“He’s the best player in the gym,” Portland head coach Chaucey Billups said in a review of Hansen’s workout that day, according to a June 27 piece from The Wall Street Journal (subscription required).

This article was originally published on www.si.com/nba/draft as Trail Blazers’ Hansen Yang was Biggest Swing of 2025 Draft.

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