Chinese prospect and Portland Trail Blazers rookie Yang Hansen turned heads during the NBA Summer League, as he was compared with former MVP and NBA champion Nikola Jokic of the Denver Nuggets.

It was 18 years since the NBA picked a Chinese player in the first round (Yi Jianlian, 2007 pick 6, MIL and Yao Ming, 2002 pick 1, HOU).

Portland Trail Blazers rookie center Yang Hansen opened up on some advice his father gave him before he started his basketball journey.

Chinese fans and commentators have not taken Saturday’s shock loss to Japan in the Fiba Women’s Asia Cup well, and former favourites Zhang Ziyu and Han Yu are bearing the brunt.

Players still say Yao Ming was a monster when he was healthy—huge, skilled, and impossible to move. He had a soft touch, could hit jumpers, and shut down the paint. The only thing that slowed ...

His childhood team was the Chicago Bulls and Simoun was a longtime supporter of the Houston Rockets because his friends would say he looked like Yao Ming.

Cuttino Mobley says former Houston Rockets teammate Yao Ming had Nikola Jokic-like passing skills but was held back by the team’s system.

He offered an in-depth exploration of the Ming Dynasty's remarkable achievements in intercultural communication and their relevance to today's world.

China's Yang Hansen takes part in Draft Combine, eyes spot in NBA The 7-foot-1 center has scoring skills and court vision and is hoping he'll hear his name called in the 2025 NBA Draft.

Amar’e Stoudemire spoke about the physical and mental challenge of playing against Yao Ming. He emphasized Yao’s size, strength, and skillset, which made him nearly unstoppable in the post ...

Kevin Garnett: So listen, though—we had a bounty out on Yao Ming. First cat to dunk on Yao? A million dollars. So everybody was trying—man, we all said, “First C, we all put our hand there.&#… ...