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NBA Fines Trail Blazers $100K, Suspend Assistant GMs for Breaking Rules Scouting Chinese Center
The league said the team and two assistants violated contact rules involving draft-ineligible players, and both officials were suspended two weeks without pay.
- On Wednesday, the NBA fined the Portland Trail Blazers $100,000 for illegal contact with Yang Hansen in December 2023, violating league rules governing draft-ineligible players.
- The violation occurred while Hansen played for the Qingdao Eagles in China during the 2023-24 season, well before he entered the 2025 NBA Draft.
- Assistant general managers Mike Schmitz and Sergi Oliva were suspended two weeks without pay; the team self-reported the violation and said they "cooperated fully with the investigation."
- In 41 games for the Trail Blazers, Hansen has averaged 2.3 points and 1.6 rebounds, though he demonstrates stronger performance with the Rip City Remix, averaging 17.1 points.
- The absence of Schmitz and Oliva complicates the Trail Blazers' pre-draft process for the 2026 NBA Draft as the team holds a 39-38 record in the Western Conference.
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NBA fines Trail Blazers $100K, suspend assistant GMs for breaking rules scouting Chinese center
The NBA has fined the Portland Trail Blazers $100,000 for scouting Chinese center Yang Hansen in 2023, breaking a league rule regarding players ineligible for the draft.
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Trail Blazers fined $100K for early Hansen contact
The NBA has fined the Trail Blazers $100,000 and suspended assistant GMs Mike Schmitz and Sergi Oliva for two weeks for illegal contact made with Yang Hansen in December 2023, two years before the 7-footer from China was drafted.
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