At today's NBA draft, Chinese player Yang Hansen was selected by the Trail Blazers with the 16th pick in the first round. In this way, after Choi Yongxi, Chinese players will appear again in the NBA arena.
According to statistics, Yang Hansen will become the 8th Chinese player to compete in the NBA. Xiao Yang has played 7 NBA players before. How did they perform in the NBA? Today, Lao Zhen will take you to review it. From 2002 to 2004, Bartel played in the NBA for three seasons, playing in a total of 46 games, averaging 10.7 minutes per game, scoring 3.4 points, 2.5 rebounds and 0.6 assists, shooting percentage of 39.1% and three-point shooting percentage of 33.3%.
In the 02-03 season, Bartel won the championship with the Spurs and became the first Chinese player to win the NBA championship. In the 2024-25 season, Choi Yongxi joined the Nets with a two-way contract, playing 5 games for the Nets, averaging 2 minutes per game, scoring 0.6 points and 0.4 rebounds.
In December last year, Choi's NBA trip was interrupted by an injury. He suffered a torn ACL in his left knee in the game where the Long Island Nets lost to the Maine Celtics 100-120 and was reimbursed for the season. The Nets later laid off their employees. In the 2007 NBA Draft, Yi Jianlian was selected by the Bucks with the 6th pick in the first round, starting his NBA career. Until 2012, UAE played in the NBA for five seasons.
Rookie season, Yi Jianlian performed well, playing 66 games, averaging 25 minutes per game, scoring 8.6 points and 5.2 rebounds. That season, he was also elected as the best rookie in the Eastern Conference in December. In his five-year NBA career, Yi Jianlian played a total of 272 games, averaging 22.2 minutes per game, scoring 7.9 points, 4.9 rebounds, 0.7 assists and 0.7 blocks, and shooting percentage of 40.4%.
In the NBA, Yi Jianlian's single-game scoring record was 31 points. In the Nets' game against the Pistons in March 2010, he started for 37 minutes, made 12 of 16 shots, made 2 of 2 three-pointers, made 5 of 7 free throws, and scored 31 points and 5 rebounds. The single-game rebound record was 19, with 20 points and 19 rebounds against the Wizards in February 2010. The single-game block record is 6, which was given out in the 2010 game against the Bobcats. In the 2002 draft, the NBA welcomed the first Chinese No. 1 pick, Yao Ming was selected by the Rockets at the first pick in the first round. In his 9-year Rockets career, Yao Ming has a brilliant resume, was selected as the All-Star 8 times, twice as the Best Team 2, and three times as the Third Team 3. In 2016, Yao Ming was inducted into the Hall of Fame. In 2017, his No. 11 jersey was retired by the Rockets.
8 NBA seasons (did not play due to injury in the 2009-10 season), Yao Ming played 486 games, averaging 19 points, 9.2 rebounds, 1.6 assists and 1.9 blocks per game, shooting percentage of 52.4%, and free throw percentage of 83.3%.
In the NBA arena, Yao Ming scored a total of 9,247 points and 4,494 rebounds, and his single-game scoring record was 41 points. In February 2004, he made 15 of 21 shots, made 11 of 13 free throws, scored 41 points, 16 rebounds, 7 assists and 2 blocks; the single-game rebound record was 22. In March 2005, he made 10 of 18 shots, made 7 of 9 free throws, and scored 27 points, 22 rebounds and 5 blocks. In the 2016 draft, Zhou Qi was selected by the Rockets with the 43rd overall pick in the second round. However, Zhou Qi continued to play in the Xinjiang Men's Basketball Team for a year before entering the NBA. In the 16-17 season, he helped the Xinjiang team win the first championship in team history and then joined the Rockets.
Overall, Zhou Qi's NBA career is not ideal. In one and a half seasons with the Rockets, he played for the Rockets in a total of 19 games, averaging 6.6 minutes per game, scoring 1.3 points and 1.2 rebounds. By December 2018, the Rockets laid off their employees. In the 2007 NBA Draft, Sun Yue was selected by the Lakers with the 40th pick, but he did not immediately enter the NBA. After performing wonderfully at the 2008 Beijing Olympics, Sun Yue officially signed with the Lakers that summer and won the 2008-09 season championship with the team.
Sun Yue's NBA career is also very short. In the 2008-09 season, he only played 10 games for the Lakers, averaging 2.8 minutes per game and scored 0.6 points. By the summer of 2009, the Lakers laid off their employees. After that, Sun Yue signed with the Knicks briefly, but was laid off before the start of the season. In the 1999 NBA Draft, Wang Zhizhi was selected by the Mavericks at the 36th pick. Later, he officially joined the Mavericks in the 2000-01 season, becoming the first Chinese player to compete in the NBA.
From 2000 to 2005, Wang Zhizhi played in the NBA for five seasons, and went to three teams, Mavericks, Clippers and Heat, playing in a total of 137 games, averaging 9.2 minutes per game, scoring 4.4 points and 1.7 rebounds.