18-year-old Xun Sinan 18-year-old Yang Hansen 18-year-old Zhou Qi, whose NBA prediction ranking is higher?

Recently, the NBA draft website updated the prediction list for the 2027 mock draft! Xun Sinan, who averaged 5 blocks per game in the U19 World Youth Championship, was predicted to be selected with a 14th pick in the first round!

Xun Sinan himself clearly stated that the path he hoped was to play the NCAA first and then to the NBA. He also said that Yang Hansen entered the NBA with a 16th pick, which was a great motivation for him.

So, what were Yang Hansen and Zhou Qi, who were also 18 years old, at the time? At the same age as 18, how are Yang Hansen and Zhou Qi predicted by the outside world? This has great reference value for Xun Sinan's prediction!

After all, Yang Hansen and Zhou Qi were selected by the NBA!

18-year-old Xun Sinan

Xun Sinan scored 11 points, 5.3 blocks and 4.6 rebounds in the just-concluded U19 World Youth Championship. He is the absolute main inside player of the U19 National Youth Men's Basketball Team. He is the blocking king of this U19 World Cup!

is currently predicted to be the first round pick in the NBA in 2027, with the 14th pick! It should be said that this prediction ranking is quite high!

18-year-old Yang Hansen

Now we know that it was Yang Hansen who was paying attention to the NBA Trail Blazers when he played in the U19 World Youth Championship. Moreover, the Trail Blazers made it clear that if Yang Hansen runs for the NBA in 2024, he will be selected.

Yang Hansen averaged 12.4 points, 10.4 rebounds, 4.7 assists and 5 blocks in a total of 6 games in U19, among which he ranked first in block data.

The NBA draft website at that time believed that Yang Hansen might participate in the 2024 draft or the 2025 draft. It is generally believed that the probability of the 2025 draft is relatively high, and the predicted draft pick is around the top 100.

In fact, it was not until the NBA 2025 draft approached that Yang Hansen's predicted draft pick was not as rapid as he entered around 30th place, and he was finally selected with the 16th pick.

18-year-old Zhou Qi averaged 11.3 points, 8.9 rebounds and 5.4 blocks per game in the 2013 U19 World Youth Championship, ranking first in the number of blocks. Like Xun Sinan in 2025, Zhou Qi's huge defensive talent has attracted the attention of international basketball media.

However, the NBA prediction draft website at that time did not include Zhou Qi in the NBA draft prediction list in 2014 and 2015. In fact, Zhou Qi did participate in the NBA 2016 draft! When predicting the 2016 draft, Zhou Qi's prediction ranking was once as high as the 20-30 pick in the first round! But in the end he was selected by the Rockets in the second round!

Comparative conclusion

Judging from the predictions of the NBA draft website, Xun Sinan has the highest 14th pick, Zhou Qi has the second first-round pick, and Yang Hansen has the lowest in the top 100.

However, judging from the final picks of Yang Hansen and Zhou Qi, Yang Hansen ranked 16th in the first round and Zhou Qi ranked 43rd. It can be found that the gap between prediction and actual draft ranking is still quite large.

I hope Xun Sinan will continue to work hard, first, improve his shooting ability, and second, improve his physical fitness and confrontation. English is his advantage, and he has no problem with this.