03-04-2008, 04:16 AM
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Yi admits to being tired
Tom Enlund takes a look at what's ailing Yi:
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Yi Jianlian is burned out.
The Milwaukee Bucks' rookie forward, who has been mired in a slump for weeks, admits that playing basketball constantly over the last ten months or so has left him on empty and that his performance has declined because of it.
"I want to play good and that's what I'm trying to do," said Yi through his interpreter. "Right now, the reason I feel I'm playing not so good is that I'm tired. I've been playing since last summer, all through this season, all these games without a stop.
"I'm tired out."
Asked how long it had been since he'd been away from basketball, there was a long pause as Yi looked skyward and tried to recall. Finally he said, "Last year in April I had about two weeks of rest."
Yi's fatigue is an interesting revelation coming on the heels of the news out of Houston last week that Yao Ming, Yi's Chinese teammate, would miss the remainder of the NBA season because of a stress fracture in his left foot. Yao and Yi both put in a busy summer playing for the Chinese national team.
Yi suffered a left-ankle sprain in Sunday's loss to Indiana and the Bucks have listed his condition as day-to-day. And his weariness has been reflected in his play.
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Yikes.
A lot more at Chinese national team, NBA season taking a toll on Yi. |
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