usatoday.com - 9/10/2008
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Yi Jianlian returned from China and the Beijing Olympics and joined 16 other players as the New Jersey Nets held voluntary workouts at their practice facility on Tuesday.
Fake Kenny Anderson cons Long Beach residents
asternwarning.blogspot.com 9/10/2008 — A man by the name of Michael Anderson has been arrested on charges of conning Long Beach passers by, saying that he was former NBA star Kenny Anderson.
Michael A, who as far as can be gathered, is no relation to Kenny A, would say that he locked his keys in his car and ask for a ride...
Nets forward Yi facing physical, mental challenges
nj.com 9/10/2008 — Joe Epstein/The Star-LedgerOff a plane, into the gym. . . . He was one day into a new job, and already Yi Jianlian looked exhausted. That could happen to anybody, of course: He was still jet-lagged from a 15-hour flight,...
New-look Nets meet for chemistry lesson
nydailynews.com 9/10/2008 — The start of training camp is still more than two weeks away but the Nets were in the gym today for the first of several voluntary workouts that will take place before then. Yi Jianlian was there, fresh off of a flight from Asia, where he played in ...
Long Beach police arrest 'fake Kenny Anderson'
sports.yahoo.com 9/10/2008 — A man by the name of Michael Anderson has been arrested on charges of defraud and identity theft for posing as former New Jersey Nets guard Kenny Anderson . The conman's five-step set-up, via A Stern Warning : 1) Approach victim and identify himself ...
Championship nets Rivers new deal - NBA - Yahoo! Sports
sports.yahoo.com 9/9/2008 — After winning the NBA championship, Doc Rivers and the Boston Celtics have reached agreement on a contract extension through the 2010-2011 season, a league source familiar with the deal told Yahoo! Sports. The contract has not been signed, but Celtics ...
YI SHAPES UP FOR NETS —
NY Post: Sports 9/10/2008
Last year, an enthusiastic Yi Jianlian showed up two days before the start of his first NBA training camp. Last year, he pretty much was burnt toast two months before the end of his first NBA season. So despite playing for China in the Olympics...
After the Olympics, Yi Arrives —
NBA.com: News 9/10/2008
On NETS.COM, Ben Couch writes "Yi Jianlian has had 10 days off, but after a 13-hour flight to the United States, a sleepless night and his first practice, he's a little tired. 'I feel I'm able to take a breath now,' Yi said. 'I was preparing for the ...