Posted at 8:25 p.m., Monday, July 2, 2007
NBA: Yi not talking about NBA, Bucks
Associated Press
DALLAS — Bucks top draft pick Yi Jianlian won't talk about the draft or the prospect of playing for Milwaukee.Yi is in Dallas with the China National Senior Team for two exhibition games. He said today that he was looking forward to playing against the Dallas Mavericks Summer Team tomorrow. But he declined for the second straight day to talk about the NBA.
"I don't want to talk about that," he said and walked away from reporters.
Agent Dan Fegan pushed for the 19-year-old Yi to go to a city with a heavy Asian influence. According to Census data, Milwaukee has a little more than 1,200 Chinese residents.
Yi's teammate, Sun Yue, said he is very pleased that he was drafted by the Los Angeles Lakers.
It's a good city for me. I know the place; I love the place," he said. "I played there in the ABA the last two seasons." It was the home court for Beijing Aoshen Olympian of the American Basketball Association.
"The people there are nice. They make me feel I'm not thinking about home as much."
"The NBA's always been my dream. The Lakers would be good for me. Phil Jackson is the coach with the triangle offense. They need a bigger player like me to run it," the 6-foot-9 Sun said.
