Portland Trail Blazers rookie Yang Hansen recently revealed that he has received a lot of advice from Hall of Famer Yao Ming since arriving in the United States last year. Yang was the 16th pick in ...

Portland Trail Blazers rookie center Yang Hansen, the No. 16 pick in the 2025 NBA Draft out of the CBA's Qingdao Eagles, is still adjusting to his first NBA training camp. The 7-foot-1 big man is ...

A 19-year-old big man out of China, Yang Hansen is considered one of the top prospects in the country. Yang has plenty of experience at the professional level, as he spent the previous two seasons ...

Can Yang Hansen ever become an offensive hub in the Portland Trail Blazers' system? That one question will determine whether Portland's unconventional draft pick was truly worthwhile. Hansen's rookie ...

The NBA hit the Portland Trail Blazers with a hefty punishment for “violating league rules governing contact with draft-ineligible players” by scouting Chinese 7-footer Yang Hansen in December 2023.

SAN FRANCISCO – Hansen Yang, all 7-foot-1 of him, towered above everyone at Chase Center on Wednesday night. His Portland teammates, his Warriors adversaries, the dozens of Chinese media there to ...

New Portland Trail Blazers center is a different kind of rookie. The CBA standout was a fast riser in last June's 2025 NBA Draft, having leapt into the first round to be selected by Portland with the ...

The Portland Trail Blazers made a bold decision to draft center Yang Hansen with the 16th overall pick in the 2025 NBA Draft. He was initially projected as a late first or second-round pick. Hansen ...