In the career of CBA, Yi Jianlian can be described as very successful, five times won the most valuable player in the regular season, but also the scoring king in the history of CBA, but Yi Jianlian's NBA career is not very successful, compared with The same Chinese Jeremy Lin, the achievements achieved during the NBA are higher than Yi Jianlian, then Yi Jianlian can play so well in the CBA, why is it not as good as Jeremy Lin in the NBA?
The cultural difference, this is very easy to understand, although the two are Asian, but Jeremy Lin grew up in the United States, but Yi Jianlian grew up in China, to play in the NBA, compared to Jeremy Lin, a lot more difficult. Language, culture, and customs are different, and Yi Jianlian needs to adapt slowly, but Jeremy Lin is not bothered by this. When playing NBA, Jeremy Lin is playing basketball at home, but Yi Jianlian is playing basketball at other people's homes, and Yi Jianlian wants to be familiar with the rules of other people's homes, but Jeremy Lin will not, this is because he has lived according to such rules since he was a child. Yi Jianlian is much more difficult than Jeremy Lin, not only to invest more energy in this area, but also to achieve the same effect as Jeremy Lin. And if a player can't adapt in the locker room, it's also difficult for him to fit into the all-NBA?
Different positions, Yi Jianlian is an inside player, Jeremy Lin outside the player, the outside line has more ball rights than the inside line, and the ball right is also the basis for ensuring player data. As a point guard, Jeremy Lin either has no chances and no scruples; once the opportunity comes, as a point guard, Jeremy Lin has the ball that Yi Jianlian's inside players can't have. These are all important reasons for the obvious gap in data between the two in their respective NBA highlight seasons.
When he participated in the NBA draft in 2007, Yi Jianlian was selected by the Milwaukee Bucks with the sixth pick in the first round, but Yi Jianlian's personal technical style made him like to use mid-range projection as his main offensive means in the game, and at that time, the inside players were still dominated by hand-to-hand combat, and Yi Jianlian's style was incompatible with the mainstream play at the time, so that he was abandoned by the Bucks after the rookie season.
Injury factors, Yi Jianlian's NBA trip is really some bad luck, the physical fitness of the yellow people itself is not as good as the black people. And Yi Jianlian did have a very bright performance when he entered the league, but this good state did not continue, always being plagued by small injuries one after another, slowly accumulating into more, and the state was getting lower and lower.
Under the pressure of the people, Yao Ming quickly retired due to injury after 2008, and since then Yi Jianlian has become the focus of national attention. Everyone expects Yi Jianlian to replace Yao Ming as the second Chinese NBA star. But Yao Ming only one, no one can replace, to let the UAE have more time to grow, the excessive attention of the outside world, so that Yi Jianlian underwent too much pressure, which was unfair to Yi Jianlian at that time, caused him huge pressure, carrying the weight forward.
In fact, in terms of personal ability, when Yi Jianlian left the NBA, there is still the strength of rotation, but Yi Jianlian is not the NBA that entered at the best time, you can imagine that if Yi Jianlian now enters the league, with the current rhythm and way of playing, Yi Jianlian will definitely stand firm.