The Trail Blazers new season schedule is released! Yang Hansen makes his debut against the Timberwolves and challenges Jokic on November 1st

On August 15, the complete schedule of the 2025-26 NBA regular season was released. Chinese player Yang Hansen, who plays for the Trail Blazers, will make his NBA regular season debut on October 23, with his opponent being the Timberwolves. The Trail Blazers' schedule is difficult first and then easy. At the beginning, they even face strong teams and have to play more away games.

The Trail Blazers started the game against four powerful teams, including the Timberwolves, Warriors, Clippers and Lakers. After playing against the Jazz on October 30, the Trail Blazers will play against the Nuggets on November 1, and then face the Lakers and Thunder. It can be said that in the first 8 games, the Trail Blazers had 7 games to play against the championship-level strong team.

With the current strength of the Trail Blazers, it is likely to encounter a relatively bleak start. If you can't win the Jazz, you may even start with an 8-game losing streak.

For Yang Hansen, his start in the NBA was a series of tough battles, which was a big test. Yang Hansen's NBA debut faced Gobert, who won the best defensive player four times and was selected into the All-Star Game three times. As soon as Yang Hansen came up, the intensity of the confrontation was full.

Faced with such a defensive expert, can Yang Hansen show his characteristics in the game? Yao Ming made a miserable NBA debut, contributing only 0 points and 2 rebounds. However, he quickly adjusted and averaged 13.5 points, 8.2 rebounds, 1.7 assists and 1.8 blocks per game in the rookie season, and was selected into the first team of the All-Rookie Rookie.

Yi Jianlian played 25 minutes in his debut, made 4 of 5 shots, contributed 9 points, 3 rebounds and 2 blocks, which was a very outstanding debut. What kind of NBA debut will Yang Hansen make is exciting.

Yang Hansen plays the Warriors in the second game and may face Horford, who is rumored to join the Warriors. This is an experienced All-Star center. Yang Hansen will face Zubac and Brooke Lopez in the third game, Zubac who will face the Lakers in the fourth game, Kessler who will face the Jazz in the fifth game, Jokic of the Nuggets in the sixth game, Ayton in the seventh game, and Haltenstein and Homgren in the eighth game.

It can be said that Yang Hansen will continue to fight against outstanding centers at the beginning of the new season. As an NBA rookie, such a schedule is a big test. However, if Yang Hansen wants to make progress, he must constantly challenge powerful opponents, gain experience from them, and grow and transform in the challenges.

Yang Hansen's match against Jokic on November 1 is a big highlight. Jokic is Yang Hansen's idol. He has studied many Jokic game videos and has been praised by the outside world as Jokic. Yang Hansen was asked in an interview. What questions would he ask when he met Jokic in the new season game. Yang Hansen smiled and said, "Can you take a photo with me and sign an autograph?" Not long ago, Jokic was asked about Yang Hansen's desire to take a photo with him. Jokic said humorously: "He is very talented. Yes, we can take photos, or whatever, but the premise is that he doesn't play that well against me. If I beat him up, I will score crazy on him, and you can take photos. If he beat me up, no, hahaha."

What kind of performance will Yang Hansen play against his idol is really worth looking forward to. The Trail Blazers have 15 back-to-back games in the new season, which is also a test for Yang Hansen. Yang Hansen exposed the problem of physical fitness in the summer league, and his efficiency will decline in the second half. Before the new season starts, Yang Hansen needs to strengthen physical training and prepare for the long season. The Trail Blazers' first 24 games of the new season were away games, while 7 of the last 10 games were away games.