When Yang Hansen’s name was called on draft night, few people knew who he was.  The Portland Trail Blazers’ selection at No.

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Chinese basketball star Yang Hansen turned 20 on Thursday, but the best birthday gift he could ask for arrived a day earlier: putting on the NBA draft cap after being picked in the first round. Most ...

LAS VEGAS — There’s nowhere to hide for Yang Hansen, a 7-foot-1 center who last month became the first Chinese player selected in the first round of the NBA draft in nearly 20 years. Not five minutes ...

Chinese basketball player Zeng Fanbo has been waived by the Brooklyn Nets, the team officially announced on Wednesday night, ...

Portland Trail Blazers center Yang Hansen took a major step in life by passing his driver's test on Sunday, which will allow ...

Basketball can be a "connecting bridge" between China and the United States, NBA star LeBron James said in an article in the People's Daily on Monday. It is rare for the mouthpiece of China's ruling ...

The Portland Trail Blazers acquired the draft rights to 7-foot-1 center Yang Hansen out of China this summer in a trade with the Memphis Grizzlies, and he’s looking to make an immediate impact. Yang, ...

It looks as though LeBron James did not write an op-ed piece for Chinese state media. According to Joe Vardon of The Athletic, sources said that James didn’t submit an op-ed to the People’s Daily.

The Indiana Pacers have quite a few players floating around the NBA from when they were a lottery team. Back in the 2021-22 season, they won just 25 games and ended up in the lottery. The following ...

NBA commissioner Adam Silver said a WNBA game in China is likely to happen "very soon," but the league must first address the ...