Excuse me Yi...

Originally Posted by ESPN.com;

BEIJING -- The Milwaukee Bucks' campaign to secure the services of reluctant power forward Yi Jianlian has suffered a blow after the player's Chinese club said it would block his move to the United States.
Yi, taken by Milwaukee with the sixth selection in the NBA draft last month, would "definitely not" play for Milwaukee, Tuesday's Beijing News quoted Guangdong Tigers chief, Chen Haitao, as saying.
"This is not -- as media reports have said -- because Milwaukee, as a city with very few Chinese people, is not good for Yi's commercial development," Chen said.
"Rather we want to find a team suitable for Yi's growth. That's the root of the problem," he added.
Earlier in July, Yi's Chinese agent said the unsigned player was looking to be traded to another club, despite pledges by Milwaukee officials to do whatever they could to make him feel at home.
Chen expressed concern that Yi would have trouble getting playing time with the Bucks, whose squad boasts Australian 7-footer Andrew Bogut and a number of other tall young players.
"The national team and the Olympic Games are now our key considerations ... If [Yi] goes to a team where he can't compete, that would be being irresponsible to the national team," Chen said.

Originally Posted by Tom Dogg

Yup...the NBA is full of assholes like this who think they can dictate who drafts them

Kobe Bryant said before he got drafted that he would only play for the Knicks or Lakers. He was invited to a pre-draft workout with the Pacers (this was the Reggie Miller Pacers, who were REALLY good)and he told them no, saying they played in too small a market. The Hornets told him they were going to draft him and he told them "Draft me if you want, I'll never play for you". And sure enough, they drafted him and were forced to trade him