Yang Hansen
{{Short description|Chinese basketball player (born 2005)}}
{{Use mdy dates|date=April 2025}}
{{Infobox basketball biography
| name = Yang Hansen
| image =
| image_size =
| caption =
| league = CBA
| team = Qingdao Eagles
| number = 15
| position = Center
| height_cm = 218
| weight_kg = 113
| birth_date = {{birth date and age|2005|6|26}}
| birth_place = Zibo, Shandong, China
| high_school =
| career_start = 2023
| years1 = 2023–present
| team1 = Qingdao Eagles
| highlights =
- 2× CBA All-Star (2024, 2025)
- 2× All-CBA Domestic First Team (2024, 2025)
- CBA Defensive Player of the Year (2024)
- CBA Rookie of the Year (2024, 2025)
- FIBA U-18 Asia Cup All-Tournament Team (2022)
- FIBA U-19 World Cup All-Second Team (2023)
| medal_templates = {{MedalSport|Men's basketball}}
{{MedalCountry|{{bk|CHN}}}}
{{MedalCompetition|FIBA Under-18 Asia Cup}}
{{MedalBronze|2022 Tehran|Team}}
}}
Yang Hansen ({{lang-zh|s=杨瀚森}}; born June 26, 2005) is a Chinese professional basketball player who played for the Qingdao Eagles of the Chinese Basketball Association (CBA).
Early life
Yang Hansen was born in Zibo, Shandong Province, and started playing basketball when he was a child. He joined the club for training in the third grade of elementary school and later enrolled in Zibo Sports School. Around 2020, at the invitation of Qingdao Guoxin Haitian Club, he entered the club's youth training system.{{Cite web |date=2024-08-10 |title=“中国版约基奇”杨瀚森，曾经接受大郅姚明点拨！被看好未来将会改变青岛男篮命运……-半岛网 |url=https://web.archive.org/web/20240810211146/https://news.bandao.cn/a/1688985819537470.html |access-date=2025-04-21 |website=web.archive.org}}{{Cite web |title=拓宽入口与出口 发现更多杨瀚森——青岛男篮深耕青训-新华网 |url=http://www.news.cn/sports/20240117/3a52876959374ab28e249da197e6b770/c.html |access-date=2025-04-21 |website=www.news.cn}}
In 2021, the Qingdao Guoxin Haitian Youth Team defeated Tsinghua High School in the finals to win the U17 National Championship, and Yang Hansen was named the Best Defensive Player.{{Cite web |last=sina_mobile |date=2021-06-11 |title=创造新历史 青岛国信海天青年队取得首个U17全国冠军 |url=https://sports.sina.cn/cba/2021-06-11/detail-ikqciyzi9000373.d.html?from=wap |access-date=2025-04-21 |website=sports.sina.cn}} In 2022, the Qingdao Guoxin Haitian Youth Team defended the U17 National Championship, and Yang Hansen was named the Most Valuable Player.{{Cite web |date=2024-08-10 |title=7战全胜！U17青年联赛青岛队以不败战绩卫冕_CBA_新浪竞技风暴_新浪网 |url=https://web.archive.org/web/20240810211143/https://sports.sina.com.cn/basketball/cba/2022-12-02/doc-imqqsmrp8376819.shtml |access-date=2025-04-21 |website=web.archive.org}}
Professional career
=Qingdao Eagles=
During the 2023-24 CBA season, Yang Hansen was promoted to the Qingdao Guoxin Aquatic Products first team to play professional games. On October 23, 2023, he made his professional debut in the first round of the regular season against Beijing Enterprises.{{Cite web |title=国信男篮首秀惜败北控，青年军亮相亮点真不少-青报网-青岛日报官网 |url=https://www.dailyqd.com/guanhai/282683_1.html |access-date=2025-05-07 |website=www.dailyqd.com}} In the All-Star Game of that season, Yang Hansen was selected as the starting player for the North Division All-Star Game.{{Cite web |title=杨瀚森王睿泽亮相全明星正赛，南区逆转战胜北区队胡明轩夺MVP-半岛网 |url=https://news.bandao.cn/a/1709644483765678.html |access-date=2025-05-07 |website=news.bandao.cn}} During his first season, NBA personnel visited the Qingdao training complex on multiple occasions to observe Yang Hansen,{{Cite web |last=腾讯网 |date=2023-12-14 |title=规格持续升高！NBA国际球员运营主管现场考察杨瀚森，离NBA越来越近？_腾讯新闻 |url=https://news.qq.com/rain/a/20231214A06ZB600?web_channel=wap&openApp=false&suid=&media_id= |access-date=2025-05-07 |website=news.qq.com |language=zh-CN}} but he ultimately did not choose to participate in the 2024 NBA draft.{{Cite web |title=杨瀚森何时去NBA发展，这事到底谁说得算？-半岛网 |url=https://news.bandao.cn/a/1712318254188502.html |access-date=2025-05-07 |website=news.bandao.cn}}
National team career
Yang Hansen represented the Chinese U19 team in the 2023 U19 Youth World Cup Basketball Tournament, averaging 12.6 points, 10.4 rebounds (3rd highest in the tournament), 4.7 assists (4th highest in the tournament) and 5 blocks (1st highest in the tournament), and was selected to the best second team of the tournament.{{Cite web |title=杨瀚森打出全能数据，入选U19世界杯最佳二阵 |url=https://www.bjnews.com.cn/detail/1688367783169120.html |access-date=2025-05-20 |website=m.bjnews.com.cn}}
In February 2024, he made his national team debut in the 2025 Asian Cup Basketball qualifiers against Mongolia.{{Cite web |title=男篮亚预赛：中国队80:49战胜蒙古国队 |url=https://www.chinanews.com.cn/ty/2024/02-23/10168111.shtml |publisher=中新社 |date=2024-02-23 |access-date=2025-05-20}}
Career statistics
{{NBA player statistics legend}}
=CBA=
==Regular season==
{{NBA player statistics start}}
|-
| align="left" | 2023–24
| align="left" | Qingdao
| 51 || 51 || 33.8 || .554 || .226 || .623 || 10.8 || 3.9 || 0.7 || 2.2 || 15.0
|-
| align="left" | 2024–25
| align="left" | Qingdao
| 45 || 45 || 33.2 || .586 || .333 || .671 || 10.5 || 3.0 || 1.0 || 2.6 || 16.6
|- class="sortbottom"
| colspan=2 align="left" | Career
| 96 || 96 || 33.5 || .569 || .291 || .647 || 10.7 || 3.5 || 0.9 || 2.4 || 15.8
{{s-end}}
==Playoffs==
{{NBA player statistics start}}
|-
| align="left" | 2023–24
| align="left" | Qingdao
| 2 || 2 || 42.5 || .333 || .000 || .667 || 13.5 || 2.0 || 1.5 || 3.0 || 8.0
|-
| align="left" | 2024–25
| align="left" | Qingdao
| 8 || 7 || 34.6 || .667 || .000 || .719 || 7.3 || 1.6 || 0.4 || 3.1 || 13.4
|- class="sortbottom"
| colspan=2 align="left" | Career
| 10 || 9 || 36.2 || .600 || .000 || .709 || 8.5 || 1.7 || 0.6 || 3.1 || 12.3
{{s-end}}
Reference
{{Reflist}}
External links
- [https://www.cbaleague.com/data/#/playerMain?playerId=100071249 Yang Hansen - CBA profile]
- {{Sports links}}
{{DEFAULTSORT:Yang, Hansen}}
Category:Chinese men's basketball players
Category:Qingdao Eagles players