Yi to Sacamento?

by Da Jrich tribute on Jul 23, 2007 11:20 PM PDT Comment 15 comments

The stalemate between the Milwaukee Bucks and Yi Jianlian enters its second week today amid emerging details that Sacramento would be one of the preferred destinations for the lottery-pick forward if he is successful in forcing a trade, The Bee has learned.
Whether any talks between the Kings and the Bucks have taken place is not known. Sacramento co-owner Gavin Maloof declined comment Wednesday night before watching courtside as Yi and the Chinese national team played the Boston Celtics in summer-leauge action at UNLV, and the Milwaukee officials could not be reached. Yi's agent, Dan Fegan, also said he did not want to comment, hoping to avoid further inflaming a difficult situation.

heres the link http://www.sacbee.com/100/story/268921.html

Yi in a Sacramento uniform? We will have to face him many times this upcoming year if this trade goes down. But how will he get minutes, the front court is already crowded with newly signed Mikki Moore, Brad Miller, 1st round pick Spencer Hawes, Kenny Thomas, and Cal legend Shareff Abur Rahim.

I thought he wanted to come to the bay, not way up north.

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Milwaulkee: The Problem

Dealing for Yi would be a logical move since Sac needs to rebuild and get its fans something to cheer about. With Artest and the rest of the squad sucking, they need to get reloaded and fast.

There is a huge obstacle with getting Yi: the Bucks.

Milwaulkee is so incompetent they have literally handcuffed themselves. Their depth chart:

PG: Maurice Williams
SG: Michael Redd, David Noel
SF: Desmond Mason, Bobby Simmons
PF: Charlie Villanueva
C: Andrew Bogut, Dan Gadzuric

So they have a glaring hole at SF because Desmond Mason, well...sucks, and Bobby Simmons has been hurt and otherwise uneffective the last couple years.

The 4/5 spots have virtually no depth, and PG is beyond screwed if Mo is hurt.

They are also capped out and have two huge contracts in Gadzuric (4 years, $24M remaining) and Simmons (about 3 years, $29M).

They don't have any mid-sized deals or expiring contracts to help balance books, which means any trade has to involve:

An exchange of picks and/or cash for Yi

Swapping some big ugly contracts

Then there's a question of how much Yi is worth, exactly. Everyone else has to think MIL is screwed and needs to deal him, but MIL doesn't seem inclined to admit its royally screwed.

Sacramento could, theoretically, solve some depth problems for Milwaukee because John Salmons and say, Shareef Abdur-Raheem might be useful
...but Sac would have to take back nearly as bad a contract in return.

Sac is also suffering from a frontcourt glut ('Reef, Thomas, Moore, Miller, Hawes). Yi would only add to the glut of PF/C's.

Interesting to see how these guys work something out. Another team might be needed to fix the messes that are their rosters. Ugh.

Questions? Complaints?

(AIM: JetForze; email: Jon.d.ma@gmail.com)

by OptionZero on Jul 23, 2007 11:40 PM PDT reply actions 0 recs

hahahahaha, your right

The roster really sucks. The screwed themselves over by drafting Yi. They needed a samll forward and Corey Brewer was still on the board at #6. Can we get Yi without getting those ugly contracts?

i hope we win a championship soon

by Da Jrich tribute on Jul 23, 2007 11:46 PM PDT reply actions 0 recs

We should just trade Wright for Yi

...straight up. Why not? The Wolves have few option, and I'd much rather have Yi. Wright's only 200 pounds!!! That's pathetic.

by Jeremy Belvins on Jul 23, 2007 11:53 PM PDT reply actions 0 recs

he's still

tougher then yi and he has a lot of room to gain. plus he is light and quick and thats how nellie will like him. when he gains a lot of muscle mass, he will still be a great athlete.

by Proof on Jul 24, 2007 12:33 AM PDT up reply actions 0 recs

plus,

weight is not a statistic you should go by. KD can't even bench 185 and i bet wright is stronger then him, but who would u rather have. go by some real stats. didn't Yi practically do nothing in the summer league, which is not that great of an arguement considering that Wright didn't play, but i think wright tore it up in college while Yi played against inferior talent in china.

by Proof on Jul 24, 2007 12:35 AM PDT up reply actions 0 recs

just because hes 200 pounds

doesnt mean hes pathetic. Look at Kevin Durant. Wright was the freshman of the year in the ACC and honestly, i think hes more ready than Yi becasue it takes longer for big mans from over seas to develope. Ex/Dirk, AB, Yao etc.

