About a month after the first rumors surfaced that the Los Angeles Lakers signed Yi Jianlian to a complicated, highly incentive-based contract, the Chinese big man finally met with the media for the first time. It was a big moment for him.
“I feel excited, especially to play for a city and a team with a name all over the world,” Jianlian told Serena Winters of Lakers Nation after working out in front of the media. Jianlian could be seen on social media draining threes during the public session, something he’ll need to do to stretch the floor in his minutes for the Lakers.