https://www.scmp.com/rss/523780/feed The latest news and top stories on Yi Jianlian, former basketball power forward/centre. He is known for his extensive career in the NBA and Chinese Basketball Association, securing six CBA championships and multiple MVP awards. He is the CBA’s all-time leading scorer and represented the Chinese national team in Olympic Games and FIBA tournaments. en https://assets.i-scmp.com/static/img/icons/scmp-meta-1200x630.png https://www.scmp.com SCMP Sport SCMP Sport Chinese basketball prospect Yang Hansen was selected as one of the 28 players for next month’s Rising Stars Challenge on Monday. Featuring some of the best first- and second-year NBA talent, along with players from the NBA G League, the challenge is set to take place on February 13 at the Intuit Dome in Los Angeles during NBA All-Star Weekend. Top draft pick in 2025 Cooper Flagg was also selected, along with Dylan Harper, VJ Edgecombe and Kon Knueppel. A No 16 draft pick by the Portland Trail... https://www.scmp.com/sport/china/article/3341353/chinese-basketball-prospect-yang-hansen-makes-nba-rising-stars-team-all-star-weekend?utm_source=rss_feed https://www.scmp.com/sport/china/article/3341353/chinese-basketball-prospect-yang-hansen-makes-nba-rising-stars-team-all-star-weekend?utm_source=rss_feed Tue, 27 Jan 2026 05:35:41 +0000 Mike Chan Mike Chan More elite basketball players from China could emerge and play professionally in the United States after the NBA announced a multi-year deal with its counterpart, the CBA, on Friday. Adam Silver, the NBA commissioner, called the agreement a “transformational partnership” that would allow China’s next generation to become “the greatest players they can be”. News of the league’s partnership with the Chinese Basketball Association came hours before the first of the NBA China Games between the... https://www.scmp.com/sport/basketball/article/3328472/nba-boss-adam-silver-calls-new-multi-year-deal-china-transformational-partnership?utm_source=rss_feed https://www.scmp.com/sport/basketball/article/3328472/nba-boss-adam-silver-calls-new-multi-year-deal-china-transformational-partnership?utm_source=rss_feed Fri, 10 Oct 2025 04:19:00 +0000 Lars Hamer Lars Hamer China’s new basketball golden boy, Yang Hansen, has been handed the No 16 jersey for the Portland Trail Blazers, a nod to the draft pick that stunned fans across the world. Yang was selected 16th overall in the NBA draft in New York last week, a move that was called “unconventional” and what one league executive said was the “wildest pick I’ve ever seen”. The 20-yer-old could feature for the Portland Trail Blazers as soon as July 11, when his side take on the Golden State Warriors in the NBA... https://www.scmp.com/sport/china/article/3316237/yang-hansen-just-good-he-could-start-game-right-now-trail-blazers-coach-says?utm_source=rss_feed https://www.scmp.com/sport/china/article/3316237/yang-hansen-just-good-he-could-start-game-right-now-trail-blazers-coach-says?utm_source=rss_feed Sun, 29 Jun 2025 03:00:14 +0000 Josh Ball Josh Ball Yang Hansen was selected 16th overall by the Portland Trail Blazers in the NBA draft in New York on Wednesday, in a move that stunned the league and was called “unconventional” by his new boss. No one expected Yang to go early in the first round of the draft, not least the man himself, who was sitting in the stands among fans at the Barclays Centre when his name was called. And Portland traded down from No 11 to get him on the eve of his 20th birthday, in what one front-office official called... https://www.scmp.com/sport/basketball/article/3315855/chinas-yang-hansen-taken-16th-overall-nba-draft-memphis-grizzlies?utm_source=rss_feed https://www.scmp.com/sport/basketball/article/3315855/chinas-yang-hansen-taken-16th-overall-nba-draft-memphis-grizzlies?utm_source=rss_feed Thu, 26 Jun 2025 02:16:43 +0000