Yi Jianlian will definitely not sign for Milwaukee Bucks

The owner of Yi’s former team the Guangdong Tigers has said that the power forward will “definitely not” sign with Milwaukee.

Chen Haitao said that the 6 foot 11, 6th NBA draft may return to the CBA (Chinese Basketball Association) if another NBA team doesn’t offer Yi a deal.

Yi’s agent, wants Yi to play in a bigger city with more of an Asian influence, or at least a larger city, rather than Milwaukee.

Apparently the main barrier stopping Yi going to Milwaukee is the lack of Chinese-Americans in the city.

“And it’s not about Yi’s commercial interests,” Chen said. “We want to find a team that is good for Yi’s development. That’s the root of the problem.”

Well it actually sounds like this is 100% about business, the agent wants to make as much money for himself and his player as possible and they will sell more basketball jerseys and NBA merchandise in a city with more Asians.

Do you think commercial interests have too much influence in the NBA?

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