Over a two-week period, I will be breaking down the strengths and weaknesses of the Washington Wizards players. So far, I have evaluated the games of Andray Blatche, JaVale McGee, Josh Howard, Gilbert Arenas and Kirk Hinrich. Today's breakdown is Yi Jianlian.
Yi Jianlian is a 7'0" forward/center, weighing in at 250 pounds. He is only 22 years of age, and was traded from the New Jersey Nets to the Wizards this offseason, in a move to clear up salary cap space to go after the big-name free agents.
Jianlian is joining his third team in four years. He was drafted by the Milwaukee Bucks, and spent two seasons averaging a respectable 8.6 points and 5.3 rebounds per game. Last season, he was traded to New Jersey, and while on an awful team averaged 12 points, 7.2 rebounds and one block per game.
Even though he has had decent career averages, he has fallen short of expectations in his first three seasons. Jianlian has spent much of the offseason working on his game, and began to reap the benefits while at the World Championships this summer. He averaged 20.2 points and 10.6 rebounds playing for the Chinese National team. Many saw this as his coming out p ...
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Washington Wizards: Breaking Down Forward/Center Yi Jianlian’s Potential
October 20th, 2010 by Michael Mohajeri Leave a reply »
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