'It's Not Bad to Have Pressure': Yang Hansen Opens Up About Rookie Struggles, Goals for the Future
In his first-ever extensive interview in English, Yang reflected on a whirlwind rookie season and the pressure of representing China in the NBA.
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Yang Hansen Aces Trail Blazers Summer League Debut
Yang's first game in a Blazers uniform went as well as could be reasonably expected.
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📍LAS VEGAS — There's been so much novelty and curiosity around every part of the Yang Hansen experience since the Trail Blazers drafted him that it's easy to forget that all of this is about a basketball player.
The first returns on that part of it on Friday night, in a 106-73 blowout win over the Golden State Warriors? About as good as could be reasonably expected.
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