According to the article, LA and Detroit are both very interested in drafting Ye Li

[oliver_67]

http://sports.sina.com.cn/k/2004-03-15/1636809081.shtml

Houston is interested, but they have to fight against LA and Detroit, both of whom are interested in using Ye as a bait in signing Yao, according to the article.

[codell]

Wasn't there a 4 page thread on Ye Li that just got locked???

[eugeneli]

Bad report. Full of pure speculation.

Originally posted by oliver_67
http://sports.sina.com.cn/k/2004-03-15/1636809081.shtml

Houston is interested, but they have to fight against LA and Detroit, both of whom are interested in using Ye as a bait in signing Yao, according to the article.

[ckahlich001]

lets have a raise of hands for those who dont read chinese mandarin

[aaaccchhhooo]

stop saying that she's a bait to sign YAO ..think about it..after the NBA season is over YAo gonna go ..well he HAVE TO go back to CHINA ..whereas the wnba season starts...and when the wnba season end she gonna HAVE TO GO back to China..so it doesn't matter who sign her...YAO and HER will not be in the U.S. at the same time....

[JuanValdez]

I think it is presumptuous and likely false to think a team has a significant edge in signing Yao if they hold his present girlfriend's contract.

[pinto]

I don't think it matters where Ye goes. On the other hand, I think Ye has her own
attraction and market, maybe that's the main reason LA and Detroit are interested
in her.

Originally posted by aaaccchhhooo
stop saying that she's a bait to sign YAO ..think about it..after the NBA season is over YAo gonna go ..well he HAVE TO go back to CHINA ..whereas the wnba season starts...and when the wnba season end she gonna HAVE TO GO back to China..so it doesn't matter who sign her...YAO and HER will not be in the U.S. at the same time....

[edwardlo]

Originally posted by ckahlich001
lets have a raise of hands for those who dont read chinese mandarin
Can you tell me what is the different between Chinese Mandarin and Chinese Cantonese or any Chinese dialect in terms of writing.

[yipengzhao]

Originally posted by edwardlo
Can you tell me what is the different between Chinese Mandarin and Chinese Cantonese or any Chinese dialect in terms of writing.

haha... simplified and traditional script?

[meh]

Originally posted by yipengzhao
haha... simplified and traditional script?

But that has nothing to do with the dialect. ;)

[yipengzhao]

Originally posted by eugeneli
Bad report. Full of pure speculation.

i concurr, not only that, it's just badly written.

[Deuce]

Originally posted by JuanValdez
I think it is presumptuous and likely false to think a team has a significant edge in signing Yao if they hold his present girlfriend's contract.

Agreed!

[yb001]

This is just pure speculation by Chinese journalist. There is no reference as to where the info in which Detroit and LA is interested in Ye came from. I would say there is zero value in this article.

[ckahlich001]

Can you tell me what is the different between Chinese Mandarin and Chinese Cantonese or any Chinese dialect in terms of writing.

nope. i really cant cause im not an expert on the matter

[yipengzhao]

Originally posted by JuanValdez
I think it is presumptuous and likely false to think a team has a significant edge in signing Yao if they hold his present girlfriend's contract.

that's not entirely true. though there's not a lot of merit behind this particular article. the idea itself doesn't seem so far fetched.

yao ming's girlfriend isn't like any nba player's current groupie girlfriend. if they're pretty serious, Chinese people have an important sense of family values and if they ever do get engaged, then it's definitely not out of the realm of possibility that they would want to play in the same city.

[codell]

Originally posted by yipengzhao
that's not entirely true. though there's not a lot of merit behind this particular article. the idea itself doesn't seem so far fetched.

yao ming's girlfriend isn't like any nba player's current groupie girlfriend. if they're pretty serious, Chinese people have an important sense of family values and if they ever do get engaged, then it's definitely not out of the realm of possibility that they would want to play in the same city.

Why?? They won't be playing at the same time and the odds seam to say that they will both be back in China during their offseaons anyway.

