The Official Yi Jianlian Shrine

pennyliu123 · Post #101 » by **pennyliu123** » Tue Aug 31, 2010 5:35 pm

24 p 7r in a loss to PUERTO RICO, the whole team can't rebound well. Yi is still effective in scoring, however, he played 37 minutes, he looked a little tired in the 4th quarter.

Post #102 » by **miller31time** » Tue Aug 31, 2010 5:49 pm

Any positive contribution Yi makes with the Wizards this upcoming season is pure gravy.

JonathanJoseph · Post #103 » by **JonathanJoseph** » Tue Aug 31, 2010 5:58 pm

miller31time wrote:Any positive contribution Yi makes with the Wizards this upcoming season is pure gravy.

Right, and his showing at FIBA makes a positive contribution look a lot more likely than we thought. He's looked like a different player.

Post #104 » by **Ruzious** » Tue Aug 31, 2010 5:58 pm

pennyliu123 wrote:24 p 7r in a loss to PUERTO RICO, the whole team can't rebound well. Yi is still effective in scoring, however, he played 37 minutes, he looks a little tired in the 4th quarter.

Wang ZhiZhi is a bigger 7 footer, and he's strictly a long range jump shooter. Ramos' numbers were very low. Is that because Yi did a good job on him, or was PJ being PJ?

pennyliu123 · Post #105 » by **pennyliu123** » Tue Aug 31, 2010 6:30 pm

Ramos did play a poor game, China used to lead 17-7 at the beginning in the 1st quarter when he was on the court, he could not defend Wang, who scored 10 or 12 in the first quarter. Then PUERTO RICO's coach changed to a small line-up, and the effect is very good, PUERTO RICO began to control the game (as the PG & SG of Team China are obviously too weak), so they didn't use Ramos a lot after that. He only played 8 minutes.

Hoopalotta · Post #106 » by **Hoopalotta** » Tue Aug 31, 2010 9:37 pm

Yi attacked Puerto Rico as if he were a war-chariot of the Han Dynasty. PR went small because their bigs were frightened by the thunder of the hooves and the lamentations of the dying.

closg00 · Post #107 » by **closg00** » Tue Aug 31, 2010 11:15 pm

Hoopalotta wrote:Yi attacked Puerto Rico as if he were a war-chariot of the Han Dynasty. PR went small because their bigs were frightened by the thunder of the hooves and the lamentations of the dying.

You have a way with words Hooplalotta.

pennyliu123 · Post #108 » by **pennyliu123** » Wed Sep 1, 2010 4:50 am

Yeah, that's very funny

The small line-up played too good to let PR's coach make another change. The whole team China looked tired and not concentrated. The bench could not make much contribution, so the starts played too much. I'm afraid the team can't go very far.

willbcocks · Post #109 » by **willbcocks** » Wed Sep 1, 2010 9:49 am

China will be a force to be reckoned with in 20 years. The level of interest is off the charts and people will have grown up eating a lot more nutritious food. The main variable will be whether or not the coaching improves at all levels, but then again the AAU system in the U.S. isn't great either.

BruceO · Post #110 » by **BruceO** » Wed Sep 1, 2010 1:17 pm

It's funny how people complained about getting this guy like we just got Hosed. A skilled 7 footer still on his rookie contract who is about to give us his bird rights, who has been a starter and has so far gained experience. This guy comes in for 4 million, he is still young (otherwise he'd have been on team china since forever) a former number 6 draft pick and he is the second leading scorer in the FIBA world games. This guy is coming in to be our bench player and to play alongside blatche and guys complained as though they could have done a better job than our GM who is a proffesional and probably has more information on the player and the situations than we do.

closg00 · Post #111 » by **closg00** » Wed Sep 1, 2010 2:50 pm

http://msn.foxsports.com/nba/lists/Bust ... o=11760604

pennyliu123 · Post #112 » by **pennyliu123** » Wed Sep 1, 2010 3:08 pm

14p 9r and another loss to Russia. Yi could not get the ball comfortably as Russia doubled on him.

Edit: According to the coach, Yi's right leg has some problem now.

hands11 · Post #113 » by **hands11** » Thu Sep 2, 2010 4:22 am

pennyliu123 wrote:14p 9r and another loss to Russia. Yi could not get the ball comfortably as Russia doubled on him.

Edit: According to the coach, Yi's right leg has some problem now.

Well if he is done early I wont be upset. He got some good work in and if he gets out healthy with enough time to rest and recover, that my not be such a bad thing.

Oh course him breaking out and building confidence would be better but just looking at it as a cup half full.

pennyliu123 · Post #114 » by **pennyliu123** » Thu Sep 2, 2010 10:55 am

According to the latest news, he will not play the last game. So that's it, let's hope that he will recover soon.

Edit: Thanks to Ivory Coast, they defeated PR and win 9 points, China make the final 16 now. It's really lucky. Yi might still have to play another (or more?) game in the world championships. :lol:

JonathanJoseph · Post #115 » by **JonathanJoseph** » Thu Sep 2, 2010 7:08 pm

Yi Jianlian is quietly poised for a breakthrough. He's currently averaging 22.5 points and 9.8 rebounds for China's National Team at the World Championships this summer on 54 percent shooting.

Yi, now a member of the Wizards, is on his third team in four seasons but has begun to show the confidence in his game that made him a top 10 draft pick back in 2007. It also doesn't hurt that he appears to be fully healthy heading into the season because since becoming a professional he's yet to play more than 66 contests in any campaign.

Washington is in a position to surprise a lot of folks in the Eastern Conference and while the main cogs in any Wizards resurgence will be John Wall or Gilbert Arenas, Yi's bench play will be important --- especially if he continues to attack like he's doing this summer in Turkey during FIBA play.

http://www.hoopsworld.com/Story.asp?story_id=17225#ixzz0yOuakgFS

no D in Hibachi · Post #116 » by **no D in Hibachi** » Thu Sep 2, 2010 9:30 pm

BruceO wrote:a former number 6 draft pick and he lead his school to the NCAA final four. This guy is coming in to be our bench player and guys complained as though they could have done a better job than our GM who is a proffesional and probably has more information on the player and the situations than we do.

Wait, are we talking about Yi or Randy Foye? Who was the #6 pick in the 2008 draft? Is he a bust? If so I expect he'll be on our roster next season and the master of spin will convince me it's a good acquisition.

*minor edits included*

Pollinator · Post #117 » by **Pollinator** » Thu Sep 2, 2010 10:28 pm

Any updates on Yi's leg? According to the FIBA site China's coach (Bob Donewald) says he needs an MRI on his achilles. :-?

closg00 · Post #118 » by **closg00** » Thu Sep 2, 2010 10:34 pm

Pollinator wrote:Any updates on Yi's leg? According to the FIBA site China's coach (Bob Donewald) says he needs an MRI on his achilles.

Time to call James Singleton.

Post #119 » by **Rafael122** » Thu Sep 2, 2010 10:43 pm

Barring health issues, if he could give us half of what he gave in the FIBA games, it would be gravy.

Post #120 » by **Ruzious** » Thu Sep 2, 2010 11:33 pm

Pollinator wrote:Any updates on Yi's leg? According to the FIBA site China's coach (Bob Donewald) says he needs an MRI on his achilles.

Ouch, achilles tendons are kinda important for basketball players. I had to stop playing for a full 2 years because of a partially torn achilles.

...ending a potentially great career. :winkgrin:

Yi needs a break here... er... good luck to Yi.