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2012 Playoffs Statistics

PPG
2.0
RPG
2.00
APG
0.0
EFF
+ 2.00
Born: Oct 27, 1987
Height: 7-0 / 2.13
Weight: 250 lbs. / 113.4 kg.
Prior to NBA / Country:
Guangdong Southern / China
Years Pro: 5

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Background

PROFESSIONALLY
Was a member of the Chinese National Team which competed in the 2008 Olympics in Beijing and 2004 games in Athens…Played for Team China during the 2007 Las Vegas Summer League, and averaged 12.4 points, 4.4 rebounds and 1.4 blocks in 28.0 minutes per contest…Was named the ambassador of the 2006-07 CBA League after averaging 24.9 points, 11.5 rebounds and 1.8 blocks in 30.7 minutes per game for Guangdong…Averaged 20.5 points, 9.7 rebounds and 1.3 blocks per game during the 2005-06 season for Guangdong...Named the most popular player of the 2005-06 CBA League.

2009-10
Averaged a career-high 12.0 points and 7.2 rebounds in 52 games (51 starts) for New Jersey…Scored a career-high 31 points vs. DET (3/26)…Scored 20 points and grabbed a career-high 19 rebounds vs. WAS (2/28)…Recorded nine double-doubles…Scored 20 or more points in six contests…Missed 30 games due to injury (sprained right MCL, 11/4-12/6, upper lip laceration, 12/8-12/19, sprained left ankle 3/8-3/17).

2008-09
Appeared in 61 games (52 starts) for New Jersey… Averaged 8.6 points and 5.3 rebounds in 23.3 minutes per contest… Scored 20 or more points in four games, posted four games with 10 or more rebounds and three double-doubles… Missed 16 games with a broken fifth finger, right hand (1/12-2/10) which he suffered at Milwaukee (1/9/09)… Registered five DNP-CD’s on the season…Tallied third double-double with 22 points, a career-high tying 13 rebounds and two blocks vs. Sacramento on 1/5… Scored a season-high 27 points on 9-of-15 shooting from the field… Tallied his first double-double of the season, with 24 points on 7-of-11 from the field including a career high five three-pointers and 10 rebounds at Miami on 11/10… In his Nets debut at WAS (10/29), tallied 17 points on 7-of-11 FG’s, six rebounds and two blocks.

2007-08
Averaged 8.6 points, 5.2 rebounds and 0.85 blocks in 66 games during his rookie season with Milwaukee… Shot .421 (219-of-520) from the field, .841 (122-of-145) from the line and .286 (6-of-21) from three-point range in 25.0 minutes per contest… Among rookie leaders, ranked ninth in points, fifth in rebounds, third in free throw percentage, sixth in blocks and eighth in minutes…Named the Eastern Conference’s Rookie of the Month for December, after averaging 12.1 points and 6.6 rebounds on .503 shooting from the field… Scored in double-figures 24 times, had two games of 20 or more and grabbed 10+ rebounds five times… Led Milwaukee in scoring once, rebounding 11 times and blocks 30 times… Participated in the Rookie- Sophomore game at the NBA All-Star Weekend and finished with eight points, two rebounds, one assist and one steal… Blocked a career-high four shots at Utah on 1/14… Notched the first double-double of his career on 12/22 vs. Charlotte with a career-high 29 points on 14-of-17 from the field to go along with 10 rebounds, three assists, three steals and a block… Tallied 20+ points for the first time in his career with a 22-point effort on 12/15 vs. Minnesota… Grabbed a career-high 13 rebounds against Memphis on 11/14… Made NBA debut at Orlando (10/31), scoring nine points on 4-of-5 shooting.

PROFESSIONALLY
No NBA playoff experience. Member of the Chinese National Team which competed in the 2008 Olympics in Beijing and 2004 games in Athens… Played for Team China during 2007 Las Vegas Summer League, averaging 12.4 points, 4.4 rebounds and 1.4 blocks in 28.0 minutes per contest…Was named the ambassador of the 2006-07 CBA League after averaging 24.9 points, 11.5 rebounds and 1.8 blocks in 30.7 minutes per game for Guangdong… Averaged 20.5 points, 9.7 rebounds and 1.3 blocks per game during the 2005-06 season for Guangdong... Helped lead his team to a CBA title and earned Finals MVP honors... Named the most popular player of the 2005-06 CBA League.


Personal

Is the son of two former athletes (his father, Yi Jingliu, is 6-5 and his mother, Mai Meiling, is 5-8)…Name is pronounced “EE jee-ENN-lee-ENN”…Was discovered in 1999 on a playground in Shenzhen…Stood 6-4 when he was just out of grade school…Participated in the 2002 adidas ABCD All-American Basketball Camp at Fairleigh Dickinson University along with LeBron James and Sebastian Telfair…Owns the career mark for dunks by a Chinese player in the Chinese Basketball Association.

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