The Magic were the first to taste the sweet success, using veteran Morris Evans along with a second-round pick to trade with the Celtics and get Ryan Gomes.
Gomes was a second-round pick in the same year as Zhang Yang, a swingman.
He performed well in his rookie year. During the sophomore season, when Pierce was constantly injured, he seized the opportunity, averaging 12 points and 5 rebounds per game. Later, when accompanying Pierce in resisting the management's tanking strategy, he excelled at catch-and-shoot, posting up, and was very strong offensively in position three, and very fast in position four. Of course, his disadvantage was that he couldn't keep up with position three defensively or hold ground in position four. However, he was very smart, focusing his defensive efforts on protecting the defensive rebound when he couldn't guard his opponent, effectively blocking the opposing perimeter players from scrambling.
