2006-07 SEASON HIGHLIGHTS
Named the ambassador of the 2006-07 CBA League ... averaged 24.9 points, 11.5 rebounds and 1.8 blocks in 30.7 minutes per game in the CBA for Guandong ... logged 28 double-doubles on the season ... led the team in scoring, rebounds, blocks and steals ... posted 20 points and a season-high 23 rebounds vs. Zhe Jiang ... logged a season-high 42 points (18-23 FG) and 13 rebounds vs. Shanghai ... put up 31 points and 18 rebounds vs. Shandong ... logged 30 points (17-26 FG) and 13 rebounds vs. Beijing ... posted 35 points and 12 rebounds vs. Liao Ning ... logged 38 points (14-19 FG) and 10 rebounds vs. Shanghai ... also recorded 32 points (14-18 FG) and 17 rebounds vs. Shanghai ... helped lead Guandong to the CBA Finals where they lost in five games to Bayi.
CAREER HIGHLIGHTS
Played for Team China during the 2007 Las Vegas Summer League, averaging 12.4 points, 4.4 rebounds and 1.4 blocks in 28.0 minutes per game ... tallied a team-high 23 points vs. Memphis and 20 points (including the game-winner) in Team China’s win over Cleveland ... played with Team China in the 2007 Efes Pilsen World Cup in Izmir, Turkey ... averaged 23.0 points and 8.0 rebounds over three games against Poland (28 points, 10 rebounds), Serbia (17 points, 9 rebounds) and Latvia (24 points, 5 rebounds) ... has also competed with the Chinese National Team at the 2004 Olympics in Athens and at the 2006 FIBA World Championship in Japan ... 2005-06: Averaged 20.5 points, 9.7 rebounds and 1.3 blocks per game for Guandong ... helped lead his team to a CBA title and earned Finals MVP honors ... named the most popular player of the 2005-06 CBA League ... competed for the China National Team at the 2006 FIBA World Championships ... averaged 13.5 points and 8.0 rebounds per game against the USA in two contests, one of which was an exhibition game ... 2004-05: Averaged 16.8 points, 10.2 rebounds and 1.4 blocks for Guandong in his third season in the CBA ... 2003-04: Averaged 9.7 points and 5.9 rebounds for Guandong ... competed at the 2004 Olympic Games in Athens for the Chinese National Team ... 2002-03: Averaged 3.5 points and 1.9 rebounds in seven minutes per game as a CBA rookie ... posted 7.3 points and 7.3 rebounds over four Finals games ... earned CBA Rookie of the Year honors ... at the 2003 Junior World Championships, posted 18.9 points, 11.5 rebounds and 1.6 blocks per game ... participated in the 2002 adidas All-American ABCD Camp in Teaneck ,NJ, playing against U.S. All-American high school players, including LeBron James.
PLAYOFF HISTORY
No NBA playoff experience.
CAREER TRANSACTIONS
Selected by the Milwaukee Bucks with the 6th overall pick in the first round of the 2007 NBA Draft ... signed a multi-year contract with the Bucks on 8/29/07.
Personal
He is the son of two former athletes (his father, Yi Jingliu, is 6 ft., 5-in. and his mother, Mai Meiling, is 5-ft., 8-in) ... name is pronounced “EE jee-AHN-lee-AHN” ... was “discovered” in 1999 on a playground in Shenzhen ... stood 6-ft., 4-in when he was barely out of grade school ... participated in the 2002 adidas ABCD All-American Basketball Camp at Fairleigh Dickinson University along with LeBron James and Sebastian Telfair ... owns the career mark for dunks by a Chinese player in the Chinese Basketball Association.
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