Yang Hansen s first two games summary: Pros and cons obviously exposes three shortcomings, and it is urgently needed to improve if you want to gain a foothold in the NBA4

"Have you ever played back-to-back games in the CBA?"

"No."

"Sorry, this is the NBA. Welcome to the NBA."

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This is the dilemma that Yang Hansen is facing now. His first NBA experience is to play back-to-back in two consecutive summer league games. Yang Hansen contributed a total of 20 points, 9 rebounds, 8 assists and 4 blocks, but also made a total of 8 turnovers and 9 fouls. In the first two games, Yang Hansen showed his extremely distinct advantages and disadvantages. He proved that he could play like Jokic, but he also exposed his shortcomings in physical fitness, strength, confrontation, endurance, etc., which is also the shortcomings he needs to improve next.

Yang Hansen's performance in the NBA summer league in the first two games basically met the outside world's expectations

against the Warriors on July 12: 3 of 7 shots in 24 minutes (1 of 3 three-pointers and 3 of 4 free throws), contributed 10 points, 4 rebounds, 5 assists, 1 steal and 3 blocks, plus 3 turnovers and 6 fouls.

July 13 against the Grizzlies: 4 of 8 shots in 26 minutes (0 of 2 three-pointers and 2 of 2 free throws), contributed 10 points, 5 rebounds, 3 assists, 1 block, 5 turnovers, 3 fouls.

The Trail Blazers have already paid quite a lot of attention to Yang Hansen. From selecting Yang Hansen in the first round 16th pick (far ahead of the ranking in the simulation, the highest ranking in the simulation was the 22nd pick in the first round), to sending a special plane to pick him up to Portland, to the cover of the official website full of Yang Hansen's news and posters, and the cutting of the 2018 No. 1 pick Ayton, preparing to focus on cultivating two young centers, Yang Hansen and Klingen, which shows how high the Blazers' expectations for Yang Hansen are.

Since last year's No. 7 pick Klingen did not play in the Summer League, Yang Hansen naturally became the absolute main center of the Trail Blazers Summer League. Yang Hansen made two consecutive back-to-back games, both of which were starting centers, and his performance basically meets the outside world's expectations for him.

Although Yang Hansen averaged only scored 10 points in two consecutive games, the total data of 9 rebounds, 8 assists and 4 blocks in 20 minutes still proves that Yang Hansen can attack and pass the defense with all-round attributes. Although Yang Hansen's offensive stability remains to be seen, a three-pointer at least proves that he has the outside range. The frequent inside dunks proved his talent potential, especially the gliding skills of the Grizzlies in the second quarter, which shocked everyone.

In addition, Yang Hansen can also play the role of the center of the organization like Jokic, and 4 blocks have proved his defensive deterrence, so his performance basically meets expectations.

Yang Hansen exposed three major shortcomings, and more mistakes, more fouls, more unstable three-pointers

Although Yang Hansen showed his strengths in the first two games, allowing people to see his plasticity and future growth and progress potential, he also exposed his shortcomings accordingly.

One, there are too many mistakes. Yang Hansen contributed 3 mistakes and 5 mistakes in two games, and the total of 8 mistakes was not ideal. After all, he only had 8 assists in two games, and it was naturally an undesirable link to reach 1-1.

Secondly, there are too many fouls. Yang Hansen contributed 6 fouls and 3 fouls respectively in two games. Although the number of fouls in the second game was reduced by half, he also had 9 fouls in total in the two games, which was tied with him with a total of 9 rebounds.

You should know that the NBA Summer League is sent off for 10 fouls in a single game, otherwise Yang Hansen has graduated with 6 fouls in the first game, and the summer league is 8 minutes less than the NBA regular season. Yang Hansen needs to better control his foul numbers, especially avoiding some unnecessary or undeserving defensive habits and defensive actions.

The third, three points are not good. Yang Hansen's three-point performance in two games was 1 of 3 and 0 of 2 of 2, and a total of 1 of 5 shots was only 20% of the outside shooting prospects.

Nowadays, three-point shooting is an extremely important ability in the NBA, especially even inside players, they need to have the ability to shoot outside that can open up space, so Yang Hansen also needs to continue to improve the stability of three-point shooting. The root cause of Yang Hansen's shortcomings is that his strength against physical strength needs to be improved as soon as possible

The second back-to-back game against the Grizzlies in this game. For Yang Hansen, who has never experienced back-to-back combat in his previous CBA career, his physical fitness is difficult to sustain as the biggest shortcoming. At the end of the first quarter against the Grizzlies, Yang Hansen was photographed with breathing heavily many times. Although he scored 10 points in two consecutive games and scored in double digits, he only scored 2 points in the second half of the two consecutive games. The decline in physical fitness caused his offensive grasp to drop significantly, and the power on both ends of the offense and defense was a significant decline.

Just as Yang Hansen made his statement after the end of the last game, the NBA's high-intensity and fast-paced confrontation made his physical fitness a little anxious. As for now, Yang Hansen still experiences the intensity of NBA back-to-back games. Even though he is only 20 years old, he is still "unbearable". In fact, during the continuous high-intensity trial training this summer, Yang Hansen flew back and forth over a dozen cities to try out more than a dozen teams, which has put Yang Hansen in a tired mode and is another test for young players to adapt to the NBA. Yang Hansen needs to improve his physical reserves as soon as possible, especially his endurance. After all, relying solely on willpower is not a long-term solution.

In addition, Yang Hansen exposed too many mistakes and fouls, and the core problem is that Yang Hansen's lack of power confrontation. According to previous NBA physical test data, Yang Hansen is a tall center player with a height of 2.16 meters, and his wingspan is 2.20 meters, but Yang Hansen weighs 252.6 pounds (about 114.6 kg). As Yang Hansen's ultimate template, Jokic is 2.13 meters tall, with an arm span of 2.21 meters, and his weight is 128 kg.. Although Jokic has no advantage in speed, he can become one of the most dominant players in active service, especially in the inside confrontation, where his strength confrontation and weight advantage are extremely important. On the other hand, Yang Hansen lacks strength and lacks weight, resulting in no advantage in the inside confrontation. He also loses position after repeated confrontation, which leads to inability to stop the position, so he naturally has the disadvantage in fighting for rebounds. As a big center, Yang Hansen only had 9 rebounds in two games, while Grizzlies center Bacao scored 12 rebounds in one game.

Yang Hansen's mistakes were not only due to insufficient tacit understanding with his teammates, and the slightly targeted restriction of passing in the second game, but also due to his own inadequate adaptation to high-intensity and fast-paced games, which led to some unnecessary mistakes. In the game, he even had low-level mistakes such as passing out of bounds, including walking violations. Fortunately, after the two consecutive games back-to-back games, the Trail Blazers' next summer league game is 10:00 on July 16, which is a valuable rest and recovery time for Yang Hansen. Yang Hansen needs to adjust and recover as soon as possible. After all, his NBA dream-chasing journey has just begun at the starting point, and the road ahead is still difficult and difficult.

(Text/Zuiwofusheng)