Six teams keep a close eye on Yang Hansen! The Nets have 3 first rounds + 1 second round, will Boss Cai choose him?

On May 4, Beijing time, Chinese player Yang Hansen has gone to the United States and is about to start special training to prepare for this year's NBA draft. Over the past two seasons, six NBA teams have sent scouts to China to scout for Yang, who is also seen as the team most interested in the center. The six teams are:Hawks, Pelicans, Pacers, Nets, Hornets and Timberwolves。

In the previous drafts of many American media mock drafts, Yang Hansen was generally selected at the end of the second round after the 50th place. So what draft picks do these six teams currently hold? The details are as follows-

Hawks (22nd pick in the first round)

Pelicans (no picks outside the lotto zone)

Pacers (23rd pick in the first round, 54th overall pick in the second round)

Nets (19th, 26th, 27th pick in the first round, 36th overall pick in the second round)

Hornets (33rd overall pick in the second round, 34th pick)

Timberwolves (17th pick in the first round, 31st overall pick in the second round)

Obviously, the closest thing to a simulated pick for Yang Hansen at the moment is the Pacers' overall No. 54 pick in the second round. However, given how often second-round picks are traded, if any team (not necessarily the six) is interested in Young, they can trade him for a draft pick. The Nets have three first-round picks and one second-rounder, and the owner of Joe Tsai, who previously signed Choi Yong-hee, will be interested in choosing Yang Hansen? This is also a major attraction.

Where Yang will ultimately be selected will depend largely on his training performance during his time in the United States. Yang Hansen was included in the official list of 75 players for the joint trial, which was a great opportunity and platform to show his ability to 30 teams.

If Yang can perform well in the joint tryout, he will likely be invited to separate tryouts from multiple teams to further improve his draft profile.

In the 2024-25 season, Yang Hansen played 45 regular season games for the Qingdao men's basketball team, averaging 33.2 minutes per game, contributing 16.6 points, 10.5 rebounds, 3 assists and 2.6 blocks, shooting 58.6% from the field, leading the team to advance to the playoffs with the 8th place in the regular season. In the first round of the playoffs, it defeated Zhejiang 2-1, and lost to Guangsha 2-3 in the second round. He averaged 13.4 points, 7.3 rebounds, 1.6 assists and 3.1 blocks per game in the playoffs.