Yang Hansen reaches a milestone and strives to catch up with Zhou Qi, ranking tied for 7th among Chinese NBA players!

The NBA regular season competition continues. The Portland Trail Blazers encountered resistance on the road and eventually lost to the Los Angeles Clippers with a score of 107-114. In this defeat, the situation of the much-watched Chinese player Yang Hansen did not improve. Once again, his playing time was strictly limited, and he only got a brief chance to appear in the first quarter of the game. Data shows that Yang Hansen came on the bench for 4 minutes and 20 seconds this time. He only failed to hit a three-point shot in the sports battle. He scored 2 points by making 2 of 2 free throws. In addition, he also had 1 offensive rebound and 1 foul recorded. His plus-minus value during the game was -2. This pattern of playing time allocation seems to confirm his marginal status in the team's tactical system. Even Klingen has difficulty finding a rhythm under the current playing style, and often falls into ineffective back and forth runs. So for Yang Hansen, it is obviously more difficult to obtain stable rotation time.

Despite his limited playing time, Yang Hansen accumulated 6 points in his NBA career with the 2 points he scored in this game. Although this number is insignificant, in the history of Chinese players' NBA campaigns, it has allowed him to tie the scoring record of his predecessor Sun Yue (10 career games) and rank 7th in the NBA scoring list of Chinese players. This list clearly shows the heights reached by the predecessors: Yao Ming topped the list with a huge advantage of 9240 points, followed by active player Li Kai with 4876 points, and Yi Jianlian left a record of 2148 points. Ranked 4th to 6th are China Basketball’s Mobile Great Wall Wang Zhizhi (604 points), Battelle (156 points) and Zhou Qi (24 points). Yang Hansen is currently tied with Sun Yue, but there is still an 18-point gap with Zhou Qi in front of him, and the distance with seniors such as Yao Ming is even further out of reach.

However, the milestone "tied for seventh" cannot conceal the grim reality Yang Hansen faces on the court. In the three games since the start of the season, although he averaged only 5.6 minutes per game, contributing 2 points, 1 rebound and 0.7 blocks, the problems exposed by the high-level data are extremely glaring. According to statistics, when Yang Hansen is on the court, the Trail Blazers' offensive efficiency (points per 100 possessions) is 107.9. This value ranks only 9th among the 12 players on the team, showing his limited influence on the offensive end. What's more deadly is the defensive end. His defensive efficiency (points allowed per 100 possessions) is as high as 141.7, ranking last in the team and becoming the most vulnerable link in the team's defensive system to opponents. The imbalance on both ends of the offense has resulted in his net efficiency (points per 100 possessions) being as low as -33.8, which is only better than the other two players on the team and ranks third from the bottom.

Such an inefficient defensive performance and almost negligible tactical status have made the outside world full of doubts about Yang Hansen's NBA prospects. When a player is outscored by 33.8 points per 100 possessions when a player is on the court, it is obviously difficult for him to enter the coach's trust list for the regular rotation. The current situation is that not only is it difficult for Yang Hansen to get playing time, but he even has a handful of opportunities to appear in garbage time. Compared with spending time on the NBA bench, perhaps at this stage, it is more realistic and correct to go to the Development League to train and upgrade in an environment where you can obtain sufficient tactical status and ball rights.