Eazy Yi Signs With Milwaukee Bucks
My fellow basketball fans, our long (inter)national nightmare is over: After months of hand-wringing, international intrigue, strange (and often hilarious) requests, frustration, and general confusion, the Milwaukee Bucks have finally inked first round pick Yi Jianlian.
After Bucks owner Herb Kohl made a trip to Hong Kong to conduct personal negotiations with Yi’s representatives, the young Chinese star signed a multiyear deal with the Bucks, ending a saga that began on draft night when he was selected with the sixth overall pick by Milwaukee.
“We all anticipate Yi’s arrival and welcome him and his family to Milwaukee,” Kohl said. “We look forward to a successful relationship for many years to come.”
“We have also secured some of the finest Chinese hotties in the entire city of Milwaukee for Eazy Yi to choose from,” Kohl did not add.
On a serious note, can you imagine how much pressure to perform Yi is going to be under once the season starts? And it will be unfair, because from the day he was drafted, it was painfully clear that his handlers were the ones delaying his signing by making ridiculous demands and threatening that he might just stay in China if the Bucks didn’t trade him.
Best of luck in the League, Yi. You’ll need it.
31 Responses to “Eazy Yi Signs With Milwaukee Bucks”
Aug.29 at 10:38 am
BigWalt206 says:
Hopefully he can still find a nice cheese loving beer drinking Wisconsin bred asian woman…because thats what this was all about right?
Aug.29 at 10:48 am
Slobodan Chutzpah says:
I have a sneaking feeling that despite all of this he might actually make it. Wouldn’t be the first time I’ve been wrong, mind. Well, at least he can take solace in having the coolest nickname in the L.
Aug.29 at 11:41 am
Russ Bengtson says:
I’m willing to give him doubt of his benefit.
Aug.29 at 11:52 am
phatjay says:
he played great in the summer league , I can’t wait to see him in some real games
Aug.29 at 12:11 pm
mr. 1738 says:
well mark my word folks he will not be a bust there is just too much talent with this guy he may not hit the gate running but he will at least be solid as far as his contributions
Aug.29 at 12:18 pm
Zee says:
I cannont wait for this guy to get dunked on.
Aug.29 at 12:18 pm
Zee says:
REPEATEDLY.
Aug.29 at 12:19 pm
Mr. Bob Dobolina says:
Andrew “Vegemite Sandwich” Bogut will make him cry at least twice in practice.
Aug.29 at 12:32 pm
Ryu says:
Send him to the D-League. I think he would be a great bench player there. Zee: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Cv-5P7OJnwk
Aug.29 at 12:35 pm
Reggie Evans says:
Hollinger is doubting the Yi.
Aug.29 at 12:35 pm
Russ Bengtson says:
Yao’s parents should open a second restaurant in Milwaukee immediately.
Aug.29 at 12:36 pm
SMK says:
Yi should buy Spree’s yacht, keep it in town where it belongs.
Aug.29 at 1:25 pm
Jess says:
finally….. I am so sick of hearing about him. He better have one hell of a season to make up for this ridiculous sidning delay.
Aug.29 at 1:26 pm
Jess says:
thats signing delay^
Aug.29 at 1:58 pm
Blue says:
Well at least now we know 2 people are a lock to start in the All-Star for ‘08…Yao and Yi
Aug.29 at 2:06 pm
slate says:
They have Chinese hotties in Milwaukee?
Aug.29 at 2:42 pm
Gary says:
He will be a allstarbecause of chinese fans.
not fair really
Aug.29 at 3:01 pm
Tarzan Cooper says:
eazy yi tha muthaphuckin real
Aug.29 at 3:18 pm
J says:
Eazy Yi, Eazy Yi, Eazy Yi can eat a big fat _ _ _ _…… x2
Aug.29 at 3:34 pm
Jon says:
Finally Milwaukee Bucks got their man. From watching at the summer league and overseas for last few months, the kid can definitely play. Since he plays like a guard that has the body of a center, there will be match up problems.
I think Yi and Kevin Durant might be contenders of the rookie of the year because durant will get his points because he shoots like 20 to 30 fg attempts per game frow what i saw of him during the summer league games.
Aug.29 at 3:42 pm
Hoop Dreamz says:
Blue: ain’t that the truth, 1.4 billion people can’t lose an election… Unless the ASG is in Florida.
Aug.29 at 4:17 pm
Tariq says:
I don’t remember Wang Zhi Zhi ever coming close to getting even Troy-Hudson-rap-album-sales type votes for the ASG.
Aug.29 at 8:30 pm
Reggie Evans says:
It’s going to strain US-China relations if the Bucks don’t play Yi significant minutes this year.
Aug.29 at 8:32 pm
Reggie Evans says:
Don’t you guys know that Yao beat Shaq in the domestic balloting, too? If everyone in a country just voted for their countrymen, wouldn’t Barbosa have made the All-Star team? Brazil has 1.9 million citizens.
Aug.29 at 10:17 pm
Chief says:
he’s finished Kobe’s gonna do what he did to D12 in his first year. And Show him that league is still dominated by one man.
Aug.29 at 11:58 pm
NZ Baller says:
He could well be an All Star huh? Granted Wang Zhi-Zhi wasn’t, but Yi was a top draft pick and is much more high profile. That would be seriously horrific.
Aug.30 at 12:04 am
Domo says:
he’s not even that good im still tripping on how they let Corey Brewer get past their way. But hey thats what you get when you have a manger like Larry Harris. I know im from the Mil-town but we gonna get are team back to the playoffs. The last time the Bucks were legit was 2001 (the big 3) after the big 3 left the Bucks were in and out the first round. Im Ghost…!!
Aug.30 at 12:19 am
bootlace says:
Brazil has 1.9 million ASIAN citizens, their total population is close to 200million. And reason Barbosa wasnt an All-Star is because people care more about soccer there. Wang Zhizhi and Bateer werent as marketable/popular as Yi is and they sucked, Yi WILL make the allstar team.
Aug.30 at 3:31 pm
Whipton says:
Yi = Rookie of the year
Aug.30 at 9:08 pm
Eazy Yi says:
Thankyou Whipton
Sep.2 at 11:45 pm
JpT says:
Yi = ROY? SERIOUSLY??? …if ROY will be up for voting in the net. i think he might get it.