Good for a laugh: The Onion's take on Yi's struggles

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Good for a laugh: The Onion's take on Yi's struggles

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Post #1 » by EastSideBucksFan » 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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that's great

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Post #4 » by europa » 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."

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Post #5 » by LUKE23 » 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

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Post #6 » by paulpressey25 » Tue Mar 25, 2008 6:16 pm

That needs to make ESPN.....that is awesome stuff.....

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Post #7 » by MickeyDavis » Tue Mar 25, 2008 6:19 pm

The Onion is hit and miss. This one is gold.

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