Mil/GS

[Chris Cohan]

Hammond will push big markets to pay dearly for Yi.

[Left*My*Heart]

Yi averaged 25 minutes a game and Wright, thanks to Nellie played 10 minutes.

It isn't fair to compare who had the better rookie season, but it is fair to say that Nellie really sucked for not playing Wright more.

[Sid the Squid]

but it is fair to say that Nellie and Jianlian really sucked .

fixed

[GSW2K4]

Here's an interesting way to look at this:

When they were both in the starting lineups...

Yi: 49 gms 27.2 mins .432 FG% 5.8 rebs 0.6 stls 1.0 blks 9.7 pts
Wright: 6 gms 14.8 mins .600 FG% 4.7 rebs 0.2 stls 1.2 blks 7.2 pts

In a little more than half the minutes as a starter, Brandan was a much more productive player...

FT and 3pt % are where Yi kills Wright, but I would like a big guy who can score inside, get rebounds, and block shots. It's hard to build a contender around a jump shooting 7 ft PF (but kudos to the Mavs for making it work).

If Brandan had gotten consistent minutes, this trade wouldn't even be worth posting.

Another tidbit -- Yi's rookie stats are also very similar to Nowitzki's... what would Yi have to do to become that good?

[Subaculta]

Another tidbit -- Yi's rookie stats are also very similar to Nowitzki's... what would Yi have to do to become that good?

just about every rookie's stats are as good/better then Nowitzki's... he had an awful rookie campaign.

[Thugleavy34]

He'd need to grow longer arms. I'm ashamed to admit that heading into the draft I liked Yi...around draft time I sobered up, but I drunk the koolaid...after that I said no more...

[-bob-]

check out Channing Frye's rookie stats.

[FNQ]

Another tidbit -- Yi's rookie stats are also very similar to Nowitzki's... what would Yi have to do to become that good?

- be able to create his own shot
- use his height and release point to his advantage
- be able to absorb the slightest bit of contact
- dribbling
- smart passing
- shot selection
- forget that he was an "athlete" in China
- improve his jumper to the point where leaving him open is like a layup

When he starts doing half of that list, then I'll compare him to Dirk. But just because they are both perimeter PFs doesn't mean Yi's anywhere near Dirk is or was. The difference was that Dirk was doing Dirk-like things in Euroball in the U20s, whereas Yi just used his athleticism to get by people in the CBA... One played basketball, the other was just an athlete in a basketball starved country.

[MightyReds2020]

^can you really blame Yi? you know how horribly outdated chinese coaches are compared to their european counterparts? and i'm sure athletic 7-feet chinese grow on trees and they really know how to coach one.

[FNQ]

I didn't say it was Yi's fault, but I sure as hell don't want to suffer because of his innocence.

I said from the beginning, Yi was a bigger project than Wright... hell, than Splitter... cue every Asian on the draft board/genboard/MIL board to call me every kind of racist and a hater...

He needs a lot of work... its unfathomable how someone that raw gets picked 6th. But it's worked out fine for us so far

[$Money$]

Yi is too much of a prima dona for me. Plus what we need on this team is post defense and rebounding, Wright has the ability to give us that, Yi doesnt. So Wright>>>>>>>YI.