From what I've been reading, there are 3 agencies that are involved in Yi's representation: the CBA, the Guangdong Tigers (Yi's previous Team), and Nike, in the form of their lackey Dan Fegan. The CBA has made it pretty clear that it really doesn't care where Yi plays as long as he gets PT and is developed; they want badly to medal in the 2008 Olympics and will need an improved Yi to help Yao. I don't think they're getting any money. The Guangdong Tigers get a cut of Yi's salary and endorsement dollars, so they want Yi in a marketable city, so they get more money. Nike for obvious reasons wants Yi in a marketable city so they can, well, market Yi stuff. Therefore, it seems to me that Nike and the Guangdong Tigers are essentially on the same side, while the CBA has a different objective. However, of course the CBA can effectively apply pressure on the Tigers to do whatever, kind of like how David Stern can get teams to do stuff. IMO if the Bucks wanted to get Yi in, they should negotiate with the CBA and promise plenty of PT. If they can satisfy the CBA that Yi will be properly developed, the CBA will probably force Guangdong to release Yi. Nike really doesn't have any direct influence, except for the influence of endorsement $$ on Guangdong's decision. If the CBA forces Guangdong to release Yi there's nothing Nike can do about it.
Wikipedia? This coming from you is just hilarious. Meeting the minorities? That's actually one of the first things I'd suggest that you do. What I find most funny of all is your insinuation of your knowledge of the country, having lived all of two freakin' years there. Want to take a stab how long I've lived there? Your little rants are nothing short of comical. Wrong. In fact, if anything, there are far fewer blacks in Hong Kong than the mainland... due to much higher living expenses. The status of most blacks in mainland China are far from clear, due to the lack of a clear cut immigration policy (China simply does not encourage it, all of last year, about two dozen people managed to do it successfully). However, there are quite a few college students, diplomats, traders as well as common people just looking for a better life.
As for Yi himself, as of right now, there is not even the slightest indication that he will ask for a trade. Talk about it again when he actually demands it. And no, the speculation (or fact, doesn't matter) that he doesn't like playing for Milwaukee makes no freakin' difference. Are people gonna tell me if a player, be it a guy wanting to play for his home team, a bigger city, more money, a better/worse team or whatever, is always gonna get his wish and be happy about it? Whether Yi is happy about being in Milwaukee or not is irrelevant. It only becomes an issue when he refuses to suck it up and play, which hasn't even happened.
you probably werent following the nba at the time, but steve francis was widely criticized for his trade demands from vancouver. it took him awhile to get over that incident, as far as the media letting it go. i still hear people bring it up from time to time. if you only started following the nba when yao ming came here then you wouldnt know this. i dont understand why people are turning this into a racial issue? the guy is being a primadonna. that isnt exclusive to any race. he needs to count his blessings, shut up and play. its bad enough when an american player acts like a baby, but its going to be extra hard for him now - not only is he coming into a totally new culture, but he is going to be marked as a whiner.
francis was widely criticized for his primadonna like behavior. the media gave him alot of crap for it (and deservedly so). if you had been following the nba before yao came here than you would know this. people have been pulling this stuff from time to time long before yi and when they did the media called them out for it. yes, EVEN AMERICAN PLAYERS! american media criticizes american players when they pull this stuff. stop making this into a racial issue. some of yall need to get over yourselves.
If you skim through the entire thread, you'll find it was Mr. Clutch who (presumably jokingly) first brought "Chinese are racists" crap into here, which nyquil82 took it to another level. Don't bark up the wrong tree.
I don't disagree with you but my post is mainly directed at the fools who make it out like this is an international incident and try to bring politics into this topic. How more stupid can those fools get?
This thread was totally crap and bull........... And first, the US media and then you guys made a total splash of this out of nothing. Even though Milwaukee might not be the best place to go, or the Bucks is not Yi Jianlian's ideal/dream team, the kid has never said he wanted to force a Steve Francis on the Bucks. The reason why he has skipped the press conference in Milwaukee was simply he has to fly to Dallas immediately to rejoin the Chinese national team that had arrived June 30th and to get ready for the exhibition games with USA Under 19 national team on July 1, and the Dallas Mavericks summer league team on July 3, and the NBA Summer League in Las Vegas July 6 ~ 15. He had never said he wanted out of Milwaukee Bucks.
You mention that Yi will be preparing for the under 19 exhibition games,will Yi be playing in the under 19 exhibition games against the USA? If so how old is Yi?
The point is that whenever a Chinese person is involved in anything international, every Joe and his mom calls the blame on the Chinese government. As you can see pretty clearly from this thread alone
It has nothing to do with his age or not. It is one of the exhibition games that had been arranged between the senior Chinese national team in the USA. The schedules of the national team in USA is as follows: July 1 - 3 at Dallas July 1 vs USA Under 19 national team July 3 vs the summer league team of Dallas Mavericks Both matches will be played at the Southern Methodist University in Dallas. The national team will then depart for Las Vegas, and will play in the NBA summer league: July 6 vs Memphis Grizzlies July 7 vs Sacramento Kings July 8 vs Cleveland Cavaliers July 10 vs New York Knicks July 11 vs Boston Celtics And Yi Jianlian will be playing for the China national team in all these games, but not playing for the Milwaukee Bucks yet. Understandably, NBA and the Milwaukee Bucks had been notified about this arrangement by CBA up front.
In terms of sheer numbers, the mainland may have more... just due to the size difference... but in terms of "visible in daily life" as you stated... you will see more blacks on the street in HK than you would in the mainland. HK has thousands of African immigrants... just walk around TST... as well as thousands of African-American businessmen from the US... and black Englishmen from the UK. I have traveled to China numerous times over the years and have seen a black person only once... and that was a tourist from America.
The following trade will solve all the Rockets and Yi's problems, as well as some of the Bucks problems: Yi(Disgruntled Agent) and Mo Williams (Free Agent) for Shane (Top Trade Bait) and Rafer (Small worm bait) Yao, Yi, TMac, Wells, Mo - quite a nice lineup for Rox Rafer, Redd, Shane, Villanueva, Bogut - improvement for Bux
China as in where? China as in the underdeveloped areas or the major cities? I think you'd see significant difference depending on where you go. Beijing for example, has thousands of black students alone. Once again, they are not immigrants, nor Chinese for that matter, due the lack of an immigration policy, nor might they stay there permanently. But the fact is, they are there and they are significant. But as I've also said to Another Brother, I don't think they are numerous as can be in some other parts of the world. However, his initial point was that there was a lack of black folks in China (not their numbers) which I pointed out simply wasn't true. What is this? Another pointless piece of drivel from lil' SammyFisher? Presumably you'll now turn tail and run again like little twerp again? See you next thread.
China is oppressive and Communist, hello? It's not just "another country". Americans ridicule their own government more so than any other so your statement is just silly.
