Trail Blazers reporter: Yang Hansen will meet Gobert and the Timberwolves in his NBA debut, this is a blow

NBA official recently announced the schedule for the 2025-26 season. The Portland Trail Blazers will face the Minnesota Timberwolves at home in the first game of the new season. The first round pick in this year's NBA draft may face the winner of the four-time NBA Best Defensive Player Award, Rudy Gobert. The Trail Blazers need to test their non-traditional rookie through this game. Portland Trail Blazers self-media ripcityproject reporter Reese Kunz also talked about Yang Hansen's debut in the latest article. He said that playing against Gobert was a big test for Yang Hansen.

Kunz said: Yang Hansen performed very well in the summer league, and averaged 10.8 points, 5.0 rebounds, 3.8 assists and 2.3 blocks per game. Although there are many highlights in the summer league, there are still some critics from the outside world who believe that he may be too used to playing CBA-level games and may not be able to quickly transition to the NBA field where competition is more intense and physically confrontation is stronger. However, if Yang Hansen can carry on his good performance in the summer league into the regular season, the Trail Blazers’ decision in the draft will become undisputed.

Kunz continued: Yang Hansen's offensive skills are very suitable for fighting top basket protectors like Gobert. His shooting ability is continuing to improve and he already has the ability to pose a threat on the outside, which will force Gobert to expand his defense and create more offensive opportunities for the rest of the Trail Blazers. In addition, Yang Hansen's excellent stadium vision will also help the team find more opportunities to score easily when facing the Timberwolves, who ranked sixth in defensive efficiency last season (110.8 points per 100 leg).

Yang Hansen was born on June 26, 2005. He is 20 years old. He is the inside star selected by the Trail Blazers in the 16th pick in the first round in this year's NBA Draft. According to data from the previous joint trial physical test, Yang Hansen's height is 215.9cm, his wingspan is 220.3cm, his standing height is 281.9cm, and his weight is 114.6kg. Previously, Yang Hansen represented the Trail Blazers in the NBA Summer League. Yang Hansen made a total of 4 appearances in the summer league, averaging 24.5 minutes per game, averaging 10.8 points, 5 rebounds, 3.8 assists, 0.5 steals and 2.2 blocks, and had 3.8 turnovers and 4.2 fouls. His shooting percentage was 45.7%, three-point shooting percentage was 33.3%, and his free throw shooting percentage was 87.5%. Yang Hansen's performance during the summer league is indeed eye-catching. He has shown quite comprehensive personal abilities. He has rich offensive methods on the offensive end. He is also an inside player with a high ball quotient, and he can also provide support for protecting the basket on the defensive end. I don’t know if Yang Hansen can match the speed of NBA players in the NBA arena.