Yao-Yi will be better

<div class='quotetop'>QUOTE </div><div class='quotemain'>USA Today -
Yao Ming thinks <u>Yi Jianlian</u> will be a better player than him some day.

For now, Yao still is the king of basketball in China.

Yao and Yi each had their share of highlights in the much-anticipated first matchup of the country's greatest player and its top rising star, and Yao's Houston Rockets beat Yi's Milwaukee Bucks 104-88 on Friday night.

Yao, the five-time All-Star, had 28 points, 10 rebounds and three assists. Yi, the 20-year-old rookie, had 19 points and nine rebounds.

"His talent is unbelievable," Yao said. "You ask me how good he can be? I can't say that. But I think he'll be better than me."

When asked why he thought Yi would surpass him in the future, Yao thought for a moment.

"I'm older," Yao said with a smile</div></p>

http://realgm.com/src_wiretap_archives/490...better_than_me/</p>

 

200+ million viewers watched the game.</p>

 

I think when Yao is 40, Yi will be a bit better. </p>

 

Doubt Yi ever reaches Yao's level. He's already 24 years old, (lol he's sure isn't 19)!</p>

 

Still younger than Mutombo. haha</p>

 

yea...a poor man's dirk is a comparison I would make.</p>

 

<div class='quotetop'>QUOTE (o.iatlhawksfan)</div><div class='quotemain'></p>

yea...a poor man's dirk is a comparison I would make.</p>

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A poorman's acid trip induced vision of Dirk </p>