Chinese power forward,Yi Jianlian

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 constructive² 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 shun³ Milwaukee although the Bucks would retain his NBA rights.