view, Qingdao can still win when Yang Hansen scores less, proving that this Qingdao men's basketball team is on the right path, they have excellent Yang Hansen, but they do not rely on him too much.
Now that Yang Hansen's excellence has spread overseas, a number of NBA scouts have come to the CBA to observe Yang Hansen's performance, including six NBA teams, including the Trail Blazers, Timberwolves, Bulls and Heat. The U.S. draft website also predicts that if Yang Hansen participates in the 2024 NBA Draft, he will be selected by the Celtics with the 30th pick in the first round, which means that Yang Hansen is favored to have a first-round pick prospect.
Looking back on the past, Yao Ming, the most successful player of the Chinese men's basketball team in the NBA, was able to quickly gain a foothold in the NBA because of his high emotional intelligence and ability to quickly integrate into the NBA culture.
For this reason, Yang Hansen's development prospects at this stage are very bright, a player with the ability to have a ball quotient has a chance to gain a foothold anywhere, not to mention that he is only 18 years old, 1 year younger than this season's NBA new champion Wembanyama, Yang Hansen will continue to improve in the future, as long as he remains healthy, he believes that he can become the next world-class player in the Chinese men's basketball team. Yang Hansen's current No. 1 goal is to try to help the Qingdao men's basketball team play well, and then try to impact the NBA.
(Lin Xiaoxiang)