Good for a laugh: The Onion's take on Yi's struggles
Posted: Tue Mar 25, 2008 5:23 pm
http://www.theonion.com/content/news_br ... hinese_nba
Report: Cheap Chinese NBA Players Falling Apart After A Couple Seasons
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Posted: Tue Mar 25, 2008 5:25 pm
Posted: Tue Mar 25, 2008 5:28 pm
that's great
Posted: Tue Mar 25, 2008 5:29 pm
"We got one a couple years ago, but the foot broke," said Rockets GM Carroll Dawson about Chinese center Yao Ming. "Now it just sits there. We don't even use it anymore."
Posted: Tue Mar 25, 2008 6:15 pm
Some NBA GMs, however, claim that it is still worth it to buy Chinese players, as European players remain expensive and many domestic models are unreliable, unrefined, and occasionally malfunction and shoot someone
Posted: Tue Mar 25, 2008 6:16 pm
That needs to make ESPN.....that is awesome stuff.....
Posted: Tue Mar 25, 2008 6:19 pm
The Onion is hit and miss. This one is gold.
Posted: Tue Mar 25, 2008 10:04 pm
Too bad Carroll Dawson isn't the GM anymore....
Sorry to be a Debbie Downer...
Sorry to be a Debbie Downer...
Posted: Wed Mar 26, 2008 3:48 am
Thanks, that was great!
Posted: Wed Mar 26, 2008 8:41 am
ROFL. Outstanding stuff there.