It's well-known in most professional sports circles (any fraternal organization, for that matter) that rookies are routinely hazed by veteran players as they struggle to "learn the ropes". As Yi's new Bucks teammate Desmond Mason has made abundantly clear, the lanky Chinese power forward will be no exception.
Qiao Liang says the most difficult thing in life is to do a double-double flip. If you can pull that off, he says, you can do anything.
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.
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