In the late evening of August 29, Yi Jianlian announced his retirement on social platforms, which attracted the attention of domestic media and fans! Yi Jianlian wrote on social platforms: Time flies, in the blink of an eye, basketball has been with me for 21 years, after careful consideration, today, I decided to officially bid farewell to my basketball career.
FIBA sends blessings to Yi Jianlian: "Yi" Road has you, and the journey is beautiful because of this; Guangdong Hongyuan Club issued an article writing: Those moments of reaching the top of honor, those twenty years of sweat and those unknown efforts, we will always remember.
Not only that, but tens of thousands of netizens and fans expressed their reluctance to Yi Jianlian on social platforms! In fact, the reason why Yi Jianlian is loved by the majority of netizens and fans is not only related to his performance on the field, but also related to his character and personality.
In 2019, the Chinese men's basketball team played in the World Cup on its home soil, and the final opponent was Nigeria, which has 8 NBA resumes! Coincidentally, Yi Jianlian injured his ankle. Even so, Yi Jianlian participated in the competition with an injury and directly ignored his swollen ankle.
At the end of the game, Yi Jianlian scored 27 points on 10-of-14 shooting, although the Chinese men's basketball team failed to defeat Nigeria in the game, Yi Jianlian's attitude of not admitting defeat infected everyone on the scene!