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SB Nation on MSN3d
Yang to Skip FIBA Asia Cup to Focus on Development With Blazers
The Chinese Basketball Association announced Thursday that Portland Trail Blazers rookie center Yang Hansen won’t participate ...
Rookie Wire on MSN3d
Trail Blazers' Yang Hansen to skip 2025 FIBA Asia Cup with China
Trail Blazers rookie Yang Hansen will reportedly not play with the Chinese national team in the 2025 FIBA Asia Cup on Aug.
Blazers' Yang Hansen Reacts to Damian Lillard Return
Portland Trail Blazers first-round pick Yang Hansen showed his true feeling regarding franchise icon Damian Lillard joining ...
NBA Las Vegas Summer League winners and losers: Yang Hansen turns heads, Lakers' Dalton Knecht struggles
The 2025 NBA Las Vegas Summer League is over. The Charlotte Hornets defeated the Sacramento Kings on Sunday night in the ...
Chinese centre Yang Hansen to skip Fiba Asia Cup to work on his game with NBA’s Portland
CBA lauded for placing player’s long-term development first after scheduling conflict between Trail Blazers’ camps and the ...
The SportsRush6d
Nicknamed “Baby Jokic”, Yang Hansen’s NBA Journey Began From an Issue the Joker Also Faced
Yang Hansen, one of the most surprising picks of the 2025 NBA Draft, has already been compared to one of the modern-day ...
NBA first-round drafted center not to play for China at Asian Cup: CBA
After concluding his NBA Summer League stint, promising 20-year-old Chinese center Yang Hansen has returned to Qingdao, East ...
Blazer's Edge on MSN3d
Could Yang Hansen and Donovan Clingan Play Together?
The Portland Trail Blazers spent the 2024 and 2025 NBA Drafts bulking up at the center position. Donovan Clingan became their ...
Blazer's Edge on MSN6d
What Yang Hansen Needs to Become an NBA Player
Technically, Yang doesn’t need to do anything to become an NBA player. He got drafted in the first round, which means the ...
China Daily3d
Yang skipping FIBA Asia Cup to focus on NBA challenge
China's red-hot NBA rookie Yang Hansen will skip the FIBA Asia Cup next month to focus on preparation for his first season in ...
Trail Blazers' Summer League hero gets shut down early
Portland insider and Trail Blazers podcast host Danny Marang recently broke the news on Twitter that the Blazers are shutting down Yang Hansen after four Summer League appearances: League sources: The ...
Yardbarker on MSN4d
Nikola Jokic has ultimate compliment for rookie big man
The Trail Blazers stunned the basketball world when they took Chinese star Hansen Yang with the No. 16 pick in the 2025 NBA ...