"My Father Told Me: Don't Become Fat": 7'1 Hansen Yang Reveals How He Got Into Basketball originally appeared on Fadeaway World.

The entire NBA community gathered this month in Las Vegas to network, make transactions and watch the league's newest rookies.

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.

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.

The Portland Trail Blazers moved to 3-1 in the 2025 NBA Summer League with a 102-83 win Thursday night over the Houston Rockets at Cox Pavilion in Las Vegas. The Blazers, already eliminated from the four-team playoff round this weekend, will play a fifth game this weekend against an opponent yet to be determined.

Chinese center Hansen Yang and Filipino American guard Dylan Harper each delivered promising performances during their NBA Summer League introductions in Las Vegas. Yang, a 7-foot-1 Chinese center from Zibo,

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 after he folds himself into a too-small chair at a Wynn casino cafe Friday afternoon,

For many athletes, basketball begins as a passion sparked on playgrounds or from idolizing NBA stars. But for Hansen Yang, his journey into the sport was less about inspiration and more about a parental push.

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Portland Trail Blazers first-round pick Yang Hansen has quickly become a fan favorite during Summer League action, both in the United States and China. As he navigates life as an NBA rookie, he has a pretty good mentor to lean on—NBA Hall of Famer Yao Ming.