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Portland Trail Blazers rookie center Yang Hansen appeared excited to make his Summer League debut with his new team at 8 p.m.
NBA Summer League got underway in Vegas on Thursday, but the Blazers don’t play until Friday. That doesn’t mean though that ...
Portland Trail Blazers first-round draft pick Yang Hansen has been one of the most-discussed rookies in the NBA since being ...
That includes, of course, the debut of the Blazers’ only draft pick this year, center Yang Hansen. The new pivot is on the ...
TUALATIN - Portland Trail Blazers rookie center Yang Hansen received his first taste of an NBA practice Saturday at the ...
Yang Hansen is going to fit into American culture just fine. The Trail Blazers' 7-foot-1 Chinese center was introduced to ...
The first Summer League practice carried the unique challenge of navigating the language barrier with Hansen — a challenge ...
Though not many can relate to being 7'1" or an NBA first-round pick, Hansen's interests outside of basketball were very ...
That workout on May 29 was the most notable of the publicly announced predraft workouts the organization held this spring. It ...
The center was considered by draft analysts as a rising prospect, but no one projected him to be a first-round pick.
The Trail Blazers surprised the NBA when they drafted Yang Hansen in the first round, and the rookie proved that he could be ...
Hansen was the 16th overall pick, and said he was surprised to be picked as high as he was. Hansen, from China, did speak a ...