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Chinese power forward,Yi Jianlian
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The owner of the Milwaukee Bucks has written to first-round draft pick Yi Jianlian requesting a meeting with the Chinesepower forward, according to a newspaper report.
Yi, taken by Milwaukee with the sixth selection last Thursday despite indications he preferred playing in a city with a larger Asian population, has not met team officials since being picked.
"We're going to try to establish personal contact with him and his family," Bucks owner Herb Kohl told the Milwaukee Journal Sentinel's Web site (www.jsonline.com).
"I wrote him a letter (on Friday). I requested a meeting with him and his family. Our basketball people, our general manager and coach, we're all in the process of reaching out to try to establish a constructive dialogue with him."
Rather than meet Bucks officials after the draft in New York, the 7-foot (2.13-metre) Yi traveled to Dallas where he joined the Chinese national team for an exhibition game on Sunday.
Bucks coach Larry Krystkowiak said he would do whatever he could to make Yi feel more comfortable in Milwaukee.
Yi Jianlian's agent is trying to pull together trade offers in hopes the Milwaukee Bucks will deal away the Chinese star.
"Our agent team had meetings to study this case immediately after the draft. We feel that the Bucks are not the best fit for Yi Jianlian," Yi's agent Zhao Gang said.
"Our team will make contact with other teams who have watched Yi's training and games to see if there is any possibility of a trade."
Yi could return to the Guangdong Tigers of the Chinese Basketball Association if he decides to shun Milwaukee although the Bucks would retain his NBA rights.
(AP)
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據一家報紙報道，密爾沃基雄鹿隊的老板近日致信在第一輪選秀中被選中的中國大前鋒易建聯，請求與其會面。
上周四，易建聯在第六順位被雄鹿隊選中，但至今還沒有與球隊的官員會面。此前，阿聯表示更想在亞洲人口多的城市效力。
雄鹿隊老板赫伯·科爾在接受《密爾沃基新聞衛報》網站的采訪時說，"我們將試圖與他和他的家庭建立私人聯系。"
"我（周五）給他寫了封信，表示想與他和他的家人會面。我們的隊員、總經理和教練都在做著準備，想與他建立一個建設性的對話。"
身高2.13米易建聯在紐約被雄鹿隊選中后并沒有與雄鹿隊官員會面，而是前往達拉斯與中國國家隊會合，準備參加周日的熱身賽。
雄鹿隊教練拉里·克里斯特科維亞克說，他會盡一切所能讓阿聯在雄鹿隊過得開心。
目前，阿聯的經紀人正忙著聯系交易球隊，希望能夠促成雄鹿隊與其它隊的交易。
阿聯的經紀人趙剛說："我們的經紀人團隊在選秀結束后立刻開會研究了這個問題。我們覺得雄鹿隊并不是最適合阿聯的球隊。"
"我們將與其它看過易建聯訓練和比賽的球隊聯系，看看能否進行交易。"
如果易建聯決定不去密爾沃基，他將回到中國籃協廣東宏遠寶馬仕隊繼續效力，但雄鹿隊會保留他在NBA的權益。
（來源：英語點津 姍姍編輯）
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