In the stage when the Chinese men's basketball team was not connected, Yi Jianlian became a trustworthy big brother and made outstanding contributions to the offensive and defensive ends of the Chinese men's basketball team. Nowadays, Yi Jianlian's age is no longer young, but in the case that young players have not yet carried the banner of the Chinese men's basketball team, Yi Jianlian is still called "a brother of the Chinese men's basketball team" by fans, and he has also won a brilliant career!
The goals of professional players are very clear, in the national team is definitely to win glory for the country, in the professional league is to try to help the team win the championship. Yi Jianlian's career is divided into CBA career and NBA career, compared with the achievements of CBA career, Yi Jianlian's NBA career road is full of bumps and thorns.
If you have fans who follow Yi Jianlian, you will know that he has played for a total of 5 NBA teams, namely the Bucks (07-08 season), the Nets (08-10 season), the Wizards (10-11 season), the Lone Rangers (11-12 season) and the Lakers (16-17 season). Yi Jianlian's highlight period was to play for the Nets, especially in the 09-10 season, Yi Jianlian averaged 31.8 minutes per game, contributing 12 points, 7.2 rebounds and 1 block per game, such an outstanding performance is indeed worthy of the praise of fans!
Among the 5 NBA teams he has played for, there is one team that has not given Yi Jianlian too many opportunities, and that is the Los Angeles Lakers. In the end, the two sides peacefully broke up after the preseason, which is why many fans do not know that Yi Jianlian has played for the Lakers. In the 16-17 season, the Lakers signed Yi Jianlian with a one-year, $8 million contract.
There is a big gap between this contract and the ordinary contract, that is, the basic salary of this contract is 1139123 US dollars, but the guarantee amount is only 250,000 US dollars. Base salary aside, the remaining 6860877 dollars are all included in contract bonuses. If E-Link cannot meet the conditions required in the contract, it will not be able to obtain 6860877 US dollars.
Just as the so-called "dream is beautiful, the reality is cruel", Yi Jianlian played 8 preseason games for the Lakers at that time, and the Lakers did not give him much playing time. Yi Jianlian naturally did not want to waste his peak period, and returned to the CBA league after peacefully breaking up with the Lakers. In the end, the amount of money that Yi Jianlian got his hands on was only 250,000 US dollars of guaranteed salary, which was indeed a huge gap with the 8 million US dollar contract.
Perhaps in order to integrate into life in Los Angeles faster, or perhaps thinking that he can stay in the NBA for a long time, Yi Jianlian also deliberately spent 8 figures to buy a Los Angeles mansion during his time with the Lakers. I believe that everyone has begun to do arithmetic problems after seeing it, that is, what is the unit of 8 digits? Yes, 8 figures are the tens of millions, when Yi Jianlian spent more than 10 million yuan (equivalent to 1.58 million US dollars) to buy this Los Angeles mansion.
When Yi Jianlian parted ways with the Lakers, he did not sell the Los Angeles mansion. When he went to the United States last season to treat injuries, Yi Jianlian lived in his mansion in Los Angeles. So the question is, during Yi Jianlian's time with the Lakers, he spent 8 figures to buy a luxury house in Los Angeles, and what is the market value now?
From the perspective of the timeline of buying a luxury house, Yi Jianlian bought this Los Angeles mansion in 2016, and now 6 years have passed, plus this mansion is located in Los Angeles, where the land is scarce, and the market value has naturally increased a lot. The value of Los Angeles houses in the past six years has been between 43% and 46.5%, and even at the lowest 43%, the market value of the Los Angeles mansion has appreciated from $1.58 million to $2.2594 million (equivalent to 14.4079 million yuan).
For Yi Jianlian, this can also be regarded as "Sai Weng lost his horse, and he knew that it was not a blessing". Although the Lakers did not give Yi Jianlian enough playing time at that time, resulting in a peaceful breakup between the two sides, the market value of the Los Angeles mansion purchased by Yi Jianlian has increased considerably. However, judging from the achievements of Yi Jianlian's career, he did not buy a luxury house in Los Angeles at that time to make money, but hoped to have a foothold during his time with the Lakers. Now that the market value of luxury houses has increased, this is also a surprise!