Yi Jianlian

Yi Jianlian

Yi Jianlian, born in Heshan City, Jiangmen City, Guangdong Province, China on October 27, 1987, is a professional basketball player in China. He is a power forward / center and plays for the CBA Guangdong Dongguan Dayi team.

In 2002, 15-year-old Yi Jianlian entered the CBA and played for the Bank of Dongguan, Guangdong. In 2004, he was selected into the Chinese national men's basketball team. In 2005, it became the youngest MVP in the history of CBA. In 2007 NBA draft, Yi Jianlian was selected by Milwaukee Bucks in the sixth place in the first round. In 2008, he moved to the New Jersey Nets. On June 30, 2010, he transferred to the Washington Wizards. On October 8, 2011, Yi Jianlian returned to CBA to play for the bank team of Dongguan, Guangdong. In January 2012, Yi Jianlian signed a contract with Dallas Lone Ranger team; on July 27, Yi Jianlian served as the flag bearer of China's 2012 London Olympic Games delegation; on September 23, Yi Jianlian officially returned to Guangdong Hongyuan team and led the team to win the CBA championship again. On October 3, 2015, the Chinese men's basketball team led by Yi Jianlian won the 2015 Asian men's Basketball Championship and qualified for the Rio Olympic Games. In 2015, he won the title of China's top ten athletes. On December 5, 2017, Yi Jianlian was selected as the "global outstanding youth". On October 30, 2018, Yi Jianlian became the second player in CBA history to score more than 10000 points. On February 15, 2019, Yi Jianlian officially became the CBA history rebounding king. On March 15, 2019, Yi Jianlian became the first best defensive player in CBA. On May 3, 2019, Yi Jianlian won the CBA championship of 2018-19 season with Guangdong team and won the MVP of the finals. In the 2019-20 season, Yi Jianlian became the MVP of CBA regular season and was selected into the best first team of the season. At the end of the season, he won the CBA championship with Guangdong team.

In addition, Yi Jianlian is also the CBA history total score king, history total rebounding king, history total double king, regular season scoring king, regular season rebounding king, regular season double king and playoff blocking king.

Early experience

At the age of 2, Yi Jianlian moved to Shenzhen City, Guangdong Province with his parents who were transferred to work. In 1999, the 12-year-old, 1.94-meter-old Arab League and its partners signed up for the street basketball competition in Shenzhen, and were eliminated in the first round. However, Dai Yixin, a coach of amateur sports school on the sidelines, noticed the basketball potential of the Arab League. He first convinced the parents of LAS and asked him to participate in the training of Shenzhen sports school. Then he contacted the youth training coach of CBA Guangdong Hongyuan South China tiger club to design a systematic training program for las and began his basketball career. In May 2002, he participated in the adidacd training camp held by Beijing University of physical education. In July, Yi Jianlian went to New Jersey on behalf of China to participate in the ABCD training camp held by Adidas. Among the 246 players, Yi Jianlian was the only one from outside the United States. Average 5.2 rebounds per game, ranking first in training camp.

Career

CBA career

On October 29, 2000, Yi Jianlian, 13 years old and 2.02 meters tall, was selected by Guangdong Hongyuan South China tiger club as a member of the youth team.

In the 2002-03 season, the 16-year-old Allianz participated in the CBA League as a rookie (Center / power forward) of Guangdong Hongyuan team, helping to win the championship of the regular season and the runner up of the finals; he also won the runner up of the dunk contest and the best rookie award of the league.

In 2003-04 season, Yi Jianlian played 28 times for Guangdong team in CBA League, averaging 9.7 points and 5.9 rebounds.

In the 2004-05 season, Yi Jianlian became the youngest and most valuable player in the history of CBA with an average of 19.8 points and 9.7 rebounds in the finals.

In 2005-06 season, Yi Jianlian played 52 times for the team in the league, averaging 20.5 points and 9.7 rebounds per game, and finally helped the team win the CBA championship.

In the 2006-07 season, Yi Jianlian averaged 24.9 points and 11.5 rebounds in the regular competition. Guangdong team lost 1-4 to Bayi team in the finals and won the second place.

In 2011-12 season, CBA Guangdong Hongyuan basketball club officially announced that Yi Jianlian has completed the player registration of CBA new season and signed a one-year contract with Guangdong team. After four seasons in NBA, Yi Jianlian will return to China to play in CBA League on behalf of Guangdong team. On January 7, 2012, the Dallas Mavericks officially announced the signing of a one-year contract with Yi Jianlian. But because of the suspension of the NBA, Yi Jianlian chose to play in Guangdong team for the time being. However, he was accidentally injured in the knee by his teammate during the game, which delayed his contact with the NBA team and delayed his return to the NBA. During the NBA lockout, Las played three games on behalf of Guangdong team, with 16.7 points and 10.3 rebounds per game.