i hope we win a championship soon

by Da Jrich tribute on Jul 23, 2007 11:57 PM PDT reply actions 0 recs

I never said HE was pathetic

...just his weight. But, maybe "pathetic" was poor choice of words.

by Jeremy Belvins on Jul 25, 2007 6:34 PM PDT up reply actions 0 recs

i don't really like this diary too much

it specifically says that no one knows if sactown is even talking to milwuake. should a make a diary that says "Yi to (insert asian populated city here)???" and then blab about that. lol

by Proof on Jul 24, 2007 12:52 AM PDT reply actions 0 recs

Proof

check your email (the AIM.com one)

Questions? Complaints?

(AIM: JetForze; email: Jon.d.ma@gmail.com)

by OptionZero on Jul 24, 2007 1:03 AM PDT up reply actions 0 recs

this would suck tho!!

cuz then hella asians from the bay would be reppin a sactown jersey daaaamn!

by Proof on Jul 24, 2007 12:53 AM PDT reply actions 0 recs

Yi Jianlian

He would definitely fit Sacramento's plan to rebuild the franchise. At this point, Yi's just slightly better than our own Patrick O'Bryant. If Yi really wants to play in the NBA, it would either be in Sactown or just stick to playing in Milwaukee. He won't be too much of a threat to us. Sactown has a glaring hole at PG and SF positions. This is assuming they're still looking into trading both Mike Bibby and Ron Artest. If Sacramento would like to incorporate Yi in their regular rotation (if they actually acquire him), he would have to play the SF position. Same goes for if he were to play in Milwaukee. Like everyone has noticed, the Bucks are already loaded at the PF; Yi's natural position. In other words, I don't want him on our beloved Warriors unless Milwaukee wants future picks and/or cash for him.

by Phil T28 on Jul 24, 2007 8:37 AM PDT reply actions 0 recs

Yi Hah

I was at the Cox Pavillion in Las Vegas on July 7th and saw the Warriors play against N.O. I also saw Yi and the Chinese National team play that day. I saw Yi's agent, Don Fegen, talking to the members of the Sacramento contigent including the Maloofs.

I don't believe he is a good fit with the Kings. I don't think his "handlers" (Fegen and the Chinese officials) think his game is best suited to play with the Kings or any teams other than the Warriors and Phoenix. He did not look all that great with his National team either because there is very little NBA talent on that team and their coach has a language/communication problem. I do not blame Yi or his "handlers" in trying to force the issue with where he plays because it is the diffence between him looking like a huge BUST or posssibly becoming a SPECIAL talent.

Phoenix may not be interested and there is not a large Asian population in Arizona. So, the Golden State Warriors are the #1 choice. I believe that Mullin can take major advantage of this as the pressure mounts on the Buck's mgmt. By feigning only casual interest, Mullin could possibly get him by trading only players who are not in the plans for this year's roster anyways.

Fans who were hot to see him acquired pre-draft, have written him off as a bust after reports of dissappointment filtered from the summer league. At the very least, if the W's were to get him, he would be another asset needed if a KG trade were to happen. What do we have to lose? Pietrus? Cabbage? POB? Cabarkapa? Big deal, Yi hah.

by World B Free on Jul 24, 2007 2:58 PM PDT reply actions 0 recs

One issue:

I think people are forgetting the fact that b/c Yi has no intention to sign with Milwaukee, his draft rights actually do not count against the cap. That means that unless he signs with milwaukee, any trade that can be done will be either Yi's rights for a future draft pick, cash or a deal involving taking a player with a bad contract + Yi.

So in a sense if we traded them pietrus and Cabbages, we'd have to take back players with a salary comparable to theirs on top of Yi's.. So giving them our "crap" would mean that we would have to take back some of their "crap" + Yi.

by ThermoElectro on Jul 24, 2007 4:21 PM PDT reply actions 0 recs

Then what about

a future first round pick for Yi? We could also throw in a second round pick if they think one is not enough.

The J-RICH show is on his way out...=(

by dajrichshow on Jul 24, 2007 4:39 PM PDT reply actions 0 recs

I think the dubbs...

aren't going to even consider making a play for Yi until the KG deal is officially dead. Remember, they're still trying to package Wright and cap space for KG. It might just involve future draft picks for it to work.

I honestly think that Milwaukee will hang onto Yi until the bitter end. Harris doesn't seem to want to budge period.

by ThermoElectro on Jul 24, 2007 9:00 PM PDT up reply actions 0 recs