Yang Hansen is ranked higher in the center than Ayton. US media strongly recommends whether to appreciate or praise?

A few days ago, "The Athletic" columnist Zach Harper wrote an article, giving a ranking of active centers in the new season. Surprisingly, Yang Hansen ranked in the top 30 in this list, ranking 25th. He is not only the only rookie to enter the top 30, but even ranked higher than mature centers such as Ayton, Mitchell Robinson, Lefley, and Kessler who are in their playing years.

It should be pointed out that "The Athletic" (hereinafter referred to as TA) is one of the top sports media with the highest credibility in the United States, and its authority and influence are even fully consistent with ESPN. When it was established in 2016, TA absorbed many senior team reporters and columnists in sports, such as Shams Kalanya, the top NBA exposure expert, worked for TA for a long time before switching to ESPN.

Specifically for Zach Harper, who wrote this article, he is also an old acquaintance in the NBA media circle. As early as 2009, Harper entered this industry and worked in mainstream media such as ESPN and CBS Sports. In addition, he is also the manager of SiriusXM radio programs.

Therefore, whether considering TA's credibility or the seniority of contributor Harper, this article reviewing the 40 centers in the new season is of some importance.

You should know that when Yang Hansen first came to the United States for special training in May, he could not even enter the top 60 in ESPN's mock draft list. But later, his draft market soared all the way, and he was finally selected by the Trail Blazers at the 16th pick in the first round. After the craze for the

draft, the attention of Yang Hansen in the US media has not diminished. Now, he has been placed in a prominent position in a very important list.

Why, Yang Hansen has gained more and more high-profile American media reporters... As for Harper's optimistic about Xiao Yang, is he sincerely doing it or deliberately praising her?

First of all, it must be admitted that Yang Hansen's performance in four summer leagues has indeed created a certain amount of room for imagination for the outside world. Perhaps, Harper discovered some highlights from Yang Hansen's summer league game only after watching Yang Hansen's summer league. Although Yang Hansen averaged 10.8 points, 5.0 rebounds, 3.8 assists and 2.3 blocks per game during the Xia Lian period, and the data was by no means outstanding, perhaps it was Xiao Yang's golfer, his overall view and technical diversity impressed this senior basketball expert.

Of course, it is also necessary to realize that Harper ranks Yang Hansen at such a high position with a strong subjective color. In the article, although he gave his own reasons, he did not have much solid basis in his words.

"Yes, I've begun to believe in Henson's potential. As for whether it will take some time to verify, I don't care. But with his skills and figure, I dare to conclude that he can be among the top 25 big men at the top," Harper wrote.

Therefore, it is completely understandable that as a senior media person, Harper is likely to have keenly captured Xiao Yang's traffic value while seeing Yang Hansen's potential. In the past two months, there have been a lot of discussions about Yang Hansen in the NBA media circle. Some people are optimistic about his prospects, while others have already sang against his career prospects early. But almost without exception, every quality discussion will arouse a lot of heat.

Previously, a Trail Blazers team reporter said that he hoped to make his social media information into Chinese and English bilingual in the future. After all, he knew very well that a large number of Chinese fans flocked to his media accounts to watch his speech, mainly to see Yang Hansen.

In the future, with the start of the new season, there will only be more and more reports and debates about Yang Hansen. Based on this background, Harper raised Yang Hansen in the article and probably also had the selfish intention of grabbing popularity in advance.

However, in the face of the "praise" of the American media, a normal heart is obviously particularly important to Yang Hansen. It is certainly worthy of being favored before the season starts, for Xiao Yang, but at the same time, the meaning of "super-winning" is also something that needs to be guarded against at all times.

At present, Yang Hansen does have many eye-catching traits. But while his advantages are amplified by media reports, his shortcomings are also exposed quite significantly, especially his disadvantages in confrontation and speed, which may not be significantly improved in a short period of time. At this stage, Yang Hansen has returned to the United States to start preparing for the new season, and in the next period of time, strengthening the shortcomings is what he needs to focus on.

For young people who are not very concerned, they could have honed themselves little by little in a more relaxed and more secret environment, becoming stronger little by little. However, due to the high attention of the media, the script of secretly leveling and becoming stronger is no longer applicable to Yang Hansen.

In the future, Yang Hansen's every move is likely to be tracked extra, and even every actual round on the court will be taken under a magnifying glass for examination. Due to high-profile reports from media people like Harper, Yang Hansen may have been regarded as imaginary enemies by many active centers when he failed to play in an NBA game..

For example, a few days ago, the US media posted a training video of Knicks center Mitchell Robinson. In the video, the coach of special training Miro shouted to him, "We should regard the ranking of 26th (Miro's ranking in TA's list) as a kind of (being) targeted..."

In addition, some other insiders ranked behind Yang Hansen, such as Lefly, such as Mark Williams, Kessler, Adams, and especially Ayton, who was ruthlessly replaced by the Trail Blazers this summer because Yang Hansen joined, what would they think?

Finally, if you take a closer look at the schedule of the 2025-26 season, Yang Hansen will face huge tests uninterruptedly since the first game of the season. In just the first six games of the season in October, the Trail Blazers will face the Timberwolves, Warriors, Los Angeles, Jazz and Nuggets.

At that time, Yang Hansen will also take turns to fight Gobert, Zhu Meng, Zubac + Daluo, Ayton, Kessler and his idol Jokic. Although the prospects of the game are not yet predictable, it is certain that because of Xiao Yang's high traffic attributes, each of the above opponents will pay special attention and care when they meet him...