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NBA Las Vegas Summer League winners and losers: Yang Hansen turns heads, Lakers' Dalton Knecht struggles
NBA Las Vegas Summer League is over. The Charlotte Hornets defeated the Sacramento Kings on Sunday night in the final game ...
Blazers’ Yang Hansen draws fun Shaq comparison
Portland Trail Blazers rookie Yang Hansen was recently compared to NBA legend Shaquille O'Neal, but not for basketball ...
Blazers' Yang Hansen Almost Quit Basketball
The Portland Trail Blazers drafted Chinese center Yang Hansen with the 16th pick in the 2025 NBA Draft, a selection which ...
Trail Blazers rookie Yang Hansen reveals Yao Ming’s heartfelt advice before NBA arrival
Yang Hansen reveals how Yao Ming's advice to enjoy life guided his mindset ahead of his NBA debut with the Trail Blazers.
Blazers rookie Yang Hansen shares wild reason he picked up basketball
Many NBA players have different stories for how they started playing basketball, but Portland Trail Blazers' rookie Yang ...
Blazers' Yang Hansen was eating fried chicken when drafted at No. 16, said going early 'was a big shock'
A lot of people were surprised when Yang Hansen was selected at No. 16 overall in the 2025 NBA Draft ... including Yang ...
Yang Hansen Talks 'Shock' of Being Drafted, Plans to 'Treasure Every Minute' in NBA
One of the surprises at the 2025 NBA draft was the Portland Trail Blazers selecting Chinese Yang Hansen at No. 16 overall, a ...
5 rookies (Yang Hansen!) who look like steals during NBA 2K26 Summer League
As we near the end of NBA 2K26 Summer League in Las Vegas, we have some sense of which players drafted outside the lottery ...
Top 15 most interesting players at 2025 NBA Summer League: Cooper Flagg, Yang Hansen, Reed Sheppard
While Flagg looked good with the ball in his hands, he looked better playing off it, and that will be more of his role in ...
Blazers' Yang Hansen Already Drawing Attention of Rival Coaches and Executives
The Portland Trail Blazers drafted Yang Hansen with the 16th pick in the 2025 NBA Draft, and after an intital wave of ...
“Hansen, put your suit on” - Yang Hansen recalls how his call as NBA Draft pick caught him off guard
Yang Hansen, the Portland Trail Blazers' pick, surprised everyone at the NBA draft. He was eating fried chicken when his name ...
Why Blazers' Yang Hansen, aka 'Chinese Jokić,' is already looking like the hidden gem of the 2025 NBA Draft
We're not sure how familiar the Portland Trail Blazers' front office is with the sunken San José, but they displayed a similarly dauntless mindset by selecting Yang Hansen, a 7-foot-1 center from ...