Yi's offseason. - Message Board Basketball Forum

gigantes · 08-05-2009, 02:45 PM

thanks to umberto at nets daily!

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some gifs from game 1 (china-australia) taken from Chinese forum:

The improved body control, quick layup and he still managed to change course..,.and it actually went in

The "standard" Yi's charge (this one was good though)

The not-so-fluid left hook, still managed to put into the basket. Amazing, I actually expected it to be an uncontrolled ugly throw:

3-step lightning slam:

one of the clean blocks:

EDIT: you guys know how to blow these up to see more detail, right?

gigantes · 08-05-2009, 02:48 PM

thanks to love4thegame for these shots from practice:

MTing · 08-05-2009, 03:08 PM

Hes definitely looking better offensively but I wouldnt get to excited. After all it was against an Australian team without Bogut.

We'll just have to wait for October 28

wang4three · 08-05-2009, 08:25 PM

He's a much better player when he's confident. Hopefully he brings that to the table this year.

JerzeyBlaze · 08-06-2009, 03:16 PM

Looks like Yi packed on some guns and he looks very confident. Although i did bash him in the past... i hope that he can help the NETS this year.

gigantes · 08-07-2009, 09:06 AM

another solid game. this time against india:
http://english.sina.com/sports/p/2009/0806/261332.html

then india gets mad:

gyu · 08-08-2009, 06:34 PM

The guy broke a finger or something like that from doing that

MTing · 08-08-2009, 08:02 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by gigantes

another solid game. this time against india:
http://english.sina.com/sports/p/2009/0806/261332.html

then india gets mad:

Kiddlovesnets · 08-11-2009, 03:57 AM

Quote:

Originally Posted by gigantes

another solid game. this time against india:
http://english.sina.com/sports/p/2009/0806/261332.html

then india gets mad:

lol this is epic.

gigantes · 08-11-2009, 01:04 PM

so, another solid game versus lebanon:

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 	   	      FG          2pts  	  3pts  	  FT  	               Rbds
Name 	Min  	M/A  	%  	M/A  	%  	M/A  	%  	M/A  	%  	O  	D  	Tot  	Ast  	PF  	TO  	St  	BS  	Pts
J. YI  	39  	9/13  	69.2  	9/12  	75  	0/1  	0  	1/4  	25  	3  	10  	13  	3  	2  	3  	1  	5  	19

don't you just love that newborn innocent look?

yi had to get by this guy twice- once past his arms and once past his nose:

juuuuuust a little late:

MTing · 08-11-2009, 05:13 PM

Thanks for the updates on Yi Gigs.

gigantes · 08-12-2009, 09:34 AM

sure, MT.

it's been a long offseason, hasn't it? gotta find some things to amuse ourselves with. :S

MTing · 08-12-2009, 03:21 PM

lol Got that right.
I just wanna see a move. ANY MOVE! Even if its firing and hiring a new popcorn guy!

(Though Joe the popcorn guy was MVP last year)

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Originally Posted by gigantes

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joe the popcorn guy

worked long and hard to make sure that every fan had an equal number of kernals in their bag.

gigantes · 08-12-2009, 10:38 PM

bwahahaha

...had totally forgotten that thread. XD

gigantes · 08-13-2009, 02:15 PM

hey, i know this has to be taken with a grain of salt, but if we were asked before this offseason what we wanted yi to accomplish, he's pretty much done it all- bulked up, worked on his decision-making / skills, and shown success in games.

coming up are three games in three days to further measure the young man. from the latest article:

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He's running the floor, dunking the ball on fast breaks, hitting long shots, making assists, rebounding and anchoring China's defence.

Yi Jianlian, 21 years old and 2.13 metres (seven-foot) tall, is coming of age at the ongoing Asian Basketball Championships, replacing the iconic but injured Yao Ming as the core player on Team China.

In six unbeaten matches, Yi is leading China with 18.5 points per game, 10.8 rebounds and 2.5 blocked shots and is second on the team in assists with 2.7 per match.

http://news.ph.msn.com/article.aspx?...mentid=3526571