[SamFisher]

who cares?:confused:

[yipengzhao]

Originally posted by codell
Why?? They won't be playing at the same time and the odds seam to say that they will both be back in China during their offseaons anyway.

i think that at some point yao will only have to go back certain years like olympic years. plus the WNBA season is short, i'm sure that playing in the same city would increase their time together as opposed to having no effect.

[pinto]

they basically use the same written words. just for some Cantonese,
it's difficult for them to find corresponding written words. (i.e. only spoken-words
available).
In China many dialects are available, but most of them are same language.

Originally posted by edwardlo
Can you tell me what is the different between Chinese Mandarin and Chinese Cantonese or any Chinese dialect in terms of writing.

[codell]

Originally posted by yipengzhao
i'm sure that playing in the same city would increase their time together as opposed to having no effect.

How??

Who says that Ye Li won't live here during her WNBA/CNT offseason???

Why does Yao have to go live where she is??

Seems easier for Ye to work around Yao's committments than it is for him to work and live around hers.

[MFW2310]

Originally posted by edwardlo
Can you tell me what is the different between Chinese Mandarin and Chinese Cantonese or any Chinese dialect in terms of writing.

I've always hated the word Mandarin (actually I don't even know where it came from). What they call Mandarin is the standard tongue, accepted in China as representative of the Chinese pronounciation.

Cantonese is ONE OF HUNDREDS of local dialects in China, it's importance is FAR OVERSTATED in the US because most Chinese people in the US are from Guangdong province. It's the same language everywhere in China with the exception that pretty much every place has it's own pronounciation (hence dialects). The reason for this is, 2000 years ago, China was several hundred different races and only after the first unification of China was the language (along with measure units, currency, etc) first integrated.

The written words are the same as well, with the exception of the traditional and simplified scripts. The traditional scripts are the way it was written; the simplified scripts are what it became when the commies decided the language was too hard to write. People from mainland China uses simplified although most recognize traditional. Chinese people in Hong Kong, Taiwan, Singapore and abroad mostly only recognize traditional scripts.

[KaiSeR SoZe]

She lives in China right now?

[yipengzhao]

Originally posted by codell
How??

Who says that Ye Li won't live here during her WNBA/CNT offseason???

Why does Yao have to go live where she is??

Seems easier for Ye to work around Yao's committments than it is for him to work and live around hers.

yo... codell, don't freak out. i don't know any more than you do. all i'm saying is: if Ye goes to the comets that's great. but if she goes to the shock or the sparks... well i mean that's not going to HURT the pistons or the lakers will it?

i just don't think that this will all have ZERO effect on what yao is going to do. it may be small, but it's something.

[SamFisher]

Originally posted by yipengzhao
yo... codell, don't freak out. i don't know any more than you do. all i'm saying is: if Ye goes to the comets that's great. but if she goes to the shock or the sparks... well i mean that's not going to HURT the pistons or the lakers will it?

i just don't think that this will all have ZERO effect on what yao is going to do. it may be small, but it's something.

The chances of it having any effect on Yao's future with the Rockets are less than the chances that the NBA will pull the plug on the financial disaster that is the WNBA within 2 years, which are at least 50/50.

[yipengzhao]

Originally posted by SamFisher
The chances of it having any effect on Yao's future with the Rockets are less than the chances that the NBA will pull the plug on the financial disaster that is the WNBA within 2 years, which are at least 50/50.

i can accept that.

look the rockets are turning into yao's team, i'm sure he appreciates how jvg is trying to mold the team around him. hence he will likely stay if he is loyal. all i'm saying is people like to work where their girlfriend / spouse works, so that will be something yao will think about. maybe it won't be a major factor though.

[bigfan612]

Yao Ming's girlfriend, Ye Li, is entering WNBA draft. She is good enough to get drafted based on her own merit. But she is attracting extra attention because of her boyfriend. Rumor has it that LA Sparks and Detroit Shocker might try their best to net her before the Comets get their hands on her. The reason is obvious...