Dead_Real
07-19-2007, 01:15 AM
http://sports.yahoo.com/nba/news;_ylt=AtwTTUL3DDdBuEvs8JkxB3O8vLYF?slug=ap-bucks-yi&prov=ap&type=lgns
Yi Jianlian has no plans to play for the Milwaukee Bucks.
Chen Haitao, owner of the Guangdong Tigers -- Yi's former team -- said the 6-foot-11 power forward will "definitely not" sign with Milwaukee and could be headed back to the Chinese Basketball Association.
"If the Bucks insist, Yi will go back to the CBA," Chen told the Chinese-language Beijing News on Tuesday.
Yi was the sixth player picked in the NBA draft and had his first meeting earlier this month with Bucks general manager Larry Harris and coach Larry Krystkowiak. His agent, Dan Fegan, has pushed for a trade and wants Yi in a city with a large Asian influence -- or at least a larger city.
It won't be Milwaukee, and the main sticking point is not the lack of Chinese-Americans in the city, Chen said.
"And it's not about Yi's commercial interests," Chen said. "We want to find a team that is good for Yi's development. That's the root of the problem."
The Bucks shouldn't have even drafted him, he blocked them from watching his damn workouts making it clear as day he did not want to play for them just trade is ass. I never understand when rookie players come into the draft with this mentality you play where you're picked that's how I look at it.
Yi Jianlian has no plans to play for the Milwaukee Bucks.
Chen Haitao, owner of the Guangdong Tigers -- Yi's former team -- said the 6-foot-11 power forward will "definitely not" sign with Milwaukee and could be headed back to the Chinese Basketball Association.
"If the Bucks insist, Yi will go back to the CBA," Chen told the Chinese-language Beijing News on Tuesday.
Yi was the sixth player picked in the NBA draft and had his first meeting earlier this month with Bucks general manager Larry Harris and coach Larry Krystkowiak. His agent, Dan Fegan, has pushed for a trade and wants Yi in a city with a large Asian influence -- or at least a larger city.
It won't be Milwaukee, and the main sticking point is not the lack of Chinese-Americans in the city, Chen said.
"And it's not about Yi's commercial interests," Chen said. "We want to find a team that is good for Yi's development. That's the root of the problem."
The Bucks shouldn't have even drafted him, he blocked them from watching his damn workouts making it clear as day he did not want to play for them just trade is ass. I never understand when rookie players come into the draft with this mentality you play where you're picked that's how I look at it.