Ricky Rubio, Who Do You Think You Are?

You remember Yi Jianlian, yeah?  He was the seven-footer from Guangdong Province in China who was drafted by the Milwaukee Bucks with the sixth pick in the 2007 NBA Draft.  Oh, how nice it was to be drafted so high and be able to play in the best basketball league in the world. But wait!  Yi was upset.  His “handlers” were upset.  They wanted their boy to play in a “large” market.  But the problem was that none of the teams selecting in the first 10 picks were in a large market. Well, maybe Chicago, who had acquired the New York Knicks’ ninth pick.  Beyond the Bulls, the true “large” market teams would not select until fourteenth (the Los Angeles Clippers), followed by the Los Angeles Lakers at 19 and New York Knicks at 23.  Considering the talent and potential of Yi, you knew he would not last that long. As it was, the Bucks took him and he held out, deciding not to sign.  He whined and moaned, but finally ... (link)