American News Talk about Yang Hansen: Yao Ming has not seen such a Chinese player for a long time since

August 5th, today's Trail Blazers reporter Mike Richman and Washington Post reporter Ben Golliver co-hosted a podcast program. During this period, Ben Golliver talked about the Chinese players who logged into the NBA after Yao Ming.

"The Chinese market has a long history of enthusiasm for the NBA. Every summer, many big-name stars go to China to participate in commercial activities because the market is very large. Chinese fans have been waiting for a star of their own. Since Yao Ming, there has been no such player for a long time. If Yang Hansen, a young player, can become one of the world's largest basketball stars, he may become one of the world's largest basketball stars." BenGolliver said.

In addition to Yang Hansen, Yao Ming's main players who later entered the NBA were the following:

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%.

In the 2007 NBA Draft, 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 his shooting percentage was 27.3%.

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

‌Choyong-hee joined the Nets on a two-way contract in 2024, playing in five regular season games, but was later sacked due to injury. ‌‌