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I have no idea why the retired Scottie Pippen is commenting on this ongoing mess, but there he is – in China Daily, no less – encouraging Yi to abide by the draft and play in Milwaukee. This follows upon other reports mentioned in earlier posts that the rabid Chinese NBA fan base agrees with…

If Yi Jianlian ends up spending his season watching NBA highlights on a flatscreen in Guangzhou, he’ll at least have some Milwaukee Bucks gear to keep him company. According to ESPN, Yi had a sit-down with Bucks management on Friday, during which he was given his very own jersey. The ESPN story isn’t very clear…

ESPN news services are reporting that Milwaukee Bucks owner Herb Kohl has written a personal letter to his first round draft pick, Yi Jianlian, requesting a meeting with the player and his family. So far, the disgruntled Yi – who tried to engineer being drafted by a team in a city with a large Asian…

The NBA draft is over, and the Milwaukee Bucks have placed themselves in the unenviable position of having drafted China’s Yi Jianlian at No. 7. Unenviable, because prior to the draft Yi and his handlers notified the Bucks and several other interested teams that he was only interested in playing in a city with a…