Here’s a quick read (as well as here) about how Yao thinks Yi Jianlian is a bit ‘long and rangy’ and should ‘open his heart’ to coaches, officials and U.S. journalists as he prepares for the NBA draft in the States.

Here’s a link to a story that describes the special training that Yi will be getting this summer compared to what Yao and Wang Zhi-Zhi got before starting their NBA career.

Yi landed in Los Angeles on Friday. Click here for more photos of Yi arriving at LA International Airport. Click here for photos taken from Yi’s send-off party in China.

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