How much time does Yang Hansen have to grow? How much development patience do the Blazers have?

Yang Hansen is not strong enough to get playing time, which is unavoidable. However, compared to some anxious fans who are "drunk and sober", the Blazers management and coaching staff have always emphasized the need to remain patient and "trust the process."

Perhaps what fans are worried about is: how long will the process take? How long will patience last?

The process will not be quick. Even for the extremely talented "Process" himself, this process has been so long that those who proposed "trusting the process" have been kicked out by the alliance, which has become one of the most guilty and regretful things in "Process"'s heart.

When the 76ers had to "believe in the process," people were very anxious. When the process began to blossom, people finally understood that this was a process and realized that they should believe in the process. However, when the next "belief process" begins, people are still anxious.

The Blazers are much more patient. Many Blazers reporters have mentioned: Everyone in the Blazers understands that this is a process, and the growth of a center in this league has never been an immediate thing - especially for a center like Yang Hansen.

Specifically for the Blazers, they have additional factors that will encourage them to stay at the table longer and hold on to potential stocks longer.

On the one hand, the two head coaches are both late bloomers.

Former head coach Billups has been a typical case throughout history of accumulating wealth but not making progress. He was the No. 3 overall pick, but he only played half a season before the Celtics deemed him too valuable and sold him. After playing for three years, Dangtang is still only averaging 8 points per game.

Therefore, Billups said when evaluating Yang Hansen's debut: "I was useless when I debuted."

The current interim head coach Split matured much later. He didn't participate in the draft until he was 22 years old, the 28th pick in the first round. Either actively or passively, he didn't come to the NBA for the first three years. By the time he came to the NBA, he was already 26 years old. At 26 years old, he is already a very mature player, but he only averaged 4.6 points per game in his rookie season. By the third season, it was deeply remembered - but it was remembered as a background board, becoming the background of James' most famous block in his entire career before the "block of the century".

They know better than us what a long process growth is.

On the other hand, Yang Hansen was the choice led by Cronin, the general manager of the Trail Blazers, and it is his "representative achievement."

To some extent, Yang Hansen represents Cronin’s face.

The Trail Blazers' skip selection of Yang Hansen was once regarded as the craziest choice in this draft, which made people confused. If it weren't for a talented management team that sold the 26-year-old core who had been in the team for five consecutive seasons, the Blazers' jump-drafting of Yang Hansen might have been the craziest management move of the year. At the press conference after the draft, when talking about this crazy operation, Cronin was filled with excitement and kept telling reporters how long he had planned it, how discerning he was, and how bold and careful he was. He was very confident in his choice, and therefore deeply bound his decision to choose Yang Hansen to himself.

Everyone is prosperous, and everyone suffers from a loss.

Out of human nature, the management will always give more patience and opportunities to the people it chooses against all opinions, such as Booth and Nagy, such as Miles and Wiseman, such as Divac and Bagley...

We have reason to believe that as long as Cronin is still in charge, he will support Yang Hansen.

We have seen many cases where players "couldn't play at all" in their rookie seasons but gradually gained a foothold later. Examples of

types that are closer to Yang Hansen, such as Harten. In his rookie season, he also had to compete with Zhou Qi for playing time. He played for one year and averaged 1.9 points per game. After playing for five years and changing five teams, he still only averaged 5 points and 1.2 assists per game. In the sixth year of his career, he began to perform some passing support and later became a championship center.

Examples of situations closer to Yang Hansen's, such as Reed Sheppard. He played very well in the summer league, but he couldn't play at all in the regular season, and his physical confrontation was a mess. Even in the summer league and preseason games of the second year, Rockets fans were "vomiting lotus." But after 9 games in the regular season, he has scored in double figures 5 times, shot 48% from three-point range, and has an assist-to-loss ratio of 2.5. His performance is already very positive.

Recent more extreme examples, such as brownies. He faced many more doubts than Yang Hansen. Countless people believe that he should not belong to this league at all. Throughout his rookie season, he shot only 31.3% from the field. But now, although he has not yet entered the regular rotation, most people who have watched his performance on the court believe that his shooting and passing are already very reliable. As long as his shooting is better, he has a good chance of playing in this league for a long time.

One month into his career, the marathon had just begun, and Xuanzang had not left Chang'an City to study for Buddhist scriptures. Trust the process.