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Sean Highkin: "At the press conference to introduce the new ownership group, Andrew Cherng, who co-founded Panda Express with his wife, was asked why he invested in the Blazers. He said he's Chinese, he likes that the Blazers have a Chinese player, and he sees a lot of business opportunities in China because of that. One of the minority owners said that on the record.

And then Sheel Tyle, the other public-facing member of the group, did an interview with The Athletic and talked about wanting to make the Blazers into Asia's team. He had dinner with Yao Ming, who talked about how popular Hansen is. So you've got one minority owner saying he only invested because they had a Chinese player, and another saying he wants to make them Asia's team.

I think it's pretty clear (Yang) Hansen is very much a part of this organization going forward. " HoopsHype This article originally appeared on Hoops Hype: So you've got one minority owner saying he only …