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Portland Trail Blazers’ biggest Yang Hansen concern despite 2025 NBA Summer League hoopla
Trail Blazers rookie Yang Hansen impressed at Summer League, but concerns about his lower-body strength echo Yao Ming’s cautionary tale.
Top 15 most interesting players at 2025 NBA Summer League: Cooper Flagg, Yang Hansen, Reed Sheppard
While Flagg looked good with the ball in his hands, he looked better playing off it, and that will be more of his role in Dallas where D’Angelo Russell in the short term and Kyrie Irving long term (once healthy), not to mention Anthony Davis, will facilitate the offense most of the time.
5 rookies (Yang Hansen!) who look like steals during NBA 2K26 Summer League
As we near the end of NBA 2K26 Summer League in Las Vegas, we have some sense of which players drafted outside the lottery may return positive value.
Yang Hansen haters, Pelicans headline 2025 NBA Summer League’s biggest losers
Who are the biggest losers from NBA Summer League? Well, Yang Hansen haters are pretty quiet and the Pelicans still have major questions.
NBA Summer League 2025 Hot Takes on Hansen Yang, Ron Holland, More from Day 2 Results
NBA fans got their first look at Hansen Yang, a seven-foot first-round pick of the Portland Trailblazers, to close out Friday's NBA Summer League slate.
Trail Blazers rookie Yang Hansen focused and ready for 2025 NBA Summer League debut
Portland Trail Blazers rookie center Yang Hansen appeared excited to make his Summer League debut with his new team at 8 p.m. Friday against the Golden State Warriors. • WATCH: Blazers vs Warriors basketball live for free with Fubo (free trial),
Picture of Blazers Rookie Yang Hansen Going Viral From Summer League
This article was originally published on www.si.com/nba/trailblazers as Picture of Blazers Rookie Yang Hansen Going Viral From Summer League. A photo posted by the Portland Trail Blazers featuring the team's first round draft pick is going viral on the internet over the hidden message.
3 takeaways from the early days of NBA Summer League: Yang Hansen has 'it'
The early days of NBA Summer League have offered plenty of insight into the league's next generation. Here are a few major notes.
Yang Hansen Called 'Superstar' by Jrue Holiday Ahead of Rookie Season with Blazers
Jrue Holiday is confident in the Portland Trail Blazers rookie heading into his first season. Holiday, who was traded to Portland from the Boston Celtics earlier this offseason, called No. 16 overall pick Yang Hansen "a superstar.
Trail Blazers' Jrue Holiday is excited to play with Yang Hansen: 'He has been hooping'
Jrue Holiday is still a few months away from playing with the Trail Blazers, but the two-time champion is excited about rookie Yang Hansen.
Blazers’ Jrue Holiday shouts out ‘superstar’ Yang Hansen
Jrue Holiday praises Portland Trail Blazers rookie Yang Hansen as a “superstar” amid impressive early performances.

NBA Las Vegas Summer League winners and losers: Yang Hansen turns heads, Lakers' Dalton Knecht struggles

The 2025 NBA Las Vegas Summer League is over. The Charlotte Hornets defeated the Sacramento Kings on Sunday night in the ...
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Yang Hansen's Summer League BREAKOUT

There was a breakout big man at this year's NBA Summer League, but it wasn't Cooper Flagg -- it was Yang Hansen.

Kawhi Leonard Sends Unexpected Message to NBA Phenom Yang Hansen

The Portland Trail Blazers made a shocking move during the 2025 NBA Draft, selecting Yang Hansen with the 16th overall pick, despite the 7-foot-1 phenom being p ...