172 million in 4 years, excellent value for money! The youth storm is blowing

The regular season of the new NBA season is getting closer and closer, and all teams have ended their preseason competition and entered the final stage of preparation.

According to the schedule, the Trail Blazers' regular season debut of the new season will be at 10 o'clock in the morning on Thursday. They will face the Timberwolves at home.

According to a reporter from the Trail Blazers team, he originally thought that Trail Blazers coach Billups would give the team a holiday on the weekend. Unexpectedly, Billups was very strict and only had one day off in the remaining days. The whole team practiced together for 3 to 4 days.

During this period, the Trail Blazers held another community event. The entire team participated, and Yang Hansen was no exception. Yang Hansen's integration is really good. He is very popular with local Portland fans, which has a lot to do with his outgoing and cheerful personality.

It should be noted that Yang Hansen's advantages and disadvantages are very obvious in the 4 preseason games. He averaged less than 19 minutes per game, contributing 8 points, 3.7 rebounds and 1.2 blocks. It seems okay, but fouling is actually a big problem.

With such a small amount of playing time, Yang Hansen averaged 5.3 fouls per game, of which 2 left the field with 6 fouls. In the last preseason game against the Jazz, he was called for two consecutive fouls in the last 51 seconds of the game. There is no doubt that Yang Hansen's bad defensive habits developed in the CBA were severely criticized in the NBA, which has greatly affected his playing time.

The competitive level of the CBA is indeed much worse than that of the NBA. Yang Hansen is still the CBA's Defensive Player of the Year, but he is a defensive loophole in the NBA.

But in any case, Yang Hansen's talent on the offensive end is very obvious, and Billups can also see it. Because of this, the Trail Blazers firmly selected Yang Hansen with the 16th pick in the first round, and will give him enough development time. Yang Hansen still has a 4-year rookie contract.

In the early hours of this morning, the Trail Blazers also spent a lot of money to determine the matchup around Yang Hansen. The total amount reached 172 million U.S. dollars. The three contracts given by the Trail Blazers early this morning were quite sharp.

Among them, the cheapest one is Cook. He got a two-way contract, so I won’t comment much on this.

The first thing I want to talk about is Kamara. This defensive champion got a four-year contract extension worth 82 million US dollars, which proved his worth.

Kamara was selected by the Suns with the 52nd overall pick in the second round of the 2023 NBA Draft. He immediately came to the Trail Blazers in the trade for Ayton, winning trust and playing time with his outstanding performance.

Last season, Kamara averaged 32.7 minutes per game, contributed 11.3 points, 5.8 rebounds, 2.2 assists and 1.5 steals, shooting 45.8% from the field and 37.5% from the three-point field. With 9th in the league in total steals, Kamara was selected to the NBA All-Defensive Second Team.

Next, Sharp, the Trail Blazers' top scorer in the preseason, signed a four-year, $90 million contract extension.

After sending away Anfernee Simons this summer, the Trail Blazers have determined Sharp's offensive arrow role, but they still need to continue to investigate to see if he has All-Star potential.

Last season, Sharp averaged 18.5 points, 4.5 rebounds and 2.9 assists per game, shooting 45.2% from the field and 31.1% from three-point range.

Perhaps in the new season, with the assistance of Holiday, Avdija and Yang Hansen, three people who can handle the ball, Sharp's offensive efficiency can be further improved. His preseason data is already 19.3 points, 4.8 rebounds, and 2.3 three-pointers.

The contracts of Kamara and Sharp are both 4 years, Yang Hansen's rookie contract is also 4 years, and Klingen's rookie contract has 3 years left. The Blazers' young lineup has basically taken shape. Let's see how to accumulate experience and polish it into a competitive team.

The lineup around Yang Hansen has been stabilized. It depends on how Yang Hansen himself can correct his shortcomings and become a better version of himself.