Some are calling it the shocker of the National Basketball Association Draft. Young Chinese basketball prodigy Yang Hansen, who was expected to be chosen in the second round of this year’s draft, wound up going halfway through the first, making Yang the third highest NBA draft pick ever from China. CGTN’s Hendrik Sybrandy reports from the Brooklyn borough of New York.
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Trail Blazers select China’s Yang Hansen in NBA draft