Yang Hansen had 8 Chinese players selected before 3 of them did not make it to Yao Yi s double star shine

In the NBA draft, Chinese player Yang Hansen was selected by the Trail Blazers with the 16th pick in the first round. At this point, he has also become the 9th Chinese men's basketball player to be selected by the NBA.

Next, let us who are the first 8 players selected and their performance:

1, Song Tao

Song Tao was selected by the Atlanta Hawks at the 1987 NBA Draft, with the 67th overall pick in the third round. But he failed to enter the NBA due to an injury (a comminuted knee fracture).

2. Wang Zhizhi

Dazhi was selected by the Dallas Mavericks (now the Mavericks) in the second round of the 1999 NBA Draft.

Wang Zhizhi played for the Mavericks, Clippers and Heat in his career, playing in a total of 137 games, averaging 4.4 points, 1.7 rebounds, 0.3 assists, 0.2 steals and 0.3 blocks per game, and his three shooting percentage was 41.7/38.5/73.5%.

3, Yao Ming

Yao Ming was the top scorer in the 2002 NBA Draft.

He has played for the Rockets for 8 seasons, a total of 486 games, averaged 19.0 points, 9.2 rebounds, 1.6 assists, 0.4 steals and 1.9 blocks, shooting percentage of 52.4% and free throw percentage of 83.3.

4. Xue Yuyang

In the 2003 NBA Draft, Xue Yuyang was selected by the Mavericks with the 57th overall pick in the second round and traded to the Nuggets, but he ultimately failed to enter the NBA.

5. Yi Jianlian

Yi Jianlian was selected by the Milwaukee Bucks with the 6th pick in the first round of the 2007 NBA Draft.

UAE is the second highest pick in the NBA draft so far. He has played for the Bucks, Nets, Wizards and Mavericks in his career. He played in 272 games, averaging 7.9 points, 4.9 rebounds, 0.7 assists, 0.5 steals and 0.7 blocks per game, and his three-in-one shooting percentage was 40.4/33.3/78.0%.

6. Sun Yue

was still in the 2007 NBA Draft, and another Chinese player, Sun Yue, was selected by the Lakers with the 40th overall pick in the second round.

Sun Yue only played 10 games for the Lakers, averaging 0.6 points, 0.2 assists, 0.1 steals and 0.1 blocks per game, and shot a 27.3% shooting percentage.

7, Zhou Qi

At the 2016 NBA Draft, Zhou Qi was selected by the Rockets with the 43rd overall pick in the second round.

Zhou Qi played a total of 19 games with the Rockets, averaging 1.3 points, 1.2 rebounds and 0.7 blocks per game, and his three-in-one shooting percentage was 21.2/10.5/66.7%.

8. Wang Zhelin

Also in the 2016 NBA Draft, Wang Zhelin was selected by the Grizzlies with the 57th overall pick in the second round. But unfortunately, he has not been able to enter the NBA to this day.