Trail Blazers sign center Yang Hansen to rookie contract

Trail Blazers sign center Yang Hansen to rookie contract

The Portland Trail Blazers signed center Yang Hansen to a rookie-scale contract, the team announced Tuesday.

The Moonshot - Why The Portland Trail Blazers Are Banking It All On Hansen Yang

For much of the past week, I’ve been trying to make sense of the Portland Trail Blazers’ offseason plan. On one hand, they shipped off Anfernee Simons to the Boston Celtics for Jrue Holiday, a move that signals the franchise is trying to move towards near-term respectability. On the other hand, they then used their only draft pick in last week’s NBA draft to pick Hansen Yang, a raw 7’1 center prospect out of China. The Blazers passed up the oppo…