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**whiterhino** · 05-28-2007, 07:39 AM

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Originally Posted by Premier

Yi is likely older than Horford with much less talent, currently. How does he have better potential? You don't learn how to play basketball in the NBA. I just don't think he has great potential, especially when his prime is on average only six years away. If he was a high school kid, that would be fine, but he's be on the draft scene for three years now and cannot possibly be 19.

Yi has been known about for 2 or 3 years but he was not eligible for the draft until last season because he was too young, making him 19. Horford is older and has reached his ceiling in my opinion. I've watched Horford play quite a bit due to the Florida being on TV all the time. He's a "good" player, he is nothing special. He's not nearly as good as Al who is our PF for the next 10 years. He was surrounded by great players on a college team that overmatched most opponents. When he is a rookie on an NBA team he will be nothing special. Eventually he may be a decent back-up. That does not excite me...in the least. His game is sound but not spectacular in any form.

crash2002 · 05-31-2007, 07:19 AM

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=PS-WHTz2jEA

**ehmunro** · 05-31-2007, 07:37 AM

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Originally Posted by whiterhino

Yi has been known about for 2 or 3 years but he was not eligible for the draft until last season because he was too young, making him 19.

Yi has been 19 for years. Stop pretending. He's been on radar for four years now, he's more like 22 or 23.

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Originally Posted by whiterhino

Horford is older and has reached his ceiling in my opinion. I've watched Horford play quite a bit due to the Florida being on TV all the time. He's a "good" player, he is nothing special. He's not nearly as good as Al who is our PF for the next 10 years. He was surrounded by great players on a college team that overmatched most opponents. When he is a rookie on an NBA team he will be nothing special. Eventually he may be a decent back-up. That does not excite me...in the least. His game is sound but not spectacular in any form.

Eventually he may be a decent backup? He's already better than anyone not named Jefferson playing the 4/5 for Boston (which isn't saying much). He's going to be a solid starter in the NBA, and a much better NBA player than Noah.

**#1AntoineWalkerFan** · 05-31-2007, 07:41 AM

from the videos that ive seen the kid looks good...if we dont trade our pick and we cant get wright i really wouldnt mind having yi...his offensive game looks like it can already be fine in the nba...sure he probably couldnt guard me right now but with that size and athleticism im confident he can get better with experience

crash2002 · 05-31-2007, 08:06 AM

USA-China Post Game Quotes
ELTON BRAND
On the Chinese team:
The young guy (Yi Jianlian), he?s a pretty solid player. I don?t know what team he is on here or what league he is in, but he?s going to be a very good player.(Yi took Brand off the dribble for a Slam dunk)

**ehmunro** · 05-31-2007, 08:55 AM

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Originally Posted by #1AntoineWalkerFan

from the videos that ive seen the kid looks good...if we dont trade our pick and we cant get wright i really wouldnt mind having yi...his offensive game looks like it can already be fine in the nba...sure he probably couldnt guard me right now but with that size and athleticism im confident he can get better with experience

You do understand that he got abused by an NBA 12th man in the CBA championships, right? And that Brandon Crump, an undrafted Tennessee Vol that put up something like 11/5 as a senior, is posting a 28/14 line in the CBA, right? And that the CBA's two leading scorers, by a gigantic margin, were Anthony Myles and Gabe Muoneke (both around 32/game). Myles being a run of the mill starter at Xavier, Muoneke a run of the miull player at Texas, and neither were drafted by the NBA. The CBA, competition-wise, is below NCAA Div. 1 quality. And Yi didn't dominate the CBA. I think he'll be a nice player down the road, but there's a lot less separating him from Darius Miles or Jared Jeffries than you're acknowledging.

Jenness · 06-04-2007, 11:31 PM

Does anybody remember him playing in the 2004 Nike Hoop Summit game that included players like Dwight Howard, Al Jefferson and Josh Smith? I thought he looked like a total stiff. Not just figuratively but literally he had a very stiff form on his jumpshot (I remember him clanking a few) and Jefferson just killed him going for boards. Yi was about two seconds behind reacting to anything. I know Yi probably has improved since then and that kind of setting isn't the best for scouting purposes but even so, I'd like for a potential nba superstar to have the kind of talent whereby you know he's at the top of his peer class. Instead, Yi looked horribly out of place.

crash2002 · 06-05-2007, 01:07 AM

http://sports.yahoo.com/nba/news?sl...ov=ap&type=lgns

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Howard also talked up 7-foot Chinese forward Yi Jianlian, who's expected to go in the first round of this month's NBA draft. Howard was the first choice overall three years ago, and the two faced each other last year in the World Basketball Championships in Japan.

It might happen again for real in next year's Olympics in Beijing.

"I think he's going to be one of the best rookies to come out this year in the draft," Howard said.

"He's pretty physical, he can shoot, and he's quick for a 7-footer. But coming to America for somebody from China or any other country, his biggest trouble will be off the court -- as far as learning the language and our culture."

crash2002 · 06-07-2007, 01:33 PM

Here's a news vid about Yi's workout
http://www.56.com/u55/v_MTQzOTI3MDg.html
And it's not offical measurements.

The high of surveyor's pole is 12'.Yi can reach it, Yi's veritical reach >12'(3.67m?).

Here is a URL (if u can read chinese.
http://news3.xinhuanet.com/sports/20...nt_6207515.htm

Ainge on Yi,Thorton and Brewer Workout:
http://www.nba.com/celtics/draft/wor...-thornton.html

**Premier** · 06-07-2007, 02:17 PM

Yes, "but can he play?"

cgcatsfan · 06-07-2007, 02:47 PM

If there's one think the Celtics shouldn't do, it's take another "potential" player. Even if we take a great guard/forward and trade for a center, we'd be far better off.
Or trade the pick for a vet.

**#1AntoineWalkerFan** · 06-07-2007, 03:56 PM

physically the kids a monster...he has all the tools to be a 7-foot version of durant...sure he isnt strong in his upper body yet but i think weve all heard that durant couldnt benchpress 185 once...im assuming yi could do that...i say what the hell take a shot on him if we keep the pick and hes still there...hes more intruiguing of a prospect than brewer or thornton

rainman · 06-07-2007, 04:17 PM

Does Ainge even know what pick they have?. apparantly not.

aquaitious · 06-07-2007, 07:01 PM

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Originally Posted by rainman

Does Ainge even know what pick they have?. apparantly not.

You saw that too, eh?

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"Our staff has seen Yi numerous times over the last three years. [Probably] a dozen times, on the National Team, on the Tigers," said Ainge, who didn't want to compare Yi to any current players, but did allow that he reminded him somewhat of last year's first pick, Andrea Bargnani. "He's on the of the six guys we're considering with the sixth pick."

Meanwhile, Ainge's phone is still running with teams interested in acquiring the #5 pick

http://www.nba.com/celtics/draft/wor...-thornton.html

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