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That's an interesting idea. We can say all day that we're the ones paying him millions of dollars so we shouldn't be the ones having to lose his service during games... but the Chinese government simply isn't going to let him rest on their watch.
Honestly I think it's all a bit silly. He isn't a very good basketball player. Do we intend to use him as a basketball player or just as a revenue stream? Can China ever commit to giving him every other summer off, and only having him for the Olympics and Worlds? If not, he should earn a pro-rated salary from the NBA, because he isn't committing to the team to the extent that's expected of an NBA player.
adam, that is the 7,004,090 Chinese Yuan question, isn't it!
But seriously, if Yi doesn't get stronger, especially in the upper body, he will answer your question himself (income stream) because he will be of little use to us IMHO.
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