yi is horrible. dont be fooled by his stats last year. i watched a few nets game last season just to see why the nets are so bad, and from what ive seen of yi, dude CANNOT shoot. he drives to the basket mostly but once the defence figured him out he resort to some of the worst layups i have ever seen. also he never passes the ball. on defence he is often out of position and cant guard bigger and stronger players. kris humphries was playing better than him ffs. just a terrible, terrible player.
Career path of Yi 1. #6 pick in the draft 2. Traded for Richard Jefferson 3. Traded as a salary dump Basically went from mid-lottery pick to SF3's 2nd go-around with the Rockets in 3 years. Now THAT'S amazing.
Really? I understand he's defensively challenged, but it looked like Yi at least evolved into a decent offensive option off the bench last year. I didn't watch the Nets though. This is just based off of watching his statistics and some positive articles I read about him. Is he really that bad?
I think it's sad that 3 pages into a thread on Yi, we haven't heard anyone made mention of probably the most brilliant nickname in the NBA - "the Chairman". You know your a bust when you lose your nickname. ....google it if you haven't heard that story.
He has a lot of physical tools - size, athletic, decent outside shot, etc. I've come to the conclusion that he is just bad at basketball. Probably good enough to be a rotation guy on some teams.
Has anyone even mentioned the Nets' acquisition of Quinton Ross? While I know this was primarily a salary dump by New Jersey, in the process they picked up a quality defensive wing who might actually contribute to the team winning some games. I just thought I'd give Ross some recognition.
New Jersey has more cap space, but they will still not get any top free agents. Was Yi Jianlian ever considered the second coming of Yao Ming? Just curious, dont remember.
He does struggle on defense but he is a pretty decent offensive player and he rebounds very well also.
Not a huge move by any stretch, but if these salary dumping teams want to give away players for free it's pretty much the perfect strategy for a team as deep into rebuilding mode as the Wizards. Just acquire as many low-risk-decent-potential players as possible and increase the chances that one of them will break out. Next, I will take Beasley for a bag of peanuts thank you very much.
Well, it might have been three years, but he went from aged 19 to aged 26 in that same time span. Ball Don't Lie ran a good column about how horrific he is on offense in reality - he sports a True Shooting percentage under 500 - that's just flat terrible for a big man. To give you an idea, his .480 TS% was lower than David Andersen's .497.
