The men's basketball team Yi Jianlian officially retired, on December 29, the Guangdong men's basketball team held a jersey retirement ceremony for the United Arab Emirates, the basketball celebrities gathered that night, Yao Ming, chairman of the Basketball Association, Xu Jicheng, vice chairman of the basketball association, famous Battle, Sun Yue, Li Nan and others have been present, and Li Chunjiang, the founder of the former Guangdong dynasty, was also present to witness the jersey retirement ceremony of the United Arab Emirates. It can be said that the ceremony was very grand, and the 36-year-old Yi Jianlian said goodbye to his status as a player.
And the life of the UAE after retiring is also very exciting, he went to the concert of his friend Wilber Pan before, this time the UAE directly appeared on CCTV and participated in the New Year's Eve party program produced by CCTV. On the show, the UAE joined hands with Wu Zun, Marbury, Zhang Yingxi and Wang Xingyue and others, including performances, basketball and singing.
After the game, Wu Zun posted a news post and posted a photo of himself and Yi Jianlian to express his thoughts on this event. And Wu Zun even wore the No. 11 jersey of Yi Jianlian's national team, which reflected Wu Zun's intentions, and he paid tribute to the UAE in his own way.
Although he did not coach in the CBA at the beginning of this season, there will still be many invitations to activities in China, and his popularity is very high.
For the UAE, now he has bid farewell to the player, gradually shifted the focus of his life to other careers, and enjoying life is also part of the UAE's daily life, playing hard for 21 years, and now there is no problem in starting to relax, and can do what he has always wanted to do.
In addition, the UAE did not completely let go of himself, he did not leave Chinese basketball, and after retiring, he also participated in the internal meeting of the Basketball Association as an athlete representative, in order to develop Chinese basketball well. At the individual level, the UAE has been holding basketball training camps for a long time, hoping to build a platform to help Chinese basketball cultivate more talents. Perhaps with the character of the United Arab Emirates, he is destined not to be a coach and become the internal leader of the Basketball Association, but the United Arab Emirates will continue the story with Chinese basketball in its own way.
When he was a player, Yi Jianlian was the first brother of the men's basketball team, another NBA first-round pick after Yao Ming after Asian basketball, a 7-time CBA champion, and the first person in CBA history. After retiring, I believe that the UAE will live a more exciting life!
(Lin Xiaoxiang)