23年前、ヤオ・ミンが中国のバスケットボールを変えた。2002年のNBAドラフトで全体1位指名を受けた殿堂入りセンターは、世界最高峰のリーグで中国人選手がスターになれることを証明し、バスケットボールを中国国内で最も人気のあるスポーツへと押し上げた。

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

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 ...

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 ...

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

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

Many didn’t have Qingdado center Yang Hansen being taken in the first round of the 2025 NBA Draft. Even the 7-foot-1 center ...

Yang was selected 16th overall in the NBA draft in New York last week, a move that was called “unconventional” and what one ...

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

Yang Hansen wasn't expected to be picked high in the draft, but the Trail Blazers have been scouting him for the past couple ...

Chinese basketball star Yang Hansen turned 20 on Thursday, but the best birthday gift he could ask for arrived a day earlier: ...

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 ...