From Harteng s counterattack and Zhou Qi s regret, Yang Hansen s career, people are not lazy, and heaven is compassionate

The news that Yang Hansen was selected in the draft has been on the hot searches continuously. Most Chinese fans have been encouraging and appreciating Yang Hansen, but there are still a small group of people who say that they don’t understand the CBA. They were eliminated after playing in the NBA for two years. The Trail Blazers chose Yang Hansen for the sake of sarcastic remarks such as the Chinese market. For such remarks, Fireworks only want to say-

Those who say this do not understand the NBA at all, nor even basketball. The

NBA rookies, what attracted the most to the general managers and scouts of each team, is not the current real-time combat power, but potential. Not to mention the overseas leagues that played in the United States, even in the local NCAA, many players played very well in college, but when they participated in the draft, they only got a second round, or were directly defeated.

Besides, who stipulates that you must rule the CBA before you can go to the NBA? It is true that the previous buses, Wang Zhizhi, Yao Ming, and even Yi Jianlian took this path, but who stipulated that Chinese players only have this path to enter the NBA? Some seedlings are nothing in your hands, but they can become successful in others' hands. Fireworks came up with this idea of ​​someone. Before the draft, this man performed in his local league, even the kind who had to give fruits when he saw the water dispenser. He averaged 1 point and 1 rebound per game. When he announced his participation in the draft, the general managers and scouts of NBA teams did not know who he was. Although he was lucky enough to be selected, he was cut off within a month because the team wanted to make a new player and played in the Development League, but he couldn't even play as the starter!

In the NBA every year, such people are like crucian carp in the river, countless. In 99.99%, this person has nothing to do with the NBA, but now he has an annual salary of up to 30 million and has just helped the Thunder win the championship!

This person is called Isaiah Haltenstein, abbreviated as Harten.

In 1998, Hartten's father, German Florian, gave birth to Hartten while playing for the University of Oregon. After graduation, Florian returned to Germany to play in the professional league to make money, leaving Hartten with his mother to live in the United States. Because of his father's influence, Hartten has shown a strong interest in basketball since he was a child, and his height has grown up. Florian, who has not made any name in Germany, decided to cultivate Hartten's basketball talent. When Hartten was 10 years old, he took him and Hartten's mother back to Germany.

In 2014, Hartten participated in the German U-16 (basketball league under 16, equivalent to the high school league) and won the MVP of the event. In order to continue his professional basketball career, Hartten did not choose to go to college, but joined the second team of Zalgiris Kaunas of the Lithuanian Professional League. However, the gap between the high school league and the professional league was huge. The former MVP of the high school league could only play as a substitute in the second team of youth team, averaging 5 points and 5 rebounds per game.

Harten, who was not valued, terminated his contract with the team and joined the Stanstors in the Europa League. His situation here is even more difficult. He even had to deliver fruit when watching the water dispenser. He averaged 13 minutes per game and scored 1 point and 0.8 rebounds. At the end of the season, the 19-year-old Harten announced his participation in the 2017 NBA draft.

When Harteng participated in the draft, many general managers and scouts of the team did not know who he was. It is not surprising that Harteng was a third center in the European League, not even Karami Jr. Who would care about this person's existence? What's more, Harteng's style of play was still the most abandoned by the NBA at that time. Let's take a look at Harteng's physical conditions at that time -

Height 213 cm, weigh 110 kilograms, 217 cm, left-handed player, average vertical talent, no one can do anything on the offensive end, and no inside skills can shoot. The greatest value that can provide the team with defense lies in defense. Top defense and rebounding will be strengths, but his footsteps are slow, and he cannot participate in the switchover, and he has no organizational support ability.

To put it bluntly, Hartten was a white and hard-working person at that time. At that time, the NBA was the peak of small balls. Almost every family emphasized three-pointers, space, five-small, defense replacement, etc. No one was interested in the rough guy like Hartten who only relied on his body.

Finally in the 2017 draft, Hartten was taken away by the Rockets in the 43rd overall pick in the second round. A large part of the reason why the Rockets chose him was that Hartten was too young. In the draft, Hartten was only 19 years and 47 days. He was the fourth youngest among all the selected players at that time. He was two and a half years younger than Zhou Qi, the Rockets' potential stock last year.

Age is young, which means that there is great potential to tap and stronger plasticity.

However, being selected does not mean that the NBA's door has been opened to you. On the contrary, the distance between them is like a natural barrier. Moreover, at this time, the Rockets also brought a new competitor to Harten, Zhou Qi.

