After the Trail Blazers selected Yang Hansen from the No. 16 draw, another good news came from the Chinese men s basketball team!

June 26, 2025, what happened on this day? Good news came one after another, and I checked it online casually. Sure enough, this day was regarded as a good day in the traditional almanac!

First, Yang Hansen was selected by the Trail Blazers with the 16th first-round pick in the NBA draft, which was surprising. Before the draft, everyone generally believed that his best result was the Nets' No. 27 pick, but he didn't expect that he could rank so high. At this point, he became the third Chinese player with the highest pick after Yao Ming (No. 6 pick) and Yi Jianlian (No. 6 pick in the first round). This achievement is inseparable from his efforts and the support of his team!

After the game, Yang Hansen's high emotional intelligence speech allowed foreigners to see the Chinese style of human nature. He said: "Before the draft, I tried out for many teams. In fact, Portland is my favorite city, and I am very excited to be selected by the Trail Blazers."

At the same time, the Chinese three-man basketball national team far away in Ulaanbaatar also received good news: in the FIBA ​​three-man basketball group stage, the Chinese team defeated France 18-16 and successfully advanced to the quarterfinals of the World Cup! This is the first time that the Chinese team has entered the quarterfinals since participating in the competition! At the beginning of the game, the Chinese team was always behind. In the end, Guo Hanyu made both free throws and tied the score to 15. Subsequently, the French team scored a mid-range shot, leading the Chinese team by 1 point. 1.5 seconds before the end of the game, the French team started playing tricks. First, it made Wu Xingrui go to the free throw line due to a technical foul, but failed to seize the opportunity. Then Guo Hanyu made a free throw due to a technical foul. He made a steadily shot, and the two sides tied 16 and entered overtime. In overtime, Guo Hanyu scored a breakthrough and the French team made a mistake in shooting, and then Xiang Zhichao scored his own tip-in!

The victory of this game is closely related to the French team's mistakes. Two technical fouls near the end dragged the game into overtime, but ultimately led to their defeat, and eventually lost to the Chinese team 16-18.

Why did the French team operate like this? I guess it has something to do with the 3V3 competition system. France's record before this game was one win and two losses, while its qualifying rival Austria had two wins and two losses, and its total score was 17 points higher than France. If the French team wins 16 points in the game against the Chinese team, they still cannot surpass Austria, so they choose to make two technical fouls to let the Chinese team play overtime on the free throw line, but in the end they fail to do so.

In any case, I would like to congratulate the Chinese men's team. This is the first time that the Chinese three-man basketball national team has advanced to the quarterfinals of the World Cup in more than ten years since its establishment! The official post issued a congratulations after the game: "History has been refreshed, and every step in the future will rewritten a new history."

Please remember these four "ordinary people" who successfully opened the door to history with their excellent group record of three wins and one loss (beat Puerto Rico, Canada and France, only losing to Austria). Two good news came one after another in one day. Yang Hansen and the three-man basketball national men's team were showing the influence of Chinese basketball to the world in their own way! Regardless of the final result, they are pushing the course of history.

Do you think Yang Hansen's position in the NBA can surpass Yi Jianlian or even Yao Ming? How will he perform in a rookie season? How far can the Chinese three-person basketball national team go? Welcome to share your views in the comment section!