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Another overhyped player. He showed glimpses of a good game but he is not consistent even when he is playing for the Chinese team. Consistency is always the key. Maybe he will play better for the Nets because they lack some big men. I won't be surprise if the Nets will be the better team then the Bucks.

The expectations for this guy in NJ are not too high. He just needs to go out there and play hard. Score points and grab rebounds on a consistent basis and everyone will be happy.

More mid-level internationals entering the league. I wonder, is he better than a college baller that didn't get drafted?

More mid-level internationals entering the league. I wonder, is he better than a college baller that didn't get drafted?
Petey024 | 08/20/08, 09:14 AM

No he is not; And what bothers me is he isn't even a hard worker on the floor; Doesn't chase down balls, jump for boards, hussle plays.
Not worth first round pick.

Another overhyped player. He showed glimpses of a good game but he is not consistent even when he is playing for the Chinese team. Consistency is always the key. Maybe he will play better for the Nets because they lack some big men. I won't be surprise if the Nets will be the better team then the Bucks.

Guam Baller | 08/20/08, 08:30 AM
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i aggree i saw him miss some open layups but then he had a dunk over dwight howard so as many coaches say he has flashes of potential but like you say he has no consistency

ok... what yall are forgetting... is that he's only 19 yrs old. Jermain O'Neil sucked his rookie year. Yao sucked too his first year. he might not be a SUPER STAR and probably won't be one either but give him a few years to bloom... ya'll will eat your words.

he'll be like a lamar odom at his best when he peaks out. versitile but won't be able to count on him.

Yi was a disappoint in the Olympics. What will New Jersey bring?

ok... what yall are forgetting... is that he's only 19 yrs old. Jermain O'Neil sucked his rookie year. Yao sucked too his first year. he might not be a SUPER STAR and probably won't be one either but give him a few years to bloom... ya'll will eat your words.

he'll be like a lamar odom at his best when he peaks out. versitile but won't be able to count on him.

beef keef | 08/20/08, 11:41 AM

But those guys were not picked so high in the draft, thats the difference. Jermaine O'Neal wasnt supposed to immediatley help a team straight outta high school, those expectations were not there like there were for Yi. Yao didnt really suck his rookie year either, he is a big playing against Shaq and other great bigs in the League, but once again he was a project pick. Everyone knew it would be a couple years.

More mid-level internationals entering the league. I wonder, is he better than a college baller that didn't get drafted?

Petey024 | 08/20/08, 09:14 AM
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Nice analogy. You're an idiot. Go away.

Yi compared to Kwame Brown? Both busts!

Nice analogy. You're an idiot. Go away.

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Joe Dew: Go USA | 08/20/08, 12:02 PM

my point with JO was that he was young comiing into the league to give Yi chance to develop. With Yao i meant that it took him a season to get used to USA basketball and the physicalness of the sport here.

Yi's stats aren't that bad he was a 8pt 5rb player his rookie year while avg 25mins a game. I am sure his numbers will be go up and he'll probably be close to a 14pt 8rb type of player this season or next.

Nice analogy. You're an idiot. Go away.

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If Kwame Brown was pressuring him. he doesn't have what it takes.

Yi Jianlin may have not been very good this year, but comparing him to Kwame Brown's rookie year? Isn't that going a little too far?

Yi is OK, he's really not a bad player, but any expectations out of this team to do anything legit are waay to farfetched

lol.....some of you are really xenophobic.

I am absolutely NOT saying he is 'great' or even 'good'
but give the kid at least 2-3 years before you call him a 'bust' or that he 'sucks'....big men typically take more time to develop than guards. They need time to physically develop to adjust to the NBA pounding
- FYI - check out Dirks 1st year in the NBA....very similar #'s.
I AM NOT SAYING HE WILL BE LIKE or BETTER THAN DIRK
just that it takes time to develop

The Nets aren't going to be a good team next year anyway. So, there really is no pressure on Yi to be a winner. All the guy has to do is improve his game and hopefully sell some jerseys in the Chinese market.

He brings more of a marketing side than a playing side right now anyway.

Yi is a top prospect and he's 7 feet tall, but he's not a center like Yao.