It s not a jump to the selection at all. The media exposed the inside story of Yang Hansen s draft, and many teams in the league competed fiercely in secret.

Even though it has passed a day, Yang Hansen's reluctance to be selected in the first round in the NBA draft has not yet faded. On the night he was selected, domestic media broke the news during a live broadcast that although Yang Hansen went directly from the predicted 35th pick in the second round to the 16th pick in the first round, he was selected by the Trail Blazers, this is essentially not a jump selection, but a game between many teams.

For overseas players' drafts, NBA teams generally do a very good job in keeping confidentiality. For example, in 2018, the Mavericks selected Doncic. The team owner Cuban has been paying attention two years ago, after the Suns chose Ayton and the Kings took Bagley away. Cuban quickly made a move forward to trade two picks and won them with the Atlanta Hawks sign, for fear that the Grizzlies would intercept them in advance.

There are 21st Rockets who have selected Shin Kyung, and they have also started paying attention to this inside star one year in advance. At that time, most people thought Shin Kyung would be selected at the end of the first round. When the Rockets had the 23rd and 24th picks, they still chose to trade to get the Thunder's 16th pick and accepted the inside all-rounder in advance.

And this time Yang Hansen's draft is quite similar to the draft process of Doncic and Shin Kyung. The Trail Blazers began to pay attention to Yang Hansen two years ago and sent special personnel to conduct inspections many times. One of them is a general manager assistant who works for full-time scouting and once served as a draft expert at ESPN. At the same time, his expertise is to examine overseas rookies.

So this time the Trail Blazers chose to use the 16th pick to get Yang Hansen, which is essentially worried that he will be taken away from the subsequent pick. Perhaps we can know more clearly what happened at that time by looking at the back end of the first round. At first, Yang Hansen was predicted to be selected from the end of the first round to the beginning of the second round, so the Nets, which hold the 26 and 27 draft picks, were not at all. From the outside, they were undoubtedly the team that was most likely to get Yang Hansen.

The Hawks, another team interested in Yang Hansen, gave their 22nd first-round pick to the Nets in a trade to get Porzingis, which made the Nets more confident that they could get the potential insider who had just turned 20 at the end of the first round. However, all the changes were caused by a deal made by the Hawks on the draft.

The Hawks first used their 13-pick pick to get the University of Maryland center Quinn, but not long after, they traded Quinn and got the 23-pick pick from the Pelicans in the first round and a first round in 2026. It was this trading decision that made the Nets feel the danger. However, they also have the 22nd pick in the first round and the 19th pick. In fact, at this time, Yang Hansen's final draft ranking has already begun to rise.

Even when the Trail Blazers traded the Grizzlies with the 11th pick in the first round, the Nets did not feel the danger. After all, the Trail Blazers had just selected a big player Klingen, who was 2.21 meters tall, in the 7th pick in the first round of last year, so it is unlikely that they would pick another center in this draft.

Compared with the Trail Blazers, the Thunder are the disruptors that the Nets are more worried about. Now their lineup does need a big player. The Thunder have also paid attention to Yang Hansen before, but in the end they chose Sauber in the first round, and Yang Hansen successfully slipped to the 16th pick in the first round.

After the Trail Blazers, the Minnesota Timberwolves' selection position is also very clear, that is, to get a big inside player to serve as Gobert's substitute. So the Trail Blazers did not dare to wait any longer, and they immediately won Yang Hansen with the 16-pick. When President Xiao Hua announced that the Trail Blazers had obtained Yang Hansen, a hint of frustration appeared on everyone's face in the Timberwolves' draft work conference room, which was quite obvious in the TV broadcast scene at that time.

And Yang Hansen was selected in the first round 16, which was beyond the expectations of the Hawks and the Nets, especially the Nets. When they found that the Trail Blazers had signs of choosing Yang Hansen, it was too late to trade even if they wanted to trade upward. After all, transaction negotiations take time, not to mention that the Trail Blazers still use high rankings to exchange for a low rankings. The Nets need to add chips to trade upwards.

So, Yang Hansen was finally selected in the first round of 16, which was just a jump. Even without the Trail Blazers, his final draft pick would be around 20 in the first round. But in any case, entering the NBA is only the first step for Yang Hansen to pursue her dreams. All-stars who are similar in styles like Shin Kyung, Sa Sa and even Jokic, and have already achieved success in the league are the real direction for her efforts.