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Jeff Zillgitt: CNH spokesman on Yi Jianlian selected to carry flag at Opening Ceremony: "He is young, tall and has a good image. ... he is very famous." Twitter

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Adrian Wojnarowski: Panathinaikos and others in Europe with serious interest in Yi Jianlian, but his focus remains to play in the NBA, sources tell Y! Twitter

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The Chinese National Team now has its full arsenal of players after Yi Jianlian became the final player to report in Beijing over the weekend. Yi had his first practice with the team on Monday in Beijing and will be with the team full-time from now until the London Olympics in August. NiuBBall.com

Dallas Mavericks, Yi Jianlian, China, Olympics 

As we told you was coming a couple years ago, the NBA has teamed up with a Chinese film studio to have NBA stars — Dwight Howard, Carmelo Anthony, plus Yi Jianlian and former Bull Scottie Pippen — appear in a Chinese science-fiction movie that will feel like the Tron movie I wish I’d never paid to see. NBCSports.com

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For the first time, the NBA is partnering with a non-US film studio to release a major film overseas, the producers announced at a global press conference last night in the city. "Amazing," a production by the Shanghai Film Group, tells the story of a fictional world known as "The Sixth Sense." It uses basketball imagery to combine the visual elements of a video game with a movie, akin to the 2010 American science fiction film "Tron: Legacy." Shanghai Daily

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In the American media capital, Yi also discovered there’s a lot of interest in him since he will be the leading player in China's national team when they compete at the London Games. Yi's play helped the Chinese reach the knockout stages of the 2010 FIBA World Championship. He also sparked the team in their gold-medal run at last year's FIBA Asia Championship by averaging 16.6 points and 10.8 rebounds. "We are going to have a surprise for everybody," Yi said at Madison Square Garden. "You'll see." FIBA.com

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China reached the quarter-finals on home soil with Yao in Beijing four years ago and came through a tricky transition to regain the Asia championship title in Wuhan last September and qualify for London. “We are going to have a surprise for everybody,” Yi told Reuters before his Dallas Mavericks team lost to the New York Knicks 104-97 at Madison Square Garden on Sunday. “You’ll see.” Leader-Post

Dallas Mavericks, Yi Jianlian, China 

When I asked Yao about the challenges facing the N.B.A. in China, he smiled and teasingly asked, “Besides losing me?” He quickly emphasized that his retirement wasn’t a “big deal,” because other N.B.A. superstars like Bryant and James are enormously popular in China. Still, he agreed that finding another Chinese star would help. “Of course, that would be the best,” he said. The N.B.A. once hoped it had found a successor in Yi Jianlian, but Yi has never risen above mediocrity, and the most promising young players currently in the Chinese league are not ready. The C.B.A. has still not found a formula to produce world-class players. New York Times

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Two dominating performances with the Texas Legends were enough to convince the Mavericks that Yi Jianlian is ready for his NBA return. The 7-footer was called up and met the Mavericks in Michigan, where he is expected to be in uniform Tuesday when they play the Detroit Pistons. "He's really a good athlete, he has good hands and he's just a nice, versatile big man for us," said president of basketball operations Donnie Nelson, who saw Yi's two games with the Legends, the team Nelson co-owns. Dallas Morning News

Dallas Mavericks, Yi Jianlian 

Michael Dugat: If you needed official word, Yi has been recalled by the Mavs and will join the team in Detroit. Twitter

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The Mavericks just announced that recent free agent signee Yi Jianlian has been recalled from the D-League Texas Legends. Yi will join the Mavericks in Detroit in time for Tuesday night's game against the Pistons. Dallas Morning News

Dallas Mavericks, Yi Jianlian 

Yi Jianlian is officially a member of the Dallas Mavericks. The team announced Friday that they have signed the free agent forward, and the deal is reportedly for one year. The 7-0, 250-pounder, whose name is pronounced EE jee-ENN-lee-ENN, was the sixth overall pick of the 2007 NBA Draft. He is entering his fifth NBA season after playing for the Bucks, Nets and Wizards. Dallas Morning News

Dallas Mavericks, Yi Jianlian 

The next time Sean Williams gets in a game it will be for the Texas Legends in Frisco. The Dallas Mavericks plan to assign Williams and just-signed forward Yi Jianlian to the Dallas Mavericks' D-League affiliate today. They'll be available to play in Sunday's game when the Legends return home to face the Maine Red Claws. ESPN.com

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Yi Jianlian, the 6-foot-10 Chinese forward the Dallas Mavericks have long coveted and have agreed to sign to a one-year deal, is in Dallas and attended Monday's 100-87 win over the Oklahoma City Thunder. Coach Rick Carlisle said Jianlian will likely first be sent to the Frisco-based Texas Legends of the D-League and that a timetable for his debut with the Mavs isn't known. "Time will determine that," Carlisle said. "It's going to take him awhile to get used to what we're doing. He may spend some time in the D- League initially. And so, I can't give an accurate answer right now as far as when exactly he's going to be up and on the roster." ESPN.com

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Dwain Price: "Yi, I met him yesterday. He's tall." -- Mavs G Jason Terry to a Chinese reporter about Yi Jianlian