Exclusive Hansen Yang Nickname

Discussion in 'Portland Trail Blazers' started by PDXFonz, Jul 13, 2025 at 8:20 AM.

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What is the best nickname for Hansen Yang?

  1. Yin-Yang

    5.6%
  2. The Great Wall of Hope (TGWH?)

    2.8%
  3. The Big Tariff

    13.9%
  4. Magic Hansen

    11.1%
  5. Handsome Yang

    8.3%
  6. Han-Solo

    0 vote(s)
    0.0%
  7. MmmBop

    0 vote(s)
    0.0%
  8. Chinese Jokic

    0 vote(s)
    0.0%
  9. Other (Specify)

    22.2%
  10. Let him finish a season before getting a nickname

    44.4%
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  1. barfo

    barfo triggered obsessive commie pinko boomer maniac Staff Member Global Moderator

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    It's the chinese word for microfracture surgery.

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  2. BlayZa

    BlayZa Misbehaving responsibly

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    El Guapo
    aka
    The Hansen Yang Man
     
  3. RippedCity

    RippedCity Active Member

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    I believe that he’s referring to “yang” being a homonym of “goat” in Chinese.

    羊 (yang) is goat or sheep in Chinese. But Hansen's surname is the 杨 character, which is also pronounced "yang", though the intonation may be different (not sure, since I'm not a Mandarin speaker)
     
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  4. PDXFonz

    PDXFonz I’m listening

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    Too close to @EL PRESIDENTE which is retired
     
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    blazerkor Well-Known Member

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    No it doesn't mean goat, it doesn't have a one word translation into English.

    It is the name of an idea for half of all things, this half includes masculinity, light, heat, a force for positive, activity and a bunch of other stuff... yin is negative, darkness, cold but that doesn't really matter for the purposes of this.

    Yang is basically manly, fiery, positivity... but not in a toxic way because it means the bright side of things and a source of light as well.

    Edit: There is a similar sounding word that means goat but it's character is 羊

    The surname Yang is 杨 and is said to be the sun or a reference to the ancient philosophy I mentioned above.
     
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    the hook of this song gotta be played when he makes a big play
     
  7. blazerkor

    blazerkor Well-Known Member

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    That's cheesy obviously. I'd much rather just hear a gong and have [​IMG] on every video monitor in the building.
     
  8. riverman

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    The Han Dynasty!
     
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  9. BIG Q

    BIG Q Well-Known Member

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    Or Toradol
     
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    You have 3 seconds to answer the following question (just spit it out without thinking about it).


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    If Jokic is the Joker, Hansen Yang (or Yang Hansen) is the ____________.

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    In 3 seconds the only thing that came to my mind was - The Riddler.

    Seems appropriate too. Difficult to solve. He's got a few tricks up his sleeve.

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  11. BIG Q

    BIG Q Well-Known Member

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    i thought “Yanger?”
     
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    Hoopguru Well-Known Member

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    Passing Panda
     
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    Wizard Mentor Wizard Mentor

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    Young and Handsome.
     
  15. RonBrewer

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    Yangsta - He's an "Ole Y"

    "Stop playing around with all the clowns and wankstas
    Good girls gotta get down with the Yangstas
     
  16. Strenuus

    Strenuus Global Moderator Staff Member Global Moderator

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    And if hes on a run we would all be in "yangsters paradise"
     
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    If we have Pryzbilla as Vanilla Gorilla, We have ClingKong, Let's make YangZilla his new nickname
     
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  18. Natebishop3

    Natebishop3 Don't tread on me!

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    We should burn this entire thread.
     
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    I'm not saying that I mind it because your takes are still solid but you've seemed saltier than normal lately. Funny but also pretty damn salty.
     
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  20. Natebishop3

    Natebishop3 Don't tread on me!

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    I'm bummed about what SL has become.... but also the suggestions in this thread should definitely be erased from the internet lol
     
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