Basketball nuts know Yi for his clutch shooting and crafty rebounding. Young girls rhapsodize about his smile and his expressive black eyes. And businessmen see him as a global brand. But is he ready for such a multi-faceted role on basketball's biggest stage?
World and Olympic 110m hurdles champion Liu Xiang said he is preparing for the 2008 Beijing Olympics as if he was a freshman.
"I guess you guys are gonna ask me how will we deal with Yi Jianlian's absence in new season," Guangdong Tigers head coach Li Chunjiang said when a group of reporters approached him during the team's training session.
Zhang Guozheng, 2004 Athens Olympic weightlifting champion, is at the center of a dramatic tug-of-war between China's Yunnan and Shanxi provinces since he will most certainly be a title contender at next year's Olympics in Beijing .
Yao Ming and Yi Jianlian both failed to deliver victories in their preseason games yesterday with only a week to go before the regular season begins.
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