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Nikola Jokić may have influenced this 2025 first-round pick with eerily similar play styles

Nikola Jokić and the Denver Nuggets have singlehandedly changed the perspective of what a center can do.

His IQ and feel for the game, on top of his pinpoint accurate passes, have made the center position valuable again.

Now that he has influenced the league for the better half of a decade, his impression is being passed on to the next generation of players.

One player who seems to play extremely similarly to Jokić is Yang Hansen, the 16th overall pick in the 2025 draft by the Portland Trail Blazers .

Hansen was maybe the biggest surprise pick of the draft, as scouts likely had him as an early second-round pick at best.

Luckily, Joe Cronin, General Manager of the Tr

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