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Episode: Portland Trail Blazers trade down to draft Yang Hansen, a Chinese center
Description: The Portland Trail Blazers made international headlines with their first pick in the NBA draft. Yang Hansen is a 20-year-old center from China. He was not on most NBA watchers’ radar to be picked in the first round. But Blazers general manager Joe Cronin says they’ve been watching Yang for years, and calls him a very unique talent. Yang's arrival to Portland could add a ton of newfound Blazers fans from China along the way.