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Chinese power forward,Yi Jianlian
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The owner of the Milwaukee Bucks has written to first-round draft pick Yi Jianlian requesting a meeting with the Chinesepower forward, according to a newspaper report.
Yi, taken by Milwaukee with the sixth selection last Thursday despite indications he preferred playing in a city with a larger Asian population, has not met team officials since being picked.
"We're going to try to establish personal contact with him and his family," Bucks owner Herb Kohl told the Milwaukee Journal Sentinel's Web site (www.jsonline.com).
"I wrote him a letter (on Friday). I requested a meeting with him and his family. Our basketball people, our general manager and coach, we're all in the process of reaching out to try to establish a constructive dialogue with him."
Rather than meet Bucks officials after the draft in New York, the 7-foot (2.13-metre) Yi traveled to Dallas where he joined the Chinese national team for an exhibition game on Sunday.
Bucks coach Larry Krystkowiak said he would do whatever he could to make Yi feel more comfortable in Milwaukee.
Yi Jianlian's agent is trying to pull together trade offers in hopes the Milwaukee Bucks will deal away the Chinese star.
"Our agent team had meetings to study this case immediately after the draft. We feel that the Bucks are not the best fit for Yi Jianlian," Yi's agent Zhao Gang said.
"Our team will make contact with other teams who have watched Yi's training and games to see if there is any possibility of a trade."
Yi could return to the Guangdong Tigers of the Chinese Basketball Association if he decides to shun Milwaukee although the Bucks would retain his NBA rights.
(AP)
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據(jù)一家報(bào)紙報(bào)道，密爾沃基雄鹿隊(duì)的老板近日致信在第一輪選秀中被選中的中國(guó)大前鋒易建聯(lián)，請(qǐng)求與其會(huì)面。
上周四，易建聯(lián)在第六順位被雄鹿隊(duì)選中，但至今還沒有與球隊(duì)的官員會(huì)面。此前，阿聯(lián)表示更想在亞洲人口多的城市效力。
雄鹿隊(duì)老板赫伯·科爾在接受《密爾沃基新聞衛(wèi)報(bào)》網(wǎng)站的采訪時(shí)說(shuō)，"我們將試圖與他和他的家庭建立私人聯(lián)系。"
"我（周五）給他寫了封信，表示想與他和他的家人會(huì)面。我們的隊(duì)員、總經(jīng)理和教練都在做著準(zhǔn)備，想與他建立一個(gè)建設(shè)性的對(duì)話。"
身高2.13米易建聯(lián)在紐約被雄鹿隊(duì)選中后并沒有與雄鹿隊(duì)官員會(huì)面，而是前往達(dá)拉斯與中國(guó)國(guó)家隊(duì)會(huì)合，準(zhǔn)備參加周日的熱身賽。
雄鹿隊(duì)教練拉里·克里斯特科維亞克說(shuō)，他會(huì)盡一切所能讓阿聯(lián)在雄鹿隊(duì)過得開心。
目前，阿聯(lián)的經(jīng)紀(jì)人正忙著聯(lián)系交易球隊(duì)，希望能夠促成雄鹿隊(duì)與其它隊(duì)的交易。
阿聯(lián)的經(jīng)紀(jì)人趙剛說(shuō)："我們的經(jīng)紀(jì)人團(tuán)隊(duì)在選秀結(jié)束后立刻開會(huì)研究了這個(gè)問題。我們覺得雄鹿隊(duì)并不是最適合阿聯(lián)的球隊(duì)。"
"我們將與其它看過易建聯(lián)訓(xùn)練和比賽的球隊(duì)聯(lián)系，看看能否進(jìn)行交易。"
如果易建聯(lián)決定不去密爾沃基，他將回到中國(guó)籃協(xié)廣東宏遠(yuǎn)寶馬仕隊(duì)繼續(xù)效力，但雄鹿隊(duì)會(huì)保留他在NBA的權(quán)益。
（來(lái)源：英語(yǔ)點(diǎn)津 姍姍編輯）
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