The center was considered by draft analysts as a rising prospect, but no one projected him to be a first-round pick.

Chinese basketball player Yang Hansen became the 16th overall pick in the 2025 NBA Draft and is headed to the Portland Trail ...

The Portland Trail Blazers have selected Hansen Yang with the No. 16 pick in the 2025 NBA draft, after acquiring the pick ...

The Portland Trail Blazers gave fans one of the biggest surprises of the 2025 NBA Draft by selecting center Yang Hansen with ...

Portland became “intrigued” by Hansen’s game in 2023, specifically while he played for China during the FIBA U19 World Cup, ...

Hansen was not seen by most draft experts as a first-round pick, so Portland using its spot to take the 7-foot-1 center ...

Yang Hansen wasn’t even invited to sit with the top prospects on the first night of the NBA draft. But the center from China ...

Yang Hansen, a 7-foot-2 center, made history as the third Chinese player drafted in the first round, selected 16th overall by ...

Sometimes draft night delivers something so perfectly absurd that it becomes instant NBA lore. Enter Yang Hansen, a 7-foot-2 mystery man from China who went ...

Yang Hansen may not have been on the radar for some, but his tall frame quickly caught the eye of many as he made his way ...

Though not many can relate to being 7'1" or an NBA first-round pick, Hansen's interests outside of basketball were very ...

Yang Hansen may not have been a name on the radar for some, but his tall frame quickly caught the eye of many as he made his way toward the NBA draft stage on Wednesday night.. Hansen, the 7-foot ...