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The Jazz Must Select Hansen Yang at 21

HadAnEffectHere said:
I just can't see how he gets high usage at all in the NBA. You have to be able to create off the dribble as an offensive center these days.
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There is no reason why he can't scale down. From the scrimmages, he's clearly good at running handoff action stuff. He also is constantly trying to set screens to help his teammates in various ways. Can be the role man and looks to have good hands for catching the ball. Can also dribble a little bit and make some post moves. The touch looks good and also the 3 looks decent. I see him as very versatile offensively.

Defensively he looks smooth but a bit slow. He can be, at least, a drop big and a rim protector. Beyond that, I don't know defensively.
 
Basketball Novice said:
There is no reason why he can't scale down. From the scrimmages, he's clearly good at running handoff action stuff. He also is constantly trying to set screens to help his teammates in various ways. Can be the role man and looks to have good hands for catching the ball. Can also dribble a little bit and make some post moves. The touch looks good and also the 3 looks decent. I see him as very versatile offensively.

Defensively he looks smooth but a bit slow. He can be, at least, a drop big and a rim protector. Beyond that, I don't know defensively.
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He needs to be extremely high usage to make up for how bad his defense is, he can't scale down or he's useless.
 
HadAnEffectHere said:
He needs to be extremely high usage to make up for how bad his defense is, he can't scale down or he's useless.
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Wasn't he defensive player of the year in the CBA? I find it hard to believe his defense is that bad. Your saying that he's going to go from the best defensive player in the CBA to a horrific defender in the NBA.
 
Come on he is the on the first team all CBA defensively, also he’s so young and skillful on playmaking and shooting as a center.
Just do it!
(Imagine Jazz becoming the most welcomed team in China and dominating all-star votes. That would be so freaking cool)
 
The problem with these unathletic centers with outdated skillsets is that no modern NBA team is going to grind their offense to a halt to cater to them. Edey is a great example. Whenever Memphis has gone into "All right all right, give the kid the ball... sheesh" mode, it's been an absolute disaster. When you can only (sometimes) score by setting up shop in the low block and backing in until you're in jump hook range, it just kills everything around you. No spacing, no passing lanes, the defense rests. You better hit like 90% of those hooks to make it worthwhile.

I have zero idea why Hansen is guarded all the way to the perimeter in China like he's Steph Curry, but that's not gonna happen in the NBA. Whenever he shoots it looks like he's trying to break the backboard, so big men defenders in the League will happily either let him do that, or spin in place at the 3pt line looking for a handoff target. He won't be flinging those silly thread-the-needle passes to cutters.

Once again – forget counting stats, awards and highlights from inferior leagues and focus on how the skills translate to the NBA. In this case, they don't.
 
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Tremendous Upside said:
The problem with these unathletic centers with outdated skillsets is that no modern NBA team is going to grind their offense to a halt to cater to them. Edey is a great example. Whenever Memphis has gone into "All right all right, give the kid the ball... sheesh" mode, it's been an absolute disaster. When you can only (sometimes) score by setting up shop in the low block and backing in until you're in jump hook range, it just kills everything around you. No spacing, no passing lanes, the defense rests. You better hit like 90% of those hooks to make it worthwhile.

I have zero idea why Hansen is guarded all the way to the perimeter in China like he's Steph Curry, but that's not gonna happen in the NBA. Whenever he shoots it looks like he's trying to break the backboard, so big men defenders in the League will happily either let him do that, or spin in place at the 3pt line looking for a handoff target. He won't be flinging those silly thread-the-needle passes to cutters.

Once again – forget counting stats, awards and highlights from inferior leagues and focus on how the skills translate to the NBA. In this case, they don't.
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Bro then watch the highlights from draft combines. His skills translated well against other draftees in the same class. Defining him now is way too early. He’ll at least be handy at 43.
 
I’d rather take a swing at another wing since Hendricks might never pan out, Sensabaugh is meh, and Williams is a bust.

We can find 10 min per game centers who have major liabilities easy. Didn’t Indy find Bradley from the scrap heap? Pretty sure we can find a guy to be Kessler’s backup without burning a draft pick.
 
The Thriller said:
I’d rather take a swing at another wing since Hendricks might never pan out, Sensabaugh is meh, and Williams is a bust.

We can find 10 min per game centers who have major liabilities easy. Didn’t Indy find Bradley from the scrap heap? Pretty sure we can find a guy to be Kessler’s backup without burning a draft pick.
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Yurt7.
 
I have no idea what to think of Yang as a player, but there is a 99% chance he gets drafted by the Nets right?
 
Tremendous Upside said:
The problem with these unathletic centers with outdated skillsets is that no modern NBA team is going to grind their offense to a halt to cater to them. Edey is a great example. Whenever Memphis has gone into "All right all right, give the kid the ball... sheesh" mode, it's been an absolute disaster. When you can only (sometimes) score by setting up shop in the low block and backing in until you're in jump hook range, it just kills everything around you. No spacing, no passing lanes, the defense rests. You better hit like 90% of those hooks to make it worthwhile.

I have zero idea why Hansen is guarded all the way to the perimeter in China like he's Steph Curry, but that's not gonna happen in the NBA. Whenever he shoots it looks like he's trying to break the backboard, so big men defenders in the League will happily either let him do that, or spin in place at the 3pt line looking for a handoff target. He won't be flinging those silly thread-the-needle passes to cutters.

Once again – forget counting stats, awards and highlights from inferior leagues and focus on how the skills translate to the NBA. In this case, they don't.
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There’s a reason why almost nobody plays like this anymore, and the only ones that do have post-players that are MVP calibre. It’s bad basketball unless captained by an elite talent.

I’ll believe that Yang is that guy when I see it. I anticipate that there will be several other players left on the board I would prefer to Yang when we get to 21 on draft night.
 
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str8line said:
A lot of you are going to eat your words when it comes to Yang. He's the real deal.
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He may be but Kenny, Bazely, Frank Jackson and Kyle Fogg put up some eye popping stats in that league this year and Ainge moved on from all of them. The powers that be might not be impressed with Mr. Yang.
 
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