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I think it's a legit question why a guy of Yang's size couldn't score/rebound more in that league as well though.

Not sure what your expecting, he averaged a double double 16/10 on 59/33/67.

Also don't think he was the focus of the team, was 5th on the team in fga. And from the stuff I watch of his team, it was a pretty basic offense. Often times they would throw it to him in the post and stand around the 3 point line. Zero movement. Maybe I will watch more and see if it was a one off thing but it seemed like the exact wrong way of using Yang. Not that he can't do post stuff, because he does have some nifty post moves.
 
To my surprise, Will Riley is one of the better half court players the draft. His % of shots in transition is very low (which isn’t a good thing), but his volume in the half court is high and he’s fairly efficient. He has a decent rim rate that’s highly assisted - he’s a good cutter. In the half court, he’s comparable to guys like Tre and Ace in terms of usage and efficiency.
 
I know there is some ignorance on my part here, but I'm used to seeing Chinese Basketball Association stats from former NBA players and feeling like they can't be real, and then I look at Yang's stats and they are great, but not like silly. For example he averaged 16.2pts, 10.0 reb, 2.8 ast while Kenny Lofton averaged 25.2pts, 12.6reb, 6.5 ast,

Yang is 72nd in BPM in the Chinese League.
 
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