Yang Hansen's Trail Blazers Draft Workout, as Told by the Players He Faced: 'He Really Surprised Me'
Jase Richardson, Asa Newell and Rasheer Fleming reflect on their first exposure to Yang at the Blazers' practice facility.
📍LAS VEGAS — On May 29, the Trail Blazers held their first major predraft workout since the lottery landed them with the No. 11 overall pick. The group featured five well-known college players projected to be picked in the late lottery or the middle of the first round, plus a relatively unknown 7-foot-2 center from China who was widely viewed as a second-round prospect.
Four weeks later, Yang Hansen was drafted before any of them.
