Yi Jianlian entered the national team in 2004, when Yi Jianlian was seventeen. In 2005, Yi Jianlian became the youngest MVP in CBA history. The young and promising Yi Jianlian quickly attracted the attention of NBA scouts. In the 2007 NBA draft, Yi Jianlian was selected by Milwaukee Bucks in the sixth round, becoming the second tallest player in China in the NBA draft.

Yi Jianlian has made great achievements in his career of 18 years. Yi Jianlian is the first player in CBA history to win the most valuable player in the regular season four times and the most valuable player in the men's basketball Asian Championship twice. Yi Jianlian scored more than 10000 points in CBA120 18,16,5438+09, 2 1 0, becoming the total scoring champion in CBA history and the rebounding champion in CBA history on June 28, 2020.

In addition, Yi Jianlian also made small achievements in the NBA. He scored 2069 points in his NBA career. On February 22, 2007, at the home of Milwaukee Bucks, he beat Charlotte Bobcats with 103-99, played for 42 minutes and 33 seconds, and shot 17( 14). In the 1 free throw, he scored a career-high 29 points and 10 rebounds, as well as three assists, two turnovers, three steals, 1 block and three fouls. This game became Yi Jianlian's masterpiece in the NBA. In 2008, Yi Jianlian participated in the Rookie Challenge and won the Rookie of the Month Award in 2007.

Yi Jianlian, as the man who carried the banner of China men's basketball team after Wang Yaoming retired, did not achieve good results for his country in the international arena, but the main reason was not that Yi Jianlian was personally worthy of his country. From every game representing the national team, we can see that Yi Jianlian will make great efforts and struggle. No matter what the result of the game is, Yi Jianlian's performance in the national team deserves our tribute.