On April 8, Beijing time, the CBA officially announced a number of awards in the regular season, and the 18-year-old Yang Hansen was selected for the best team, the best defensive player, and the best star Rui.
Yang Hansen played in 51 games in the new season, all starts, averaging 33.8 minutes per game, 15 points, 10.8 rebounds, 3.9 assists and 2.2 blocks, ranking 7th in the league in rebounds per game, 2nd in the league in blocks per game, and 1st among local players.
The Qingdao men's basketball team entered the playoffs with a 7th place.
Compared with many big brothers, Yang Hansen's absolute data is not as convincing as expected, and there is even a certain gap compared with Wang Zhelin's average of 20+10 per game during his debut, but Chinese basketball at this stage seems to be unable to wait, and they want to tell the outside world early that Yang Hansen is the present and future of the Chinese men's basketball team.
Qingdao men's basketball head coach Liu Weiwei made a lot of plans to let Yang Hansen leave the center of public opinion in order to cool down the outside world, from the Qingdao men's basketball team interviewing players, basically there will be no Yang Hansen, and then in order to reduce Yang Hansen's average data per game, like the last game between Qingdao and Jiangsu, Yang Hansen only played 8 minutes and got 2 points and 2 rebounds, and then abandoned Yang Hansen's operation.
A reporter asked about the topic of Yang Hansen, and Liu Weiwei once bluntly said: I don't want too much coverage of Yang Hansen from the outside world to affect his mentality, especially I hope that he will focus on the game and not be affected by the outside world.
Liu Weiwei's approach is well-intentioned, after all, Yang Hansen is just a child who has not yet reached the age of 19, and there must be a huge gap between the maturity of the mentality and many veterans. Yi Jianlian has encountered a similar situation before.
The Chinese Basketball Association seems to can't wait, from the CBA All-Star Weekend, Yao Ming took the initiative to introduce Yang Hansen to Wade, this is our most talented young player. In today's CBA official selection, Yang Hansen's statistics and team results are not absolutely convincing, and he is directly sent to the best team, the best defensive player.
If it is only the best star Rui, I believe it is still understandable, but at the age of 18, he played the best team and the best defense, and Yao Ming and Wang Zhizhi at the same time couldn't do it, not to mention Wang Zhelin, Zhou Qi and others, can the CBA really not wait any longer? If Yang Hansen's development does not reach the expected height in the future, does it also mean that the CBA and the Chinese Basketball Association have pushed Yang Hansen to the center of public opinion too much?