On April 5, there was a heated discussion in the basketball world. On April 4, Ren Ran and Zhu Yipeng, assistants to well-known basketball commentator Yang Yi, revealed in a live broadcast that the Qingdao Men's Basketball Club actually prevented their potential rising star Yang Hansen from participating in this year's NBA draft and did not allow him to contact his agent. This news quickly appeared on the hot search and aroused widespread attention.
Subsequently, Du Jincheng, a reporter from the Qingdao team, spoke out for the club and Yang Hansen on social media. He believes that Yang Hansen, who is only 18 years old, has only played in the CBA for one year, and it is extremely risky to go to the NBA to develop at this time. He reflected on the history of Chinese players in the NBA, emphasizing that only Yao Ming has achieved great success, and Yao Ming only embarked on the NBA road at the age of 22 after dominating the CBA. Du Jincheng also directly hit back at Yang Yi's team, expressing dissatisfaction with their remarks.
In response, Yang Yi's assistant Zhu Yipeng responded on social media. He criticized those who used Yao as an example for not understanding either the NBA or Yang, and pointed out that Yang needed to gradually improve his skills as required by the club and the coaching staff. However, he pessimistically predicted that Yang Hansen may have lost the opportunity to enter the NBA after his strength improves.
Another assistant, Ren Ran, understood the statement of the Qingdao club's senior management and simply responded with "Oh, okay". When asked by netizens about Du Jincheng's "next work" comment, Ren Ran indifferently said that this is someone taking money to do things, which is normal.
The views of netizens are diverse. Some people think that Hansen Yang should rule the CBA first and then think about the NBA, but others think that times are different, and the dominance of the CBA does not mean the success of the NBA. Some netizens pointed out that no one has been selected by the NBA for many years, and they should seize the opportunity when they were young. More people are calling on the Basketball Association to introduce relevant policies to encourage clubs to support players to participate in high-level leagues to improve the overall level of Chinese basketball.