Yi Jianlian announced his retirement
The men's basketball World Cup competition continues, and the Chinese men's basketball team, which is determined to achieve good results, has never been able to achieve its wishes. In the first two games of the group stage, they suffered a defeat of 42 points and 20 points, becoming the bottom team in the group. The only chance to qualify now is to win by more than 35 points in the next match against Puerto Rico to advance with a goal difference. But in fact, Puerto Rico's strength is not bad, and it is extremely difficult for the Chinese men's basketball team to complete a big win of more than 35 points.
While the Chinese men's basketball team encountered difficulties in the international arena, a major event happened in the domestic basketball world. That's right, Yi Jianlian, the spiritual leader of the last World Cup and leading the Chinese men's basketball team for ten years, officially announced his retirement. As an indispensable core figure in the post-peak period of the men's basketball team. witnessed the glory of the 08 Olympics that year, and also experienced the trough of the Chinese men's basketball team. We can say that the performance of the Chinese men's basketball team for more than ten years is not very ideal, but we absolutely cannot question Yi Jianlian personally. No matter what kind of opponent he faces, he can always do his best for the Chinese team and is a role model for all Chinese players.
Therefore, when such a basketball figure announced his retirement, the popularity of the entire domestic network was instantly exploded. Whether it is Weibo or Douyin, almost all of them are news about his retirement. Obviously, all of us are not ready for his retirement. In his 21-year basketball career, Yi Jianlian has won many honors. Among them, his total points in the CBA court reached 12,781 points, winning the all-time scoring championship of local players, and as high as 6,159 rebounds, he also won the all-time rebounding king, 5 regular season MVPs and 3 Finals MVPs, and 4 championship rings of his own.
While receiving many honors, the salary earned by Yi Jianlian in his career is also very gratifying.
How much money did he make in 21 years of his career?
According to statistics, Yi Jianlian has been galloping in the NBA for 5 years and playing in the CBA for 16 years. Among them, in the process of playing in the NBA, the attention he received was not too high, but the contract he got was still not bad. After being selected by the Bucks with the sixth pick in the first round, he was offered a $2.78 million rookie contract. After being traded to the Nets, he also had an annual salary of $2.99 million, and with his outstanding performance, he received a $3.19 million contract extension. After that, although Yi Jianlian took an annual salary of $4.05 million in the Wizards, he also suffered from injuries, so that after being traded to the Lone Ranger, he took an annual salary of $830,000 and ended his NBA career early.
Therefore, on the NBA court, Yi Jianlian received a total of 14.09 million US dollars, equivalent to nearly 90 million yuan. In the NBA, Yi Jianlian has been playing for 16 years and has obtained many large contracts, especially in the years since the NBA gold plated, the average annual salary has reached more than 10 million. Among them, from 2012 to 2016, his average salary came to 15 million, and from 2017 to 2022, his annual salary even reached 20 million yuan. Combined with his annual salary of 6 million last season and the continuous increase in salary before entering the NBA arena, he also received about 170 million in salary throughout his CBA career.