[WojYahooNBA] Yi traded to Washington

If a tree falls in a forest, and nobody is around to hear it, does it make a sound?

 

Washington must love their 3 point shooting 4's...interesting move.

 

I remember going nuts for him pre-draft, what a fool I was. And he's 26ish rather than his fake age..so much for potential

 

Now the question is will Yi found a chinese girlfriend in washington

 

Yi Jianlian = the Black Stromile Swift.

Given the real Stromile Swift played in China last season, it's like they are on a Stromile Swift Exchange Program or something.

 

Salary dump?

 

Yi averaged .8 3 point attempts per game last season.

 

yi + wall + gilbert = big 3?

 

I don't know much about Yi's game, but he had a decent statistical season last year. If he could increase his FG% by 5-6%, it'd be a pretty solid deal for Washington. Even so, this looks like no risk at all for Washington.

 

low risk, high reward for washington. guess nj was just trying to dump some salary?

 

http://sports.yahoo.com/nba/news?slug=ys-netstrade062910

 

This salary dumping for 2010 is just sad. Morons are getting caught up in their own hype thanks to ESPN.

 

Will they send him Yi-mail?

 

It's too bad Yi and darko couldn't benefit from better developmental coaching. Both have shown clear talent - no one watching them play live would call them stiffs. Teams really should funnel foreign talent through the D-League to help them transition there game, particularly on defense.

In fact, the league itself should really think about infusing the D-League with cash. It's absurd that they throw away so much money propping up the WNBA when they could have a thriving minor league system drawing foreign talent and pulling one and done prepsters away from college.

An NBA-run minor league would be a far better training ground than college ball or foreign leagues, neither of which translate especially well to the NBA's game.

Right now, no one wants anything to do with the NBDL because it pays $25k at the top end.

Jump the max salary to $300k, limit it to one or two slots per team, and only 10% of it is guaranteed to keep players working. It would pay for itself the second a Brandon Jennings joins Rio Grande instead of Italy. People start attending games to see rising prospects, college has fewer one year farce "student-athletes" working the system, prospects learn what they need to do to succeed at the next level, and individual teams get a far better look at the prospects prior to the draft.

Evan

 

I thought Yi was a cash cow. Myth busted. Next would be Yao.

 

Maybe next year, after his contract ends and he becomes a free Asian.

 

Insightful commentary in salary dump threads deserves rep points.

 

Rockets no give Yi turn to basketball with Yao?