Yang Hansen missed the opportunity to join forces with Trae Yang! The Hawks missed the potential center again, and the Rockets got the bargain and became the winner

Shams previously revealed when participating in the show that some executives of the league believe that the Hawks and the Rockets are rising.

The Rockets became a championship-level team through trading and signing free agents this year. The Hawks also strengthened the lineup, but they left regrets in the draft.

China-Hawks revealed that Yang Hansen had the second longest time in the Hawks' trial interview, second only to the Trail Blazers. Yang Hansen spent about 8 hours in the Hawks trial, and the interview took place for two rounds.

The Eagles originally held the No. 13 sign in 2025, but they traded it.

Hawks sent this year's No. 13 pick to the Pelicans for this year's No. 23 pick and an unprotected 2026 first-round draft pick (the one with the higher pick in the Pelicans and Bucks).

The Hawks never expected that the Trail Blazers would directly intercept Yang Hansen with the No. 16 pick, who missed the opportunity to assist Wang Trae Yang last season.

The main Hawks Okonggu is 24 years old, with the No. 6 show in 2020. Okonggu has defense and strong finishing ability, but he is only 2.06 meters tall and his three-point shooting is also average. In theory, Yang Hansen's upper limit is higher than Aokonggu. As for Porzingis, who is 2.21 meters tall, he is already 30 years old, with hidden dangers of injury and low attendance rate.

Hawks missed potential centers again in the draft, and the last time they were intercepted by the Rockets.

Houston reporter Kelly Eco revealed that the Rockets targeted Alperen Sengon in the 2021 draft, and the Hawks also liked this young Turkish center. The Eagles offer a 20th sign in 2021 and a future protected first-round pick, and want to get a 16th sign from the Thunder. The Thunder finally accepted the Rockets' offer and exchanged the No. 16 pick for two future protected first-round picks.

At that time, there were too many newcomers in the Thunder and they couldn't train them, so they wanted to give the No. 16 sign. The Thunder hopes to trade for future draft picks, so the Hawks use the No. 20 draw as bargaining chips is not attractive to the Thunder. Rockets general manager Stone has always maintained a good relationship with the Thunder management, and the negotiations are the right medicine, so he successfully intercepted the Hawks, got the No. 16 draw, and brought Alperen Sengon back to Houston.

After missing Alperen Sengon, the Hawks chose Jaylen Johnson with the 20th pick. At that time, the Rockets also inspected Jaylen Johnson, who was an all-round forward who averaged 18.9 points, 10 rebounds and 5 assists per game in 36 minutes last season, with a shooting percentage of 50% and a three-point shooting percentage of 31.2%. Jaylen Johnson is indeed worth training, but he has hidden dangers of injury and has only played 92 regular season games in the past two seasons.

Alperen Sengon has been selected as the All-Star, and Jaylen Johnson also needs to prove that he can stay healthy with increased playing time and ball rights. The Rockets' bargaining Sengong became the winner, and the latter became the core of Uduka's offensive system.

Yang Hansen's technical characteristics are somewhat similar to those of Alperen Sengon. They were both selected in the 16th place and were compared with Jokic. Sengong is called Jokic Jr., while Yang Hansen is called Jokic Chinese. I have to say that the eagles do have vision, but they are not very lucky.

The Rockets secretly crossed Chen Cang at the 2021 draft, caught the Hawks off guard. The Hawks management did not expect the Rockets to make a sudden move to trade and get the No. 16 draw to win Sengong. At the 2025 draft, the Hawks underestimated the Trail Blazers' determination to get Yang Hansen.