Sports Talk with MC

by MC

For a newcomer, Yi Jianlian, or those who are handling him, are making too much of a fuss about Yi not being a “good fit” for the Milwaukee.

I’m not NBA GM or scout, but how bad can it be? Sure, the Milwaukee area only has around 1,200 Chinese residents, but what is this about anyway, basketball, or marketing? As much as the two are interwoven into each other these days, the former, ideally, still should take precedence over the latter.

Maybe the Bucks could have been better served by drafting Corey Brewer? Or maybe even Joakim Noah? As good as Yi is (or can be), is he worth all this trouble?

And who did the Bucks draft anyhow, the Communist Party, or Yi Jianlian?

It’s just quite aggravating to know that an NBA team is going this far to get someone who, well, isn’t Michael Jordan, or, maybe, even Yao Ming.

Am I the only one who feels this way, or have others felt irked at all of Yi’s (or his people’s) whining?

What do you folks think?

Now I’m not being a racist or anything. This entire situation is just becoming more and more impractical for the non-Chinese party involved.

If you’re the sort who wants top-shelf drama, though, go to Hollywood, and look up, “Kobe Bryant”. There, you’ll be able to get your money’s worth in terms of tears shed, backbiting, Andrew Bynum-slurs, and whining about being the most maligned multimillionaire on Earth.

Ah, life in today’s NBA.

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