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Originally Posted by Tokey41
This Yi kid is giving foreign players a bad name by making such a big deal out of this... you don't get to pick what team you play on when you enter the freakin' draft! His agent seems like an asshole with that quote: "His representatives and I won't sit here and do nothing just because he was picked by Milwaukee," Zhao was quoted as saying. He's lucky he was picked at all considering he wasn't even man enough to play against any human competition in workouts... he sure dominated those chairs though. That just seems really odd to me, but anyway the point is its a very poor start to his career being such a whiny little bitch and i'm surprised so many teams had an interest in him.
It's this kind of attitude that pisses me off in sports. Can you imagine if Oden said something like "I don't want to play in Portland or Seatle... I want to play in Atlanta." What would Portland and Seatle do? Of course they would still draft Oden and Durant in some order because thats what best for the franchise. I hope this kind of mentality doesn't spread, players need to realize they don't make the decisions they just play the game.
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What if Oden said he wanted to play for San Antonio only? What if he refused to even wear a uniform unless it was for the Spurs? It would make the whole lottery thing kinda pointless wouldnt it?
And beside that it really diminishes the trade value of Yi. When a player publicly announces he wants out, it's a given that teams dont have to offer full value because what happens if Milwaukee doesn't accept? They get publicly ridiculed and get no value for a player that is set to earn a couple of million.
I'd say that publicly demanding a trade should be an infraction against the NBA. Depending on the circumstances they could be fined, suspended, or even permanently banned from the NBA depending on the severity of the situation.