Team Note Analysis Yang Hansen s role in the new season: He is temporarily the third center. He has a chance when Loway is absent

On July 21, Trail Blazers reporter Mike Richman talked about Yang Hansen in his latest podcast. He commented on Hansen's summer league performance and analyzed his role in the new season. In Richman's view, Hesson is currently the third center in the team, but he will get a lot of opportunities to play when Rowe is absent.

Richman believes that Yang Hansen fully demonstrated his ability to pass and his willingness to fight in the summer league, and also had a good performance in protecting the basket.

"He showed his strengths in the first game, he tried to do more in the second game, and he showed his shooting ability and was willing to shoot the outside line because he wanted to prove that he had more skills. By the fourth game, he seemed to be saying 'I can do a lot of different things, watch me go down to the basket'. He was getting more and more comfortable in the game. I found this performance that added layering and diversity to the game was impressive."

As for the shortcomings, Richman mentioned strength and fitness. "As he grew up, in adapting to this league and transformation, he needed to work with the NBA power coach and the health and performance team of the Blazers to make himself stronger, improve endurance and cardiovascular function, play longer, and be able to use his strength. I think his low-post offense has never really been good in the summer league because when facing the strongest low-post defender, he is not strong enough to reach the position he wants to go, so his low-post offense is limited."

As for what role Yang Hansen may play in the team next season, Richman also analyzed -

"I think Yang Hansen performed well enough that I really hope that he will have a lot of playing time next season. When the Blazers choose to quit Aiton, instead of trying to trade other contracts or stay in the team to see the situation, they did create opportunities for Yang Hansen, which is undoubtedly."

" But if now (July) makes me guess, he will be the third center in the team's roster. If you write him into your dream starting lineup, that's certainly OK, I encourage everyone to imagine. But to be realistic, Klingen is likely to be the starting center of the Trail Blazers opener, playing about 26 to 28 minutes. They will try to get Robert Williams on the court, but even last year, during Rowe's recovery from knee surgery in the offseason, they were very cautious with him. He didn't play much time, didn't play half-game, didn't play 25 minutes a night, probably 12 to 14 minutes, a game is divided into two times, about 7 minutes each time, once in the first half, once in the second half. "

"If Klingen played 28 minutes and Rowe played 14 minutes, the Trail Blazers might play a small lineup for the rest of the time, so Henson would not have a chance to play, but there is still time for him to play. I think he is unlikely to play too much with the other two big men in the first year, and it is almost impossible for Klingen to play at the same time. Maybe there will be a chance in the future. Rowe may have a little time to play at the same time, but I don't think that can play the value of any of them. So, he is indeed the third center, but Rowe will miss some games and naturally absent, because he won't play back to back games, the team He will be cautious and give him a day of rest. We saw it last year, and that was before another knee surgery. So Henson has a chance to play. "

"I think his most likely role in the rookie season is on the edge of rotation, but there will be a few short-term opportunities to play at the beginning of the season. Because of the team's health and foul troubles, he has the opportunity to prove that he is worth staying on the court, and then as the season goes on, the team may want to see how he performs, and even if Rowe is no longer injured, he will naturally miss some games because of the team's conservative strategy, so Henson will naturally get some playing time. "

Finally, Richman reminds Yang Hansen's fans: Don't be too optimistic because of these four exciting games in the summer league.