<div class='quotetop'>QUOTE </div><div class='quotemain'>According to ESPN.com's Chad Ford, the Golden State Warriors will pursue Milwaukee Bucks forward Yi Jianlian strongly in the coming weeks. During last year's draft, the Warriors agreed to trade Jason Richardson to the Charlotte Bobcats for the No. 8 pick, with the hope that Yi would fall to the Bobcats at that spot. The Bobcats took Brandan Wright and traded him to Golden State. While Wright played well for the Warriors toward the end of the season, they still covet Yi, according to sources.</div> ESPN
<div class='quotetop'>QUOTE </div><div class='quotemain'>If the Warriors were to offer Wright and the No. 14 pick for Yi, that might be too much for the Bucks to pass on. The team is in rebuilding mode and might be ready to accept a two-for-one dea</div> If I waz Milwaukee I'd jump all over that deal. Brandan Wright was rated ahead of Yi in most people draft board last year if I'm not mistaken.
There's no way in hell I'd want to give up Wright and #14 for Yi. Sadly, though, I can see Nelson doing this deal to get a 4 who plays like a 3. That's not to say I wouldn't like to get Yi. I would look at something like Yi and Simmons for Al, Kosta, and #14. The salaries work but maybe we'd have to throw in a 2nd or a future first.
I'm hoping that this has no merit. Wright + 14 for Yi? How about Yi + 8th pick for Wright and I might at least give you 5 seconds before hanging up the phone. We don't know for sure how old Yi is but based on the records that have been discovered and Yi's answers to the age questions its safe to say hes older than his listed 20 years of age. I've read hes 22-24 y/o, still young but when you consider potential for young players its a big difference. And why does Milwaukee want to move him so quickly? There's just too many question marks with this kid. I'd take him if we got him on the cheap but I'm not giving up a blue chip prospect (let alone a lottery pick thrown in) for him. Probably Belinelli and the 14 is the most I'd give.
Continuity counts for a lot. Nelson might've liked Yi a lot more prior to the draft, but Wright's been with this team for a year now. He's familiar with the players, the coaching style, the system, and he's played well within it. I can't see the Warriors just giving up on that, unless it was a clear talent upgrade (which Yi really isn't).
<div class='quotetop'>QUOTE (Chutney @ Jun 5 2008, 08:39 AM) <{POST_SNAPBACK}></div><div class='quotemain'>Continuity counts for a lot. Nelson might've liked Yi a lot more prior to the draft, but Wright's been with this team for a year now. He's familiar with the players, the coaching style, the system, and he's played well within it. I can't see the Warriors just giving up on that, unless it was a clear talent upgrade (which Yi really isn't).</div> True. Nelson was on KNBR w/ Ralph and Tom the other day and coach was saying how he really likes Wright's development and that he's going to play him more next season. That being said, having Yi on the Warriors would generate a lot of revenue for the team based on demographics...duh. Would the extra revenue be incentive for the Warriors to go over the cap when it comes to signing or re-signing big contract players?
I wonder how he would do at the 3. A frontline of Biedrins-Wright-Yi would be really long, quick, and fun to watch.
<div class='quotetop'>QUOTE (ryan @ Jun 5 2008, 12:21 PM) <{POST_SNAPBACK}></div><div class='quotemain'>I wonder how he would do at the 3. A frontline of Biedrins-Wright-Yi would be really long, quick, and fun to watch.</div> i'm not sure how wright and biedrins would work together because they both like the low post, but i agree with the rest. you can add an tall, outside shooter like brandon rush to the mix and you really have a nice, mobile front line. i'd offer al harrington + future first rounder for yi, but it may take more.
Yi would be intriguing for this team plus for revenue purposes it would be great seeing as how the Frisco and Oakland area has a decently sized Asian community, but I wouldn't give up Wright for him.
I've got mixed feelings. Inside out players are better than outside in IMO. If you look at all the successful power forwards in this league, they go inside and they rebound or D it up. Not most of these 3/4 mismatches... they play outside and play really tiny like Al Harrington. We need rebounders and guys more like Brand or Nowitzki (who started out as a 3/4) who know how to score inside in various ways. If we traded for Yi, there has to be something in his game that really stands out. He's a tall guy that is athletic and can shoot and his age is in question. I mean otherwise we're sitting on another dude with an ambiguous team role. Is he a 3 or a 4? I don't want to trade anyone more promising for Zarko Cabarkapa (and I love Zarko btw but he's proven he's no starter because of his game and his attributes). I would love to have Yi, but at what cost? I sure hope nobody important. I'd rather keep Wright... unless Milwaukee was so quick to unload him. They just went through all that trouble and now they're trading him? That's like the waste of a pick that Detroit had in 2003. Way to go guys. Of course that's not fair. We picked Patrick O'Bryant, and I thought that was a decent pick given his performance as a double double kind of guy who has good length and defensive potential and a sky hook. Oh and his hands aren't made of stone. I bet in a few years if POB doesn't work out, there will be a #9 and up that we should have picked. Who was most people's second choice anyway? Ronnie Brewer? That was my second pick and I bet there was going to be another swingman who can drive, pass, and shoot and defend in another draft.
