{"id":76282,"date":"2025-07-25T12:55:45","date_gmt":"2025-07-25T11:55:45","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/theplayoffs.news\/en\/?p=76282"},"modified":"2025-07-25T12:55:53","modified_gmt":"2025-07-25T11:55:53","slug":"yang-hansen-to-skip-fiba-asia-cup-to-paricipate-in-trail-blazers-training-camps","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/theplayoffs.news\/en\/yang-hansen-to-skip-fiba-asia-cup-to-paricipate-in-trail-blazers-training-camps\/","title":{"rendered":"Yang Hansen to Skip FIBA Asia Cup to Paricipate in Trail Blazers\u2019 Training Camps\u00a0"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Portland Trail Blazers rookie Yang Hansen will skip the 2025 FIBA Asia Cup set to take place from August 5 to August 17. According to China&rsquo;s Xinhua News Agency, he will participate in the two training camps organized by his <a href=\"https:\/\/theplayoffs.news\/en\/nba\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\" class=\"trk-cta-link\" data-cta-trk='{\"ctaType\":\"Link\",\"ctaSubType\":\"main\"}'>NBA <\/a>team on August 11. Hansen, who was selected as the 16th pick in the 2025 Draft, has also requested to skip the 31st edition of the event for various subzones of Asia and Oceania.&nbsp;<\/p><p>His decision was confirmed by the Chinese Basketball Association. In their official statement, the association announced, <em>&ldquo;After a comprehensive evaluation considering the long-term development of both the athlete and Chinese basketball, the Chinese Basketball Association has agreed to Yang Hansen&rsquo;s request to not participate in the national team training camp and games for the 2025 Men&rsquo;s Asia Cup, allowing him to fully prepare for the new season.&rdquo;<\/em><\/p><p>The 20-year-old wants to prepare for his upcoming rookie season and hence, would participate in the camp. Notably, Hansen played a key role in helping China qualify for the tournament. In six games, he dropped an average of 8.7 points, 4.7 rebounds, and 1.8 assists per game. Not only this, but he is also coming off a fresh NBA Summer League, where in games, the South Asian dropped an average of 9.9 points, five rebounds, and 2.6 assists per game.&nbsp;<\/p><figure class=\"wp-block-embed is-type-rich is-provider-twitter wp-block-embed-twitter\"><div class=\"wp-block-embed__wrapper\">\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\" data-width=\"500\" data-dnt=\"true\"><p lang=\"en\" dir=\"ltr\">The Chinese Basketball Association will let Yang Hansen forgo the 2025 FIBA Asia Cup so he can attend two training camps hosted by the Blazers in August<br><br>Hansen wanted to participate in the camps to better integrate with the team and further improve his skills<br><br>Kid is dedicated&#128588; <a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/EXiKNFgipz\" class=\"trk-cta-link\" data-cta-trk='{\"ctaType\":\"Link\",\"ctaSubType\":\"main\"}'>pic.twitter.com\/EXiKNFgipz<\/a><\/p>&mdash; Blazers Lead (@BlazersLead) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/BlazersLead\/status\/1948466419907395654?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\" class=\"trk-cta-link\" data-cta-trk='{\"ctaType\":\"Link\",\"ctaSubType\":\"main\"}'>July 24, 2025<\/a><\/blockquote><script async src=\"https:\/\/platform.twitter.com\/widgets.js\" charset=\"utf-8\"><\/script>\n<\/div><\/figure><h2 class=\"wp-block-heading\">Damian Lillard Heaps Praise on Yang Hansen, Labels Him &lsquo;Real Player&rsquo;&nbsp;<\/h2><p>The Trail Blazers veteran, Damian Lillard, heaped praise on his young teammate, Yang Hansen, following his memorable debut in the NBA Summer League. Lillard said,<em> &ldquo;One of my assistants in Milwaukee, my first year, actually coached him in China. He spoke highly of him as soon as they picked him, but I hadn&rsquo;t seen much, and then watching him during Summer League, I was like, &lsquo;This is a real player.&rsquo;&rdquo;<\/em><\/p><p>He added, <em>&ldquo;And he got like some swag to him too, you know, like he got some stuff to him, and I think that&rsquo;s good for a rookie.&rdquo;<\/em> Notably, the 7-footer is touted for his overall skillset and ability to space the floor as well as defend the paint. Since the Trail Blazers have had him on their radar for the last two years, it can be expected that he would contribute highly on both sides of the court.<\/p>\n<div class=\"mm-layout mm-layout-type-post mm-layout-slot4\">\n<\/div>","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Hansen was selected as the 16th pick in the 2025 Draft.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":20,"featured_media":76283,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_acf_changed":false,"_mux_skip_reasons":[],"footnotes":""},"categories":[4],"tags":[8180],"class_list":["post-76282","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-nba","tag-yang-hansen"],"acf":[],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO plugin v23.8 - https:\/\/yoast.com\/wordpress\/plugins\/seo\/ -->\n<title>Yang Hansen to Skip FIBA Asia Cup to Paricipate in Trail Blazers&rsquo; Training Camps&nbsp; - The Playoffs<\/title>\n<meta name=\"description\" content=\"Portland Trail Blazers rookie Yang Hansen will skip the 2025 FIBA Asia Cup set to take place from August 5 to August 17.\" \/>\n<meta name=\"robots\" content=\"index, follow, max-snippet:-1, max-image-preview:large, max-video-preview:-1\" \/>\n<link rel=\"canonical\" href=\"https:\/\/theplayoffs.news\/en\/yang-hansen-to-skip-fiba-asia-cup-to-paricipate-in-trail-blazers-training-camps\/\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:locale\" content=\"en_US\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:type\" content=\"article\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:title\" content=\"Yang Hansen to Skip FIBA Asia Cup to Paricipate in Trail Blazers&rsquo; Training Camps&nbsp; - 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