The stubborn insider is further exposed! If the Pacers use the first round draw to take Yang Hansen, they can kill two birds with one stone

Although the Pacers were able to reach the finals this year, it is still difficult to hide the fact that the team's inside line is weak. The two inside lines Isaiah Jackson and Wiseman were reimbursed for the season at the beginning of this season. Now the team's center position is only Turner, Thomas Bryant and Bradley. Among these three inside lines, only Turner is more than 2.1 meters tall. In this finals, facing the Thunder penalty area led by Harten and Homgren, the Pacers are indeed a little stretched in the inside line.

Before the finals G2 starts, there is news that Yang Hansen will try out the Pacers. This year, the Pacers hold the No. 23 draw and No. 54 draw. Given that some media have predicted that Yang Hansen will enter the first round, if the Pacers want to strengthen the inside, it is indeed more safe to use the No. 23 draw to get Yang Hansen than to wait until they use the No. 54 draw to get him. In the finals G1 with the Thunder, if it weren't for Halliburton's finals, the Pacers were really unlikely to win, and in the finals, when Halliburton and Siakam both fell silent, the Pacers' inside disadvantage also showed.

In the game where the G2 Pacers lost to the Thunder 107-123, the Pacers only grabbed 35 rebounds in the whole game, lower than the Pacers' 43. The team's highest rebounding team is Siakam (7), who mainly plays small forwards, and the starting center Turner has only 4 rebounds in the game. In fact, no matter whether the Pacers can win the championship this year, they need to face up to the fact that their inside line is weak. According to relevant statistics, the Pacers averaged only 41.8 rebounds per game in the regular season, with 9.2 offensive rebounds being the second-last in the league, second only to the Bucks. In the playoffs, this problem has not improved. With 16 teams entering the playoffs, the Pacers ranked only 12th in rebounds per game, with 7.3 offensive rebounds being the worst for all playoff teams.

Now, this Pacers lacks a traditional center. Although Turner is nominally the team's starting center, his playing style and height are actually more like a No. 4 position. Others like Tob and Bradley are embarrassed in terms of height and offense and defense. For the Pacers who had previously had contact with Zeng Fanbo (who once issued an exhibition10 contract for Zeng Fanbo), this time entering the finals has increased their exposure a lot. If you can use this No. 23 draw to take Yang Hansen, not only will the inside line be strengthened, but the team's commercial value and exposure will also increase the team's commercial value and exposure to several levels.

For Yang Hansen, his current draft market should be in the back of the first round or the middle of the second round (about 45 pick). Although the Pacers' first round pick is in the middle and back position, if they cannot find a good seedling in this year's draft, they can actually try to use it to pick Yang Hansen. With the top point guards in the league like Halliburton, Yang Hansen has good defensive ability and can get a certain opportunity to eat on the offensive end, his development prospects will not be worse than Zach Edie of the Grizzlies.