Recently, whether or not Yang should participate in this year's NBA Draft has been hotly debated by both the media and fans.
And each other's reasons are also very clear, and friends who think that they "should participate" bluntly said: The current NBA mainly looks at talent, and a team wants you, thinks that you are talented and plastic, and will choose you and give you a chance. And friends who think that "they shouldn't participate" frankly admit that Yang Hansen's strength is too weak, and he can't even reach Zhou Qi's height, and he may not even be able to get in as a substitute if he goes, wasting time in vain.
But whether Yang Hansen should go or not, ESPN's draft expert Jonathan gave a professional analysis of Yang Hansen's performance.
Jonathan first affirmed that Yang Hansen is indeed a good player, and his basketball acumen, including some technical moves, is very good.
But with that alone, you can't get into the NBA!
Jonathan has watched some of Young's games and feels that he has a lot of ups and downs, which is a typical matter of experience and strength. In addition, the performance of the national team is also an important assessment criterion, but everyone has also seen that Yang Hansen's performance in the Chinese men's basketball team is also relatively average.
He has three major shortcomings, which are speed, explosiveness, and blocking.
It may be said that for a high school forward, speed is not an important criterion, but now the development trend of the NBA, and even the entire basketball world, is extending towards a rapid offensive and defensive transition. The requirements for the back line and the forward line are very high, but the quality of the conversion, but many times, the speed of the conversion of the center will make the team's combat effectiveness to a higher level. Therefore, the current NBA's speed requirements for players under the basket are also an important assessment criterion.
Speaking of explosiveness, let's ignore the NBA's explosive requirements for players under the basket. Judging from Yang Hansen's playing style in the CBA, especially the positional battle offense, he mainly relies on height and footwork, or some back to find opportunities. However, in the hard-hitting physical confrontation, especially in the matchup with the CBA's foreign aid, there is almost no advantage. Just imagine, after coming to the NBA, the intensity under the basket will be greater, can Yang Hansen stand still?
Finally, the ability to block is an important parameter for testing interior players. Although Yang Hansen's blocking data is okay, when watching the game, he rarely relies on domineering confrontations to directly cover opponents, most of them use his height to cover the small man when the defender breaks through. So his current beautiful block stats don't necessarily fit the NBA's style.
In addition to the above three points that need to be improved, there is another extremely important weakness, that is, Yang Hansen does not have the ability to make threes! Let alone three-pointers, he does not even shoot three-pointers.
Judging from Yang Hansen's playing style, he is more inclined to a spatial No. 5 position, because of his personality, playing style, and technical characteristics, no one will train him as a core in the NBA, and he can't be a shaft and has no defensive ability, so it's no problem to be a spatial big man. Although there are some techniques and styles that can be changed, but it takes a lot of time and games, do you think there will be a team that will give Yang Hansen such a chance?
Overall, Yang Hansen has a lot to improve, and he is really not suitable for entering the NBA now. If he can improve his ability comprehensively in the next one or two seasons and completely improve the above shortcomings, then there is still a good hope to enter the NBA. He's still young, after all, and he still has three more chances to continue in the draft.
After Jonathan briefly commented on Yang Hansen, he made a brief analysis of the current CBA league. In the regular season, in order to further understand Yang Hansen, the NBA team went to the scene, observed for a period of time, and gave a pertinent evaluation of Yang Hansen. I also experienced the competitive level of the CBA, and bluntly said that "the current CBA level has declined, and the ability of foreign aid is not as high as before".
Therefore, we hope that Yang Hansen will improve himself according to the advice of ESPN experts. For the CBA league, the Basketball Association and the CBA company need to seriously reflect on it.