{"id":625435,"date":"2026-02-26T05:43:29","date_gmt":"2026-02-26T05:43:29","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nba\/625435\/"},"modified":"2026-02-26T05:43:29","modified_gmt":"2026-02-26T05:43:29","slug":"yang-hansen-recalled-from-the-g-league-after-stint","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nba\/625435\/","title":{"rendered":"Yang Hansen recalled from the G League after stint"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Feb. 25, 2026, 5:43 p.m. ET<\/p>\n<p class=\"gnt_ar_b_p\">After a one-game stint in the G League, the <a target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/sportsdata.usatoday.com\/basketball\/nba\/teams\/portland-trail-blazers\/22\/\" data-autotag=\"ebbd75c8-2661-4cdf-9293-f30f46f12e95\" rel=\"noopener nofollow\" data-t-l=\":b|e|k|\u2691u\" class=\"gnt_ar_b_a\">Portland Trail Blazers<\/a> recalled rookie center Yang Hansen from the Rip City Remix on Wednesday, the team announced.<\/p>\n<p class=\"gnt_ar_b_p\">Yang recorded 11 points, 12 rebounds, three assists and two blocked shots on Sunday in a 118-113 loss to the Santa Cruz Warriors. He went 5-of-9 from the field in 29 minutes, 5 seconds of work as the Remix dropped to 13-10 in the regular season.<\/p>\n<p class=\"gnt_ar_b_p\">The 16th overall pick rejoins the Trail Blazers ahead of their five-game road trip, beginning on Thursday in Chicago. The group will also visit Charlotte (Saturday), Atlanta (Sunday) and Memphis (March 4) before wrapping up in Houston (March 6).<\/p>\n<p class=\"gnt_ar_b_p\">Yang has played sporadically this season with the Trail Blazers, averaging 2.2 points and 1.6 rebounds in 7 1\/2 minutes across 35 appearances. He started for the first time on Dec. 7, totaling four points, five rebounds and two assists in 19 minutes.<\/p>\n<p class=\"gnt_ar_b_p\">The 7-footer made his ninth appearance in the G League on Sunday, averaging 16.1 points, 9.8 rebounds, three assists and 1.4 blocks while shooting 52.1% from the field. He has finished in double figures eight times, including a 22-point effort on Jan. 14.<\/p>\n<p>Need a news break? <a target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener nofollow\" data-t-l=\":body nav (play)|e|auto spike click:5|\u2691u\" class=\"gnt_ar_b_sp_a\" href=\"https:\/\/play.usatoday.com\/?itm_source=SPIKE&amp;itm_campaign=PLAYSPIKE&amp;itm_medium=ONSITE\">Check out the all new PLAY hub with puzzles, games and more!<\/a><\/p>\n<p class=\"gnt_ar_b_p\">Trail Blazers interim coach Tiago Splitter has urged patience with Yang throughout the season as the 20-year-old adjusts to a new game and playing style in the U.S.\u00a0He has showcased his potential in spurts during his time with the Remix.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"Feb. 25, 2026, 5:43 p.m. ET After a one-game stint in the G League, the Portland Trail Blazers&hellip;\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":625436,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":"","_share_on_mastodon":"0"},"categories":[3784],"tags":[72400,7,601,6,687,471,3967,72761,72762,72404,74020,72405,72797,72406,1617,72403],"class_list":{"0":"post-625435","1":"post","2":"type-post","3":"status-publish","4":"format-standard","5":"has-post-thumbnail","7":"category-portland-trail-blazers","8":"tag-accessfree","9":"tag-basketball","10":"tag-blazers","11":"tag-nba","12":"tag-portland","13":"tag-portland-trail-blazers","14":"tag-portlandtrailblazers","15":"tag-sstssportsnbarookie","16":"tag-sstsnrookie","17":"tag-tagbasketball","18":"tag-taghansen-yang","19":"tag-tagoverall-positive","20":"tag-tagportland-trail-blazers","21":"tag-tagsports-news","22":"tag-trail-blazers","23":"tag-typestory"},"share_on_mastodon":{"url":"https:\/\/channels.im\/@nba\/116135347004654923","error":""},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nba\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/625435","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nba\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nba\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nba\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nba\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=625435"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nba\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/625435\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nba\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/625436"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nba\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=625435"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nba\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=625435"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nba\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=625435"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}