Before the start of this season's CBA League, Yi Jianlian officially announced his retirement, and he said goodbye to his professional career.
Edit. In Guangzhou, Yi Jianlian conducted his own retirement ceremony, while in Dongguan, he conducted his own jersey retirement ceremony. At this point, Yi Jianlian is sure that he will not return to the professional basketball arena, and Chinese basketball has really lost its leader. In the first window of the men's basketball Asian preliminary tournament, the Chinese men's basketball team lost 1-1 and lost to the Japanese men's basketball team away, which is unacceptable.
It can be seen in the game that the new generation of Chinese men's basketball players does not have any responsibility, they do not play very well, and there are no leaders who come forward at critical moments, but shirk each other, especially the captain Zhao Jiwei, who behaved very badly, and can be said to have no responsibility, and is the worst captain in the history of the Chinese men's basketball team.
After doing it, basketball reporter Mai Suifeng posted a clip of **, which is a clip of Yi Jianlian signing an endorsement and giving a speech on stage after retiring. In his speech, Yi Jianlian sent an affectionate message to Chinese basketball, still bitter, he said that Chinese basketball still has a long way to go, and a temporary win or loss cannot define a life or failure, and Chinese basketball will continue to move forward.
Edit. Yi Jianlian said that the achievements created by his generation of players will eventually be surpassed by the new generation of players, but moving forward is not to replace water, but to become himself. "Learn to find yourself in the noise and be steadfast in winning and losing. Yi Jianlian said. In fact, Yi Jianlian had been persuading his teammates like this before he retired, but not many people listened to it.
Edit. Finally, when it was time for Yi Jianlian to say goodbye completely, the Chinese men's basketball team finally found that no one had to cover him, and this person who had been bitter would not come back, and everything could only rely on himself in the future.