At the beginning of the 2012-13 season, Yi Jianlian signed a contract with the former CBA parent team, Guangdong Dongguan bank, for one year, and played a full season in CBA. This will also be Yi Jianlian's seventh season for the Guangdong team. On March 30, 2013, in the fourth game of CBA finals, Shandong team, with a total score of 0-3, played against Guangdong team. In the end, Guangdong beat Shandong 94-74 and won the championship with a total score of 4-0. Yi Jianlian helped Guangdong team win the eighth championship in the history of CBA. Yi Jianlian was elected the MVP of the finals for the second time. Before that, he had won the MVP of the regular season and all star games, becoming the first player in the history of CBA to win three MVPs.

In 2013-14 season, Las played 41 games for Guangdong team, averaging 23.3 points and 12.9 rebounds. In the semi-final stage of the playoffs, the Guangdong Hongyuan team led by LAS was defeated by Beijing Jinyu team, resulting in the team stopping in the semi-finals.

On February 29, 2016, the results of 2015-16 CBA regular season MVP selection were released. Yi Jianlian won the local player MVP, becoming the first player to win the regular season MVP for four times in the history of CBA League.

On October 28, 2016, after being cut off by the Los Angeles Lakers on October 25, Yi Jianlian announced his return to Dongguan bank.

On January 14, 2018, Yi Jianlian won the most valuable player of CBA all star game.

On October 30, 2018, Guangdong beat Shandong 120-96, and Yi Jianlian played for 32 minutes, scoring 19 points, 15 rebounds, 3 assists, 2 steals and 1 block in 5 of 8 shots. During this period, he got the first ten thousand of his CBA career through free throw, becoming the second player in CBA history to score more than ten thousand.

On November 14, 2018, in the 11th round of the CBA regular season, Guangdong team beat Tianjin team 118-103 at home. Yi Jianlian, the team's inside line, scored 42 points in this game, setting a new record for a single game this season. In this game, Yi Jianlian started the game for 32 minutes, with 14 of 23 two-point shots, 3 of 6 three-point shots, 5 of 8 free throws and 42 points and 11 rebounds. Among them, 42 points set a new record for his own single game this season.

On January 1, 2019, the 27th round of the 2018-19 CBA regular season begins, and Guangdong will challenge Xinjiang away. Yi Jianlian of Guangdong team surpassed Tang Zhengdong in total rebounds and rose to the second place in CBA history. In the middle of the fourth quarter, Yi Jianlian grabbed the 4889 rebounds of his CBA career. So far, his career rebounds officially surpassed Tang Zhengdong and rose to the second place in CBA history. It is worth mentioning that Munk bater ranks first in CBA history with 4978 rebounds.

On February 15, 2019, with 4984 rebounds, Yi Jianlian officially surpassed Munk bater and became the CBA history rebounding king.

On March 15, 2019, Yi Jianlian became the best defensive player of CBA in 2018-19 season and the first best defensive player in CBA history.

On May 3, 2019, Yi Jianlian won the CBA championship of 2018-19 season with Guangdong team and won the most valuable player of CBA finals. On November 5, the second round of the new season cba regular season started in an all-round way. Yi Jianlian had 33 points and 7 rebounds, and his career total score exceeded 11000 points.

On November 21, 2019, in the eighth round of the 2019-20 season cba regular season, Guangdong away game against Tianjin. At the end of the second quarter with 2 minutes and 36 seconds left, Yi Jianlian got 2 points by grabbing offensive rebounds, which was Yi Jianlian's 11166th point in his CBA career. At the same time, this goal also made him surpass Zhu Fangyu and become the historical scoring king of CBA League.

On June 28, 2020, the first stage of CBA semi-finals will continue, with Guangdong men's basketball team playing Fujian men's basketball team. At present, Yi Jianlian has grabbed 5 rebounds, and the total number of CBA regular season rebounds has reached 4252, surpassing Tang Zhengdong and becoming the history rebounding king of CBA League.

On July 2, 2020, the first stage of CBA semi-finals will continue, with Guangdong men's basketball team playing Beikong men's basketball team. At present, Yi Jianlian has got 20 points, and the CBA regular season score has reached 9277 points, surpassing Liu Wei and becoming the history scoring king of CBA League.

On July 30, 2020, CBA officially announced that Yi Jianlian was elected C of the 2019-2020 season with 259 points

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