Join the Nets! Another Chinese player lands in the NBA to make up for Yang Hansen’s regrets. The Chinese derby is coming

As we all know, at the 2025 NBA Draft, Chinese player Yang Hansen was selected by the Portland Trail Blazers with the 16th pick in the first round and officially entered the NBA.

So far, after Yang Hansen became another Chinese player who entered the NBA as a first-round pick after Yao Ming and Yi Jianlian. At the same time, after Zhou Qi, another Chinese player will appear in the NBA field after 9 years.

Yang Hansen's 16th pick in the first round is still relatively high, which shows how optimistic the NBA teams are about him. In fact, in addition to the Trail Blazers, the Timberwolves, the 17th pick and the Nets, the 19th pick, both wanted to choose Yang Hansen, but they were intercepted by the Trail Blazers in advance.

In fact, the team that is most suitable for Yang Hansen should be the Nets. Here is the Chinese boss Cai Chongxin, and there is also a huge market and exposure. He should be Xiao Yang's best next home. However, the Trail Blazers took action in advance, which made Yang Hansen miss the opportunity to join the Nets, which is still a little regret.

Of course, the Trail Blazers are full of sincerity for Yang Hansen. Joining this team is also a good result for Yang Hansen. On August 3, another exciting news came. Another Chinese player, Zeng Fanbo, was signed by the Nets and also made his debut in the NBA!

According to HoopsHype famous reporter Michael Scotto, several sources revealed that Chinese player and Beijing forward Zeng Fanbo and the Nets reached a contract.

It is worth mentioning that as early as June this year, Ball Report reporter Rob Murrows reported that several sources revealed that Zeng Fanbo will sign an Exhibit-10 contract with the Nets.

In May this year, in the CBA semi-finals, Zeng Fanbo made a layup in the last moment of the third quarter, but Liu Chuanxing, who was assisting in defense, fell to the ground. Xiao Zeng missed the semi-finals G3 and the finals against Guangsha. At that time, the Beijing team official said that Zeng Fanbo was diagnosed with a fracture of the left transverse process of the lumbar spine and needed to rest for 2-3 months. In June, Zeng Fanbo went to Germany to continue rehabilitation treatment.

In the 2024-25 season, Zeng Fanbo played 37 regular season games for the Beijing team, and averaged 28.1 minutes per game to score 14.7 points, 4.7 rebounds, 1.9 assists, 0.8 steals and 1.5 blocks; in the playoffs, Zeng Fanbo made 5 appearances, and averaged 29 minutes per game to score 15 points, 4.2 rebounds, 1 assist, 1 steal and 1.6 blocks.

Although there is no specific details of Zeng Fanbo's contract with the Nets, it is indeed a happy thing to see that Xiao Zeng has the opportunity to join the NBA. We have not seen Chinese players compete in the NBA for too long, let alone two people at one time.

Yang Hansen and Zeng Fanbo entered the NBA at the same time, which brought a very good signal to Chinese basketball, which is in a trough.

At the same time, Zeng Fanbo is also the fourth Chinese player to play overseas this summer. In addition to Yang Hansen and Zeng Fanbo, Lin Wei has previously announced that he will compete in the overseas league; Yu Jiahao will join the European La Liga. All these show that the young people today have a positive heart and are definitely giving the players behind them a good start. In the new season of the NBA, we have the opportunity to see Yang Hansen and Zeng Fanbo compete in the same game and stage a Chinese derby. This is really exciting.

Of course, it is quite difficult for Xiao Zeng to get too many opportunities like Yang Hansen. This requires him to take one step at a time and leave a good impression on the team through his own hard training, hoping that he can officially stay with the Nets.

Fans who like them, I need to pay more attention to these two teams in the new season.