NBA Season 2025-26

[Who]

Dave McMenamin: JJ Redick on what he's seen out of Lakers rookie Adou Thiero's athleticism thus far in training camp: "He's - it's insane. I mean, head at the rim. It's insane. It's insane."

I am looking forward to seeing what LAL can get out of this guy. I understand his physical / athletic talent & defensive chops but they need guys who can make perimeter jump-shots to spread the floor for Luka, LeBron & A Reaves. I wonder if Thiero will play at all this season or if he'll just be a bench warmer due to his lack of shooting.

[Who]

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=lfUUnyilsLQ

90secs of highlights of Yang Hansen. 16pts. Looks like he is continuing on how he performed in summer league. Some nice passes. A great drive. Some outside shooting. Some good defensive plays.

This guy looks like he will be starting for Portland at some point this year. I like D Clingan as well. Both are starting caliber centers but Yang Hansen is so well rounded. It will be hard for Clingan to hold him off.

Guy is a hooper.

[JBcat]

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=lfUUnyilsLQ

90secs of highlights of Yang Hansen. 16pts. Looks like he is continuing on how he performed in summer league. Some nice passes. A great drive. Some outside shooting. Some good defensive plays.

This guy looks like he will be starting for Portland at some point this year. I like D Clingan as well. Both are starting caliber centers but Yang Hansen is so well rounded. It will be hard for Clingan to hold him off.

Guy is a hooper.

I have a little bit of a different take on Hansen. I still see Clingan as the higher upside player though that is not saying much. I think Hansen?s lack of lateral quickness and mobility for a big is going to really hurt him on defense, and hold him back. I see a quality back up big but not much more than that. For all the hype he got during the Summer he only averaged about 10 and 7 in the Summer league, and his stats last year in a bad league were solid, but nothing to get real excited about. I had him ranked as my 22nd player in this draft class. He could prove me wrong though.