Zhou Qi was a rookie in 2016. Coincidentally, his ranking was exactly the same as Hartten, and they were both the 43rd pick in the second round. However, after being selected, Zhou Qi did not immediately enter the NBA due to the original club contract. Instead, he played in the CBA for another year. It was not until July 7, 2017, half a month after the draft, that Zhou Qi signed a formal contract of 5.57 million yuan with the Rockets. It is worth mentioning that among this contract with an average annual salary of nearly US$1.4 million, only 815,000 in the first year is the guaranteed amount. Not only is the remaining one not guaranteed, but there are team options every year. That is to say, in these four years, once Zhou Qi plays poorly, the Rockets can cut him at any time without any losses..

When Harten entered the free market, he was stunned and no team was interested in him!

The main reason is the flaw of the style of play. As mentioned above, the league was at the peak of the small ball era, and the meat shield-type centers were generally not easy to find a job, let alone the cute newbie Hatten. After the free market gate opened in July, various teams began to sign up crazily, and contracts hit NBA players like raindrops, but none of these contracts belonged to Harteng. Harteng could only forcefully suppress his restless heart and forcibly endured. Days passed day by day, and August also passed. Seeing that the preseason was about to start, no team was willing to give Harteng a chance.

Haten said in a media interview in a future that that period was his most confused and helpless time. He had no idea how to go next, and even had the idea of ​​playing football in overseas leagues to make quick money. In fact, Hartten's performance in the Development League and the NBA has attracted the attention of many overseas leagues. At that time, the Europa League, the Korean League, the Japanese League, and even the Chinese CBA were considering the feasibility of introducing Hartten.

This extremely painful time was Hartten's girlfriend Courtney Kayla accompanied Hartten. Kayla was seven years older than Hartten. She was a cheerleader. Her main business was a model. She had fair skin, beautiful face and long legs. She had more than 700,000 fans on social media. Their understanding was full of romantic dramas. Hartten strolled around the social media and found Kayla's photos. Hartten commented, "Your smile is really beautiful."

It's just that I met and fell in love.

Don't think that Kaila has a beautiful face, she is really not a sports novices. Kaila majored in sports at university, and she is also an avid basketball fan. Her favorite team is the Dallas Mavericks. Before meeting Harten, her biggest wish was to buy a Mavericks' top ticket.

At this stall where Hartten hesitated whether to play in the overseas league, Keira firmly disagreed. She advised Hartten to stay patient, stay and continue to wait for opportunities in the NBA, because Keira, who is familiar with sports, knows well that if Hartten really leaves, it will be difficult for him to come back in the future. In fact, this is also a bet. Fortunately, Keira and Hartten bet right.

On September 14, 2021, the Clippers signed Hartten with a training camp contract. After the training camp, Hartten won a one-year unguaranteed contract with his average of 13 points and 9 rebounds. In January 2022, the Clippers converted Hartten's unguaranteed contract into a guaranteed contract. Throughout the season, Hartten averaged 8 points, 5 rebounds, 1.7 frontcourt rebounds per game, 2 assists and 1 block. More importantly, Hartten averaged the frontcourt rebound rate per game, and all of them were made by Hartten.

After the end of the season, the Clippers chose Zubac between Harten and Zubac. The reason was not that Harten was not as strong as Zubac, but because Zubac played for three years with the Clippers and could renew their contracts on the hat, which was more operational in salary, and that's all.

Harten, who once again became a free agent, no longer lacked jobs. He joined the Knicks for two years and began to enter the smooth road of life. In the Knicks, Harten became the pillar of New York's interior, and once scored 10 points, 20 rebounds, 5 blocks, 15 points, 16 rebounds and 4 blocks.

In July 2024, Harten, who once again became a free agent, received a three-year, $87 million contract issued by the Thunder, with a salary of up to 30 million in the last year! This contract is the highest price for free agent signing in the Thunder's history. It can be seen that the Thunder attaches great importance to Harteng, but the Thunder's investment in Harteng has a huge return! In this year's finals, Hartten's height and hardness were simply a dimensional reduction blow to the Pacers' guest center Turner, and it also had obvious interference with the Pacers' guard's rushing forward. In the seven games in the finals, Hartten started in the last four games, averaged 19 minutes per game, scoring 5.5 points, 6.4 rebounds and 2.8 frontcourt rebounds, with a shooting percentage of 66.7%, while Turner on the opposite side averaged only 10.5 points, 4.4 rebounds, and his shooting percentage was an outrageous 37.7%.

It can be said that if the Thunder did not have Harten in this year's finals, it is hard to say whether they can beat the Pacers.

Through Harteng's career resume, let's look at Yang Hansen from the other hand. There is no doubt that Yang Hansen is a good seedling. There are two key factors to whether he can produce it. One is whether he works hard enough, whether he is hard enough, and whether he is diligent enough. If he is not lazy, he will be sympathetic!

Another thing is the environment you are in. When everyone is running forward desperately, no one is willing to stand still. The environment you are in will reshape a person. This is what I want to say in this article.

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