warriors management would pick him up. we know they don't care about their fans!

warriors management loves projects... he's too skilled for us!

im all for yi.... i heard even baron davis wants Yi!!! and is also impersonating idk just something ive heard

notice the resemblance between baron and yi?!?!

more than Kirkland's Mochi Ice Cream. c'mon atma! are you f'real?

another 7 ft project

Anyone had those green tea like thingymajigers in SF at that Japanese restaurant/tea place at the Yuerba Buena gardens? Good stuff.

Anyway, back on topic, I read this thread and one thing popped out at me (2 things, actually.) Runs the floor and dunks on people. wicked.

the second is that you said Warriors win NBA finals in 2009....why not 2008? :) or 07 for that matter....8]

I keep reading that the Warriors front office would be interested in nabbing this Yi guy because of the Asian population here and that he would generate ticket sales. But has that been a problem? The Oracle is full all the time, even with our 12 year drought. I don't think we need to draft a guy just for ticket sales sake when we don't even need a boost in attendance. Not to mention all the video I have seen on this Yi guy makes be think he looks like a Chinese Troy Murphy; nice outside shooter who is too weak to play in the paint. I thought we were over that era here in Warriorland, no? If we are looking for skinny, tall asian guys, why not bring in Sun Ming Ming? You can't teach 7'8 baby! On a serious note, I just read that he had surgery to remove a brian tumor last year and now he is playing in Dodge City, Kansas for the Dodge City Legend of the USBL. They say he is a "work in progress". Apparently all those knocks on his lack of stamina and speed were atributed to the benign brain tumor attached to his pituitary gland. It was also stimulating over-production of growth hormone. Crazy stuff.

we need somebody who can play inside and be a presence to help AB out..not another big-man who thinks he's a shooter (cough cough..troy murhpy)...i hope we can draft somebody who 1. isn't a project 2. is a defensive beast who can grab boards, blocks shots, and has decent hands..

that the rest of the league will sleep on this Yi guy, a 7 footer than can player PF (if he's as good as you say). He'll be a lottery pick, which the W's won't have if they make the playoffs. Even if they are in the lottery, they'll have a very slim chance of getting in the top 3.

A perfect fit would be Josh McRoberts, the Duke big man (PF) who can rebound, play defense, run the floor, handle the ball and pass (but who needs to work on his jumper), but either he won't come out early or even if he does, he won't be available to the W's in the middle of the first round where they'll be picking.

Josh McRoberts! yeaaaaa boii!!!

You're right as always, Atma. it was a good idea thuogh, you have to admit...:)

If anyone's interested (and I suspect Atma is), I've just posted my thoughts on the Jackson probation hearing outcome -- and what I think is likely to happen on this down the road -- as a comment to Atma's Friday column on the subject.  Biggest surprise for me: the evidence that Jackson shot his gun at least five times BEFORE he was hit by the car.  Scroll down to it if you're interested.

Final note:  Tho Jackson is scheduled to go to trial next month, don't be too surprised if, like many criminal trials, the matter is put over for a few weeks.  I suspect, though, as explained in my post, that his attorney in Indiana will now likely try to cut a plea deal.  We'll see.

Atma, baby, no way dude. Why would we want a PF who prefers to hang out at the three-point line? Didn't we just get rid of Troy Murphy?

And don't we already have this piece -- or at least, didn't we draft this exact player this year when we foolishly took Kosta Perovic (instead of Leon Powe) with our second pick?

This is madness, especially now that we have Harrington. Do you really think a Toni Kukoc type of soft, no-D player is what the Warriors need?

This team needs to stop making draft picks in isolation and start making them as part of a larger blueprint for putting together a championship team.

We need a defensive stopper and a dead-on outside shooter (and not one that should be down in the paint getting rebounds). We could also use another inside player.

If Yi was being compared to Kevin Garnett, OK, go for it. But he is being compared to Toni freaki' Kukoc. Does not anybody else see that this has typical Warriors draft disaster written all over it?

Because it is absolutely the wrong move for this team, but is guaranteed to make Cohan some money, I am afraid Mullin will do everything in his power to get this guy. Then he'll sign him to a long, expensive contract extension, then we'll spend the next two years trying to trade him, and then in three years we'll be drooling over a seven-footer point guard from Argentina who is being favorably compared to Darko Milicic.

Good grief.

There are quite some misconceptions on Yi's game. No, he is NOT a 3-point shooter like many claimed. In fact, he rarely ever put up a 3-pointer in CBA games.

He is a face-up PF/C who likes to blow past his defenders or shoot a mid-range jumper/fade-away. You know, sort of like the one we have now - Al Harrington, except that he is a good 3-inches taller and maybe more.

Yi is also a rebounder/shotblocker for his team and in the Chinese national team next to Yao, so that part of his game, though still green, is at least built into his bones.

Personally I don't think Yi and Beans will be a perfect combo at 4/5 since both of them are rail-thin, but with Nellie's system you never know. Heck, who is our starting PF right now? If Yi could add a few pounds and polish his skills, he might as well become a good starting PF for the Warriors. Yes, his upside is that high.

The Toni Kukoc-comparison is so far off that Chad Ford made himself looked a little clueless all of the sudden. And Yi and Murphy are from completely different world, literally and figuratively.

Have him looking more like Dirk Nowitzki than Toni Kukoc. I like Dirk Nowitzki.