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Y’all want to get deep into this prospect pool? Mike Schmitz, ex draft analyst and current Blazers Head scout, was in China recently to watch 18 year old 7’1 foot center Hansen Yang, out of Quing Dao. Recently dropped 31-16-4-4 against Shanghai. Look at those passes ! #NBADraft

wish Yang and Ayton could play well together just so I could buy blazers rush hour merch

“Here for the Yang Bang”

Yang now joins Scoot Henderson, Shaedon Sharpe and Jerami Grant as Klutch-repped players on the Blazers. Chauncey Billups and assistant coach Tiago Splitter are also repped by Klutch.

Joe Cronin post first round press conference starting momentarily nba.com/blazers/now

So the Blazers have been checking out Yang since December of 2023.

New @BlazerBanter: The shock, Portland’s Yang firewall and the roars of triumph blazerbanter.substack.com/p/the-shock-po…

Good read here from Blazer banter on the Yang pick.

Duop Reath and Yang Hansen have the same birthday and both played center for the Qingdao Eagles

If it’s not Yang, it will eventually be someone else. Nike and other sportswear brands have made massive investments in underwriting Chinese high school basketball to cultivate that player. But the Blazers betting that Yang will be that next dude. open.substack.com/pub/blazerbant…

The Yang surname translates to the Poplar tree Hansen can be broken into Han Sen which translates to Vast and Full of Trees Now Yang Hansen is heading to the PNW, it was meant to be (H/T to my man Andy Dieckhoff for this fun nugget) #RipCity

Can’t wait to listen to this on the Patreon feed. Chinese Century baby!

The Trail Blazers will hold a press conference tomorrow at 10AM with Yang Hansen, Joe Cronin and Chauncey Billups.

.Blazer Banter: "While Blazers fans and the basketball world at large were stunned and stupefied, the roar from the Blazers draft war room indicated that they believed they just had pulled off a heist that nobody saw coming." blazerbanter.substack.com/p/the-shock-po…