When Yang Hansen’s name was called on draft night, few people knew who he was.  The Portland Trail Blazers’ selection at No.

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Chinese basketball star Yang Hansen turned 20 on Thursday, but the best birthday gift he could ask for arrived a day earlier: putting on the NBA draft cap after being picked in the first round. Most ...

One of America’s most successful sporting exports, the NBA is hugely popular in China, and a rare cultural touchpoint between ...

Chinese basketball player Zeng Fanbo has been waived by the Brooklyn Nets, the team officially announced on Wednesday night, ...

Basketball can be a "connecting bridge" between China and the United States, NBA star LeBron James said in an article in the People's Daily on Monday. It is rare for the mouthpiece of China's ruling ...

LAS VEGAS — 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 ...

It looks as though LeBron James did not write an op-ed piece for Chinese state media. According to Joe Vardon of The Athletic, sources said that James didn’t submit an op-ed to the People’s Daily.

The Indiana Pacers have quite a few players floating around the NBA from when they were a lottery team. Back in the 2021-22 season, they won just 25 games and ended up in the lottery. The following ...

I’ve said many times that the greatest sports memories that we have tend to fall into that (relatively) carefree part of our lives from teenage years through mid to late 20s, before the burden of life ...

US basketball player Troy Akeem Gillenwater of Guangdong Southern Tigers (second from right) in action during a CBA game on April 19, 2025. Photo: Xinhua. The Chinese Basketball A ...