Yang Hansen: When entering the NBA, he most hopes to play against his idol Jokic, Li Yanzhe couldn t help but joke

At the 2025 NBA Draft, the Portland Trail Blazers selected center Yang Hansen from China with the No. 16 draw, giving everyone an unexpected surprise, beyond everyone's expectations. Netizens and fans couldn't help but say that the Trail Blazers are hiding very deeply. Of course, Yang Hansen himself is also capable, and it should be said that the strong motherland behind Yang Hansen, which is the real power.

Before entering the NBA, Yang Hansen accepted an interview with a media basketball figure. Yang Hansen said without any concealment that after entering the NBA, he wanted to play against his idol Jokic, and would watch and imitate his steps under the basket.

Yang Hansen: "After entering the NBA, I want to play against my idol Jokic the most. I will search for the video training of Yao Ming and Olajuwon on the Internet. This was the case at the beginning. Later, I watched Jokic, and I watched more and then imitated it."

Yang Hansen said in an interview that when entering the NBA, I want to play against my idol Jokic the most. Xiao Yang said that he used to be very focused on the training of the footsteps under the basket. How can he learn these footsteps? Yang Hansen revealed that he started to search for training videos between Yao Ming and Olajuwon on the Internet, and then he started watching Jokic's games, and tried hard to imitate Jokic's footsteps. Now he finally entered the NBA and can play against Jokic. This is Yang Hansen's greatest desire. He can finally catch up with his idol from close range. Yang Hansen is of course very excited.

Yang Hansen also talked about how to train when he was a child: "When he was a child, he practiced all movements, practiced all movements, practiced dribbling for two months, and started to practice dribbling without practicing anything, and drove for the afternoon." Yang Hansen said that when he was a child, he practiced all movements, and practiced miscellaneously. He practiced dribbling for two consecutive months alone, and did not specifically train under the basket movements. This is also beneficial to Yang Hansen's comprehensive skills, which shows that Yang Hansen's comprehensive skills are laid because of laying the foundation when he was a child.

Xinjiang Men's Basketball Center Li Yanzhe wishes Yang Hansen on social media: Congratulations to Hansen on realizing his dream in the NBA! Let’s also give the intensification to the teacher.

Because Yang Hansen previously stated in an interview that his idol is Nuggets center Jokic. So Li Yanzhe couldn't help but tease Yang Hansen and joked that he wanted to give our China Jokic strength. So, when will Yang Hansen compete with Jokic? It's hard to say, but I believe there will be such a day. Yang Hansen must be strong and improve his technical level to compete with Jokic. We are looking forward to this interesting scene.