Yang Hansen on Damian Lillard: “He’s learning a lot of Chinese. Every day in the morning we shake hands and he tells me “Zao Shang Hao”, which means ‘Good morning’.”
“He’s learning a lot of Chinese. Every day in the morning we shake hands and he tells me “Zao Shang Hao”, which means ‘Good morning’.”
Dame a real leader making him feel welcome
Yang’s translator, Chris Liu, was a constant presence around the team. The two of them developed a buddy-comedy routine throughout the season, where the rookie would nudge his interpreter into including more slang terms in his translations to show his goofy sense of humor, which endeared him to fans even though he played very little.
Liu is no longer with the Blazers. The organization’s plan since drafting Yang was to only have a translator for his rookie season,