Ying Yang VS Cling Kong

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I think Ying Yang will upstage Cling Kong with his superior BB IQ and passing and 3 point shooting. Good LORD, forgot that Ying Yang's finishing is ferocious and dominant with crazy ball handling and power dunking after tricky moves and strong drives. Is Kong a better rim protectant? Maybe. It's going to be interesting to watch. I'm pulling for Yang. Quote me.

Ying Yang highlights have been very impressive to watch. Chinese Jokic doesn't even describe him accurately. He looks more impressive than Jokic, tbh. Let's see if it translates to the NBA. Better not be Chokic.
 
Domihatin said:
I think Ying Yang will upstage Cling Kong with his superior BB IQ and passing and 3 point shooting. Good LORD, forgot that Ying Yang's finishing is ferocious and dominant with crazy ball handling and power dunking after tricky moves and strong drives. Is Kong a better rim protectant? Maybe. It's going to be interesting to watch. I'm pulling for Yang. Quote me.

Ying Yang highlights have been very impressive to watch. Chinese Jokic doesn't even describe him accurately. He looks more impressive than Jokic, tbh. Let's see if it translates to the NBA. Better not be Chokic.
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Lets just hope he can stay on the court. New centers in the NBA get taken to the cleaners for the first 1000 minutes they play. Foul trouble and the speed of the game take them a bit of tome to get used to.
 
We have to be united on this front. It is either MMMBop or The Big Tariff
 
Pinwheel1 said:
I don't know, the bar seems to be set pretty low.

MMMbop does exactly roll off one's tongue
And the Big Tariff will be outdated in a few years, if not weeks, when a certain somebody changes his mind....again.
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I won’t be here in a few years, so the big tariff can be changed then anyway
 
Ying rhymes with cling, therefore it's great! And the phrase ying yang, is a thing. Who cares if it has questionable meanings and references. It might work because someone of that size is probably proportionate, even if they are Asian, so I'm sure a big ying yang is probably present. Somebody have small stature like Jose Alvarado could probably be smacked in the forehead with that ying yang swinging on the court.
 
PDXFonz said:
They do a lot of cooking in China, so maybe he will impress us with his BBQ IQ as well as his BB IQ.
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As long as he cooks us up what he's been serving to opposing teams in China. Has anyone else watched his highlight videos? The man is insane! Playing like Wemby, but with less fragility from the looks of it.
 
Domihatin said:
As long as he cooks us up what he's been serving to opposing teams in China. Has anyone else watched his highlight videos? The man is insane! Playing like Wemby, but with less fragility from the looks of it.
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No doubt there will be an adjustment period in his first year, but the kid has some skills.
Not sure how long it will take him, but he is going to be pretty good. Health (as with almost all big men) is my only concern.
 
The competition in most of the clips isn't that great. NBA is quicker & stronger. Wonder what his TO/assist ratio is?
 
Hoopguru said:
The competition in most of the clips isn't that great. NBA is quicker & stronger. Wonder what his TO/assist ratio is?
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This is true, which is why there will be an adjustment period. At least a year. But like I said about Coward (who I loved as a prospect) is it really that much different from college? Or even those who used to come straight out of HS? Or lower-level Euro leagues?
 

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Mediocre Man said:
My thoughts on lesser competition is this. You have to dominate that competition to have a chance in hell of dominating the next level

assist/TO ratio was 0 3 to 3

https://www.basketball-reference.com/international/players/hansen-yang-1.html
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A few thoughts on that.
We don't need him to dominate. We just need him to be good. And while he was not dominant, 16.6 PPG, 10.6 rebounds, 3.0 assists, 2.6 blocks are not bad for a 19-year-old. He also shot 58.6% from the field and 33.3% from three-point range. His assist/To rate is hard to gauge if his teammates can't score.

Bottom line is he was 19 last year, so we have no idea how much better he can get....if at all. But when you watch him play, who doesn't think he has the potential to be pretty good?
 
Here are Yao's stats before he came to the NBA

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Ages were:

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21

So when he was Yang's age, he was averaging 21.2 ppg and 14.5 rebounds. That's obviously better but Yao was an insane prospect. Also taller.
 

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Wait, when the media pronounces his name, Yang rhymes with song or long or Kong. So the nickname Ying Yang will actually rhyme with Kling Kong. It IS Kling, not Cling, right?
 
Comparing their stats, 20+ years apart, isn't much of a barometer. Some people are claiming Hansen will be Jokic or Yao, but that's crazy to think at this point. I think Hansen's chance of being good is pretty high. Yao was expected to be a franchise player while Hansen isn't expected to have to start or play starter minutes. I'm sure he'll be brought along slowly and probably won't even play much right away unless there's an injury or he just blows them away in preseason.
I'm interested in seeing two things with him. First, can he adapt to the size and speed he'll face, especially in defensive switch situations. If he can learn to not let someone much quicker than him just blow by him, that will go a long way towards him being able to stay on the court. And second, not right away but later in the year, will Chauncey trust him enough to run some plays for him, especially on the low block. Watching his highlights, he seems to be a throwback big man that has spent time working on post moves. Will they give him that opportunity or not.
 
Domihatin said:
Wait, when the media pronounces his name, Yang rhymes with song or long or Kong. So the nickname Ying Yang will actually rhyme with Kling Kong. It IS Kling, not Cling, right?
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Has nobody really ever told you that it is "Yin" Yang, not "Ying"?
 
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