Yi Jianlian
Basketball, Basketball Player
1987 –
Who is Yi Jianlian?
Yi Jianlian is a Chinese professional basketball player who plays for the Guangdong Southern Tigers of the Chinese Basketball Association. He has also played in the American National Basketball Association for the Milwaukee Bucks, New Jersey Nets, Washington Wizards, and Dallas Mavericks.
Yi joined the Guangdong Southern Tigers in 2002 and subsequently won the Rookie of the Year Award. In five years with the Tigers, he won three CBA titles, and also played with the Chinese national basketball team in the 2004 Summer Olympics and the 2006 FIBA World Championships. In the 2007 NBA Draft, he was selected by the Milwaukee Bucks as the sixth overall pick. Initially, Yi declined to sign with the Bucks for several months before agreeing to a contract with them on August 29, 2007. He played in the NBA until 2012, when he returned to the Guangdong Southern Tigers. He won another CBA championship in 2013.
There has been controversy over Yi's age, as several reports have testified that his officially listed birth date of October 27, 1987, was intentionally falsified by three years so he would be able to play longer in junior competitions. Yi has refused to comment on his age.
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- Born
- Oct 27, 1987
Heshan, Guangdong - Also known as
- Little Yi
- Parents
- Nationality
- China
- Profession
- Education
- Guangdong University of Technology
- Lived in
- Heshan, Guangdong
Submitted
on July 23, 2013
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