Top Chinese prospect looks to impress for NBA draft

时间：2007-04-13 02:30:44

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China's top young basketball prospect1 has flown to the United States to pursue his NBA dream with the support of coaches and officials who blocked the 19-year-old from entering the draft in 2006.

Yi Jianlian hopes to impress scouts2 and coaches at a pre-draft training camp in Los Angeles and become the fourth Chinese NBA player after Wang Zhizhi, Menk Bateer and current Houston Rockets center Yao Ming.

"Of course, I'm really happy to be going," Yi told Thursday's Beijing News. "To be finally able to leave the country is too exciting."

The 2.11-metre (6 ft 11 in) teenager was touted3 for the 2006 draft but blocked by his club Guangdong after the China Basketball Association (CBA) voiced concerns about players missing national games while warming benches for NBA teams.

After China failed to make the quarter-finals at the 2006 world championship in Japan, Yao Ming slammed China's league administrators4 and said more players should be sent overseas in preparation for the Beijing Olympics in 2008.

In November, Yi's club cleared the hip-hop music loving teenager to enter the 2007 NBA draft on June 28. Yi, reportedly sought by several clubs, is likely to be one of the top picks.

"It is very hard to take, seeing Yi leave to take part in the draft," Guangdong coach Chen Haitao told the Beijing News.

"After all, I watched Yi grow up. Of course, I hope he can learn some things to make him stronger. I don't want him to come back and play CBA."

CBA Vice5 Director Hu Jiashi said he supported Yi's move and the exposure to top coaches and sophisticated training programmes would help improve Chinese basketball.

"This will help improve our skills and as far as the national team is concerned, it will be very beneficial to our preparations," Hu said.

Yi, dubbed6 the "next Yao Ming", told the China Daily he wanted to step out of the shadows of his "Great Wall" predecessors7, Wang, Bateer and Yao.

"The NBA is my dream place, so this is obviously the biggest challenge of my life," Yi said. "But I am not going to be the next Yao Ming or Wang Zhizhi. I want to do it my way


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1 prospect P01zn     
n.前景，前途；景色，视野
参考例句：
  • This state of things holds out a cheerful prospect.事态呈现出可喜的前景。
  • The prospect became more evident.前景变得更加明朗了。
2 scouts e6d47327278af4317aaf05d42afdbe25     
侦察员[机，舰]( scout的名词复数 )； 童子军； 搜索； 童子军成员
参考例句：
  • to join the Scouts 参加童子军
  • The scouts paired off and began to patrol the area. 巡逻人员两个一组，然后开始巡逻这个地区。
3 touted 00151f908b31d984fd20d8b48dba34f3     
v.兜售( tout的过去式和过去分词 )；招揽；侦查；探听赛马情报
参考例句：
  • She's being touted as the next leader of the party. 她被吹捧为该党的下一任领导人。
  • People said that he touted for his mother and sister. 据说，他给母亲和姐姐拉生意。 来自辞典例句
4 administrators d04952b3df94d47c04fc2dc28396a62d     
n.管理者( administrator的名词复数 )；有管理（或行政）才能的人；（由遗嘱检验法庭指定的）遗产管理人；奉派暂管主教教区的牧师
参考例句：
  • He had administrators under him but took the crucial decisions himself. 他手下有管理人员，但重要的决策仍由他自己来做。 来自辞典例句
  • Administrators have their own methods of social intercourse. 办行政的人有他们的社交方式。 来自汉英文学 - 围城
5 vice NU0zQ     
n.坏事；恶习；[pl.]台钳，老虎钳；adj.副的
参考例句：
  • He guarded himself against vice.他避免染上坏习惯。
  • They are sunk in the depth of vice.他们堕入了罪恶的深渊。
6 dubbed dubbed     
v.给…起绰号( dub的过去式和过去分词 )；把…称为；配音；复制
参考例句：
  • Mathematics was once dubbed the handmaiden of the sciences. 数学曾一度被视为各门科学的基础。
  • Is the movie dubbed or does it have subtitles? 这部电影是配音的还是打字幕的？ 来自《简明英汉词典》
7 predecessors b59b392832b9ce6825062c39c88d5147     
n.前任( predecessor的名词复数 )；前辈；（被取代的）原有事物；前身
参考例句：
  • The new government set about dismantling their predecessors' legislation. 新政府正着手废除其前任所制定的法律。 来自《简明英汉词典》
  • Will new plan be any more acceptable than its predecessors? 新计划比原先的计划更能令人满意吗？ 来自《简明英汉词典》

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