Yi Li officially retired! In the new season, he served as an assistant coach of Jiangsu basketball

On September 21, Beijing time, Jiangsu Suzhou Kendia officially announced that the team veteran Yi Li officially retired, and he will serve as the team's assistant coach in the new season, continuing to shine for Jiangsu basketball.

In the offseason this year, the Jiangsu team has carried out a young transformation of the lineup, the veteran Yi Li did not appear in the team lineup, and Yi Li was not registered at the official registration deadline, which means that Yi Li will not appear in the Jiangsu team lineup in the new season. Before the rumors, Yi Li may transfer to Xi, but in the end, it did not materialize, and Yi Li chose to stay in Jiangsu as the assistant coach of the team.

Yi Li is 35 years old this year, born in the Jiangsu youth training system, played in the Jiangsu men's basketball team at the age of 17, promoted to the first team in the 04-05 season and began to emerge as the best newcomer of the season, and he is also considered to be the successor of Hu Weidong and a member of the Jiangsu Golden Generation. In 2005, Hu Weidong gave his No. 8 jersey to Yi Li, and since then, the 20-year-old Yi Li has become the flagship figure of Jiangsu basketball.

In the past 15 years, the achievements of the Jiangsu team have experienced ups and downs, but Yi Li has never abandoned it, interpreting the legendary story of one person and one city. During his time in Jiangsu, he won the team history scoring king with a total score of 6948 points, and was selected for the national team many times, and the tomahawk splitting technique at the Asian Championship in the past was shocking four, becoming a classic picture in the history of the Chinese men's basketball team, and in 2012, he was selected to the 12-man roster to represent the Chinese men's basketball team at the London Olympic Games.