Former NBA lottery pick announces retirement from basketball

On Tuesday, a former NBA lottery pick made the announcement that he will no longer be playing professional basketball.

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Yi Jianlian, who had spent most of his career in China, recently stunned everyone by making the unexpected announcement that he will be retiring.

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NBA fans were familiar with him due to the fact that the Milwaukee Bucks selected him with the sixth overall choice in the 2007 draft.

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Jianlian participated in the NBA for a total of five seasons and was a member of four different clubs during that time. In 2009–10.

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While playing for the New Jersey Nets, he had the statistically best season of his career, averaging 12.0 points and 7.2 rebounds throughout 52 games played.

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Jianlian relocated back to China at the conclusion of the 2011–2012 NBA season in order to continue his professional basketball career with the Guangdong Southern Tigers.

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Jianlian was named the Most Valuable Player of the League five times and the Most Valuable Player of the Finals three times while playing for Guangdong.

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Jianlian was a member of the Chinese national team and competed in the Olympics four times while representing his country.

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Jeremy Lin, a Taiwanese-American basketball player who was a phenomenon with the New York Knicks and who has spent the last several years playing professionally in China.

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