Yi Jianlian's retirement is a big loss for the Chinese men's basketball team today, especially now that there is no outstanding successor, it makes fans worry about the men's basketball team's international competitions in the next few years, but when Yi Jianlian retired, the Guangdong men's basketball team continued to attack the CBA championship because of Zhou Qi, Zhou Qi also made it clear after joining Guangdong that the biggest regret of coming to Guangdong is that he failed to partner with Yi Jianlian to become a teammate, and recently, Yi Jianlian won an award: the 2023 Sports Person of the Year Award!
Throughout Yi Jianlian's 21-year career, he has won all the personal honors he can get, including 16 seasons for the Guangdong men's basketball team, leading the team to win a total of 7 championships, he not only interprets what is called "one person, one city" In addition, in Yi Jianlian's CBA career, he has won 5 regular season MVPs and 3 FMVPs so far, and he is also the domestic all-time scoring champion and rebounding king, so Yi Jianlian is the real first person in CBA history
So for the reason for retirement, there were different opinions on the Internet before, some people speculated that it was related to Zhou Qi's joining, thinking that Yi Jianlian was unwilling to play as a substitute for Zhou Qi, and some people speculated that Yi Jianlian suffered a major injury and could no longer support himself to stand in the professional arena, so after winning the 2023 Sports Person of the Year Award this time, Yi Jianlian responded to the real reason for retirement for the first time, he claimed that making the decision to retire was not an easy thing, and he had too many hesitations and repetitions in the whole process, whether he wanted to stick to 1 more season or change his way to meet new challenges, which made Yi Jianlian hesitate for a while
However, the real reason why he finally made up his mind to retire is about the Chinese men's national basketball team, Yi Jianlian claimed that he understands that his current physical condition can no longer allow him to contribute to the national team as he did in the past, which is an important factor for him to consider whether to retire, Yi Jianlian After experiencing an Achilles tendon rupture, his personal competitive state and ability can no longer return to the level of the past, if he continues to insist, he lacks a support point, so he finally decided to retire
In addition, Yi Jianlian also revealed his new job after retiring, which is to focus on youth training (youth training), in fact, many fans know that Yi Jianlian has created his own business empire many years ago, which includes investment, youth training and business endorsement, so far Yi Jianlian has served as a shareholder of 17 companies, and the investment field is all over sports, fashion, medical care, e-commerce, etc., in addition, he is also a member of the Dongguan CPPCC
But for Yi Jianlian personally, what he really has to do and pay a lot of time and effort for this is youth training! To be precise, it is the very familiar Torch Basketball Training Camp, which was co-founded by Yi Jianlian and his good brother Wang Shipeng, and the investors also include Liu Hongjiang, general manager of Guangdong Hongyuan Club
Yi Jianlian made it clear that he hopes to help more young people, create a world in basketball, and more importantly, he can continue to serve the Chinese men's national basketball team through youth training, which is what he values most!
Compared with the three big brothers, Yi Jianlian chose a completely different path, before him, Yao Ming served as the chairman of the Chinese Basketball Association, Battle served as the chairman of the Inner Mongolia Basketball Association, Wang Zhizhi returned to the army away from the professional arena, compared to the big brothers who have entered the system, Yi Jianlian chose to step into the business world, from the CBA to the NBA and back to the CBA, Yi Jianlian has earned a total of about 200 million yuan in his basketball career, if you count the income from various endorsements, close to 300 million, Yi Jianlian started the investment layout early with these capitals
So far, Yi Jianlian has worked in 17 companies, most of which are sports-related content, and most of them are partners with Liu Hongjiang, general manager of Guangdong Hongyuan Club, and former teammate Wang Shipeng
In addition to other companies, Yi Jianlian is basically the role of investment, and the industries all over the country are even more diverse, even toys and sleep technology, so don't look at Yi Jianlian's low-key personality, his business empire is really impressive
Editor: Tang Bohu