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To be followed by:
Milwaukee Destroyed by Nuclear Blast
"Guess Yi will have to go somewhere else," says Beijing.
Hold him forever if you're the Bucks. I see it now:
Bucks defy Chinese government
To be followed by:
Milwaukee Destroyed by Nuclear Blast
"Guess Yi will have to go somewhere else," says Beijing.
So this is how WW3 will start...
It almost sounds like like he is unsure that he wants to come. But getting on board with a team that would be good and still have the money is a little unlikely by now.
Most rookies would rather play on a bad team so that they can make a name for themselves by putting up huge numbers. In the late goings, you see vets like Michael Finley sacrificing stats in order to win. Their excuse makes no sense.
And who cares what these Chinese officials warned? It means squat if they want Yi to play in the NBA. The team picks the player, end of story
i think they should just stash the sucka in china, sttop him from entering the nba or trading his draft rights, no american dollar for you
So this is how WW3 will start...
[QUOTE]Report: Yi won't sign with Milwaukee Bucks
July 18, 2007
BEIJING (AP) -- Yi Jianlian has no plans to play for the Milwaukee Bucks.
Chen Haitao, owner of the Guangdong Tigers -- Yi's former team -- said the 6-foot-11 power forward will "definitely not" sign with Milwaukee and could be headed back to the Chinese Basketball Association.
"If the Bucks insist, Yi will go back to the CBA," Chen told the Chinese-language Beijing News on Tuesday.
other reactions...
In a poll earlier this month by the Beijing-based China Daily newspaper, 68 percent of 9,000 respondents wanted Yi to join the Bucks.
Former China national team coach Qian Chenghai also supported playing with Milwaukee.
"We don't want to see Yi destroy his reputation in the NBA and return to the Chinese Basketball Association," Qian said last week. "That's horrible."
rest of the story:
http://sports.yahoo.com/nba/news;_yl...v=ap&type=lgns
what a head-scratcher YI is
i still cant believe the bucks picked him.
why the waste a pick on this , when there were so many other options.
I think Yi already destroyed his marketing value fairly good. I mean, what does China think can come of this now? They're going to all of the sudden embrace him if he goes somewhere else? Yi is a lemonade stand absolutely NO ONE is going to hit up anymore.
The only difference if he went to a place like LA would be that headlines of "Chinese basketball player refuses to wear blazer" would be seen by billions, and not just the people in Milwaukee.
karma for team china
there soccer team in asian cup just got bounce out of the group stages hahahahhahaha chokers
The U.S. should block him from playing in the NBA. I would love to see the Bucks owner try to push this one. He is a Senator.
I bet Milwaukee doesn't look so bad when your facing an eternity in China.
Although it doesn't make a lot of financial sense, Milwaukee should just on his draft rights and never ever ever bring him over or trade him. That would send the right message.
China: Run by dictator. Dictator say "Yi no play ball for NBA team unless we say OK."
NBA: Run by dictator. Dictator say " you and the horse you rode in on. Enjoy the winters in Beijing and see how much money you'll get with him playing over there."
But, unfortunately, NBA dictator wants to see more fans in China, so of course he will prolly try to find some way to accommodate those losers.
God Bless America, And No Place Else.
I like Yi!
So an aggressive stiff could challenge Wilt's numbers now?
Bucks fault...Yi and Agent told Bucks way in advance not to pick him cuz he wasnt interested in playing for them. Bucks shoulda chose someone else...lots of other players to chose from, why pick the guy who said "dont pick me".
Bucks is like the guy who asked the girl out on a date when the girl already told him not too.
Is she a pretty girl?
not even that pretty and he STILL asked her out.
mayne, dose cuzzes best be betta stop blocking dat from gettin his. yea!
No, not Bucks fault, taht is why they have a draft, you pick a ing player, he goes there. If 6th picks in the draft start pulling this , next you will see 10th picks and so on and so on until the entire reason they have a draft is ed.
Its not like this guy is Elway and can go play baseball
The draft isn't like the Prom, it's like working at an escort service. You want to get paid, you the guy who calls you.
Give me a ing break. Everyone knows why they don't want him there - marketing dollars.
If I were Stern I'd send Yao's ass back to China as well and tell them to go themselves.I say the Bucks keep the pick and stop calling his agent. Let his draft rights run out, parlay some sort of collusion among the other owners when he re-enters the draft that only Milwaukee can pick him, rinse and repeat.
But alas, we know that wont happen.
They dont call it "The Draft" for nothing. There was another event called The Draft...pulling a Yi in that draft puts your ass in prison.
You, the player, put your name on a list full-well knowing you have no control whatsoever of who is going to pick you. Dont like the system? Stay your ass in China with the other washups where you can dominate other Chinamen in the NBA equivalent of a pickup game.
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