On August 31st, Jiangsu men's basketball coach Li Nan ushered in his coaching debut, and as a result, they unexpectedly lost to the NBL's Anhui Wenyi, a team that made fans a little strange, after all, the Jiangsu men's basketball team has reminded fans that there will be a big blood change this summer. However, there are still fans curious, where did the veteran Yi Li go, to know that he has played in the Jiangsu men's basketball team for 18 seasons, it is also the team's golden signboard, from the beginning to the end is undoubtedly the best ending of Yi Li's career, but Yi Li obviously did not enjoy such treatment, because it did not meet Li Nan's requirements, Yi Li has officially left the team!
Five years ago, the Jiangsu men's basketball team completed the replacement of the investor, at that time, including Meng Da, Yang Li and other Jiangsu men's basketball players have chosen to leave, only Yi Li insisted on staying, five years Yi Li through their own efforts to help Jiangsu men's basketball team out of the trough. Many people have said that if Yi Li had chosen to leave, he could have made a lot of money, which is true, but Yi Li still has responsibility. In the 18th and 19th seasons, Yi Li began to suffer from injuries, but he always insisted on playing with injuries, and last season Yi Li first tore his Achilles tendon and then returned from his old injury after his comeback. It can be seen that he still wants to help the Jiangsu men's basketball team get better results!
Yi Li and Li Nan also have a lot of intersection, when they are players, they are often in place, after Li Nan became the head coach of the Chinese men's basketball red team, he also recruited Yi Li to fight the fire, originally Yi Li could completely refuse, but he was still happy to go. In last season's Jiangsu men's basketball team's loss to Guangdong Hongyuan, Yili CBA surpassed Li Nan in the number of steals and ranked tenth in CBA history. It is understood that Yi Li originally wanted to end his career in the Jiangsu men's basketball team, but now this dream is shattered!
After determining that Li Nan did not have his own place in the lineup, Yi Li also had contact with some other CBA teams, but the opponent of the same city, Nanjing Tongxi, expressed great sincerity, after all, Huo Nan had been a teammate with Yi Li when he was a player, and Besinović also needed to help the team in the future, so in the end Yi Li agreed to Nanjing Tongxi. Although the two teams are not far apart, they have not been able to retire in the Jiangsu men's basketball team, which is really a pity for Yi Li!