Yi

[ryan nelson]

For those who wanted Yi, he played against the US under 19 team
yesterday (all high schoolers I think) and had 1 point until the 4th
quarter when the US built a 20 point lead.  He finished with 15 points
playing against high schoolers.
 
I know it is only one game and he was probably not prepared, but I am so
glad we did not draft this guy.
 
Marc Stein on Yi's performance:
That's because it wasn't exactly Yi's finest two hours.
He had one point and four fouls entering the fourth quarter of China's
91-75 defeat. He missed badly on two early attempts to finish inside
with his left hand, even though he wasn't facing especially polished
defenders. There's no denying it: For long stretches in his first game
since the Bucks made him the No. 6 overall selection in Thursday's
draft, Yi either looked uptight or tired.
Yet it's probably worth pointing out that Yi, even in that condition,
still managed to drop 14 points in a surprisingly spirited final period,
even though there were at least two occasions that he lagged behind the
action while gasping for breath.
He's not in game shape, true. But a quick flurry of seven points with
Bucks scout Scott Howard watching courtside -- one silky J and a long
3-pointer to live up to his vaunted shooting touch, followed by a quick
and nimble spin through the lane to sink a running one-hander -- flashed
just enough skill to hint at why Howard's bosses felt they couldn't pass
on this guy, no matter how much trouble they face getting him to
Wisconsin.
Whether you believe he's 19 or 22, Yi is an unquestionably mobile
7-footer. He has quick feet, he's got a perimeter game and, by all
accounts, he wants to be coached. Sounds like upside to me. The
proverbial stuff you can't teach.
It's also easier to rationalize some of his Sunday struggles when you
remember that he's practiced only once with his countrymen since flying
in from New York ... and when the international rules in place made the
game so much grabbier than an NBA game would be ... and when you're
reminded that guard play (Lakers draftee Sun Yue included) remains a
big-time weakness for China, which is always going to affect Yi's
effectiveness when Yao Ming isn't there to open up the floor (Yao wasn't
in attendance due to a shoulder injury).