Resources begin to tilt, the Trail Blazers may ask Klingen to give up Xia Lian, and Yang Hansen advances to become the main insider

In more than a week, the 2025 Summer League will start, which is particularly important for every new rookie who joins this year. Although core players in each team rarely participate, young people with different identities have their goals.

In the summer league, there are many second-year rookies who have played in the NBA for one year, and even third-year players. They come here to consolidate their team status, and to show the rookies what a real NBA player is. First-year rookies need to perform more stably and strive for regular season rotation time. In addition, there are more undrafts and older players, who need to use their amazing performance to win a ticket to the NBA.

And this year the Trail Blazers are likely to adjust their strategy. According to local reporters in Portland, this summer league, the team's 7-plus rookie Klingen is likely to not participate in the first round of last year. There are two main reasons for this decision. One is that Klingen had a stable performance with the Trail Blazers last year. Last season, Klingen had delivered a good answer of 6.5 points and 7.9 rebounds in less than 20 minutes of playing time, so it doesn't matter how much he needs to experience this summer league.

The second is the Trail Blazers' 16th pick in the first round of this year, and selected the talented inside versatile Yang Hansen. The team spent two years examining the young insider, who was 2.18 meters tall, and finally got what they wanted this year. So the team wanted to give him more opportunities to perform in the summer league, so they made the decision to keep Klingen from playing.

In fact, there is no problem with the arrangement of the Trail Blazer management in this way, but it is not a necessary action. Because from a technical perspective, Yang Hansen and Klingen are not the same type of players at all. Yang Hansen's future development goal is not just to win the competition with Klingen.

Although Klingen was the rookie who was selected with the 7th pick in the first round last year, the quality of the draft in 2024 is really unspeakable. Among the top ten picks, No. 1 pick, Rissache, averaged only 12.6 points per game. The second-guess Saul averaged 13 points per game and shot 39.4% as a center. Tanhua Shepard averaged only 4.4 points per game. Castle, the fourth-ranked player, averaged 14.7 points, 3.7 rebounds and 4.1 assists (Rookie of the Year) No. 5, Holland, averaged 6.4 points per game, Saron, ranked sixth-ranked player, averaged 5.9 points per game, and then Klingen, ranked seventh-ranked player, averaged 6.5 points per game, Dillingham, ranked eighth-ranked player, averaged 4.5 points per game, and Zach Eddy, ranked ninth-ranked player, averaged 9.8 points and 8.3 rebounds per game (23-year-old older rookie). Cody Williams, the 10th pick, averaged 4.6 points per game.

Look at the top ten players in this draft, in the next two or three years, there will be no player with All-Star potential. Generally speaking, truly capable rookies can perform amazingly in the rookie season. James, Wade, Bosh and others have established the team's core position in their first season. In recent years, Doncic, Tatum, Edwards and Morant have also made a name for themselves as soon as they entered the league.

Looking at the draft report of the Trail Blazers Klingen at the time, Klingen averaged 23.7 points, 17.8 rebounds, 3.1 assists and 5.3 blocks in his senior year, leading the team to a record of 15 wins and 0 losses. Therefore, he was recruited by Connie Digu University. In his freshman season, he averaged 13 points, 7.4 rebounds and 2.5 blocks per game, shooting 64% from the field, helping the team win the NCAA League championship.

Klingen can provide better frame protection and rebounding guarantees. Most of the offenses are looking for opportunities through pick-and-roll. At the same time, if he can easily enter the basket, his soft feel can guarantee a good shooting percentage. But when he was pushed in, there were not many scoring methods. So Klingen's future development template is more like a traditional center of Zubac type.

Yang Hansen, who has both support and good shooting ability, may become a real inside core, both ball holding, shooting, conducting and inside offense. In today's league, Yang Hansen's development template is more like all-around inside players like Shin Kyung, Sa Xiao, and Vucevic. So, Xiao Yang's goal from the beginning was not Klingen. If he could continue to grow, surpassing Klingen would be inevitable. What do you think Yang Hansen will perform in the summer league? Welcome to like, follow, and leave a message to discuss!