It's really not in his control - he said initially he liked to play for the bulks and NBA. It's the Guangdong Tigers who controlled him and wanted to make more money out of him.
Actually, I'm pretty sure they were greedy because they drafted a player they'd never worked out - because that player had done everything he could to make it clear to Milwaukee he didn't want to play there - solely to tap into the Chinese market.
I'm really curious to see how he does and if he's up to snuff. Glad to see we'll get that chance now.
Wow, many things wrong with this statement. For starters: Sorry I did not know that not "working out" a player (and by the way, they did not get a private workout - that does NOT mean they did not see him work out) forfeits all draft rights to that player. Unfamiliar with this part of the equation). By working out, do you mean they didn't give him a handjob at his last massage? Anyway, does this mean CLeveland is greedy for having drafted LeBron? hometown star, marketing, etc.? Wait....don't answer that - first tell me what part of the NBA collective bargaining agreement expressly prohibits a team from drafting a guy based on potential earning power? Thanks in advance. Wait, P.S., tell me one more thing......please tell me why drafting a top five-rated player at number 6 the draft is an egregiously commericial move, and not at all basketball related, Again, thanks in advance.
I did not say much of what you have attributed to me. I did not say it forfeited the draft rights to the player, in fact I do not believe I mentioned draft rights at all. I may be mistaken though. They did not work out Yi. Yi and his agents did everything possible to make sure they never saw Yi workout. The Bucks have said that much of their knowledge of Yi came third hand via Dell Harris. The point I am making is that not only are the Bucks woefully ignorant of Yi's actual ability, they have been rebuffed most cruelly when they attempted to better ascertain that ability level. Thus I cast doubt that basketball can in fact be a significant factor in drafting him because I posit that they don't know much about him basketball-wise. No part that I am aware of. Which is why I didn't say that it was prohibited. However, I am of the belief that putting off-the-court factors ahead of on-the-court factors in deciding who you are drafting is foolish. I would have liked to see this foolishness backfire on the Bucks - that is all. Your assertion that Yi is a top-five player seems rather arbitrary - especially since he did not actually get drafted in the top five. I believe drafting him was a commercial move by the Bucks because a) Yi has more commercial appeal than anyone outside of the top two players in the draft(and maybe more than them), b) I question how much basketball knowledge of Yi the Bucks could have, and thus how the move they made could be in fact basketball related. Admittedly much of this is conjecture, but I believe the Bucks drafted a player they had limited knowledge of based upon his commercial appeal with a high draft pick. I believe this to be a foolish thing, and I wished to see such foolishness punished. You are welcome.
yi can't even dominate a team of nbdl players..what is he going to do in the nba? face it, the bucks drafted him for $$$$.
A teleconference with Bucks Officials conducted yesterday and here's the link for its transcript. http://www.nba.com/bucks/news/Yi_Teleconference_Transcript_070829.html I extract a couple q&a here which I think you may be interested.
They relied on the words of third party scouts, and they watched film . Plus, perhaps more importantly - they had the consensus opinions of other teams, scouts, evaluators that he was one of the best available players at 6. The rational choice in that circumstance is to maximize value off-the-court factors are the reason why the game exists and are a regular factor in the decisionmaking process of any team. And your assertion that he was not a projected top five player is absolutely, dead wrong. a slew of mock drafts had him going as high as 4, most had him going to the Celtics at 5, and as low as 8. http://mockdraftcity.com/nba-mock-drafts.html Why do you think drafting him at 6 is wildly out of place? Rather it is squarely within the range, especially for a supremely inexact science like the draft and not well founded conjecture at that. The financial incentive is being greatly exaggerated by you too. Yes, the Bucks will probably featured on CCTV5 more often next year, and will probably do a bigger business in sideline advertisements in the arena, but as far as tangible short term revenues - it's not going to make a huge difference compared to winning basketball games. It's not like the Bucks have a leg up on "cracking the china market" - NBA revenues from jersey sales and international TV licensing are shared among teams. There's really not that much to crack.
So it is about PT. Yet Harris kept ducking the question whether they have promised PT to him in order to get him signed.
Hopefully he gets some minutes but...ya never know. The one thing Yi has going in his favor is that he was drafted at number 6.
Well, on the flip side of that coin, Yi wanted to play in the NBA. Therefore, he has to play by the NBA's rules...which means you play for the team that drafts you unless THEY want to trade you. You don't choose where you play, you are chosen and you play there...or you face the consequences and sit out the year and you are prohibited from playing in many other leagues as well. Talk about foolishness...a "project" player thinking he could dictate where he played in the NBA! Glad to see that foolishness was punished. Yi wanted to play for a bigger market team? Yeah, so did almost every other lottery pick. Tough $hit. Take your millions and play basketball.
I think he has the potential to be good, but this whole negotiating ploy about playing time and trying to dictate what team he plays for disgusts me. Although he does post up a chair like nobody's business and looked great on the red carpet at the Shrek the Third premiere. That counts for something...
I don't see how PT could have ever been an issue. There aren't a lot of guys who could be ahead of Yi on the depth chart. And given what a significant investment a lottery pick is, a team like Milwaukee -- who has no chance as making postseason noise -- has every incentive to give him plenty of playing time. The PT argument is just cover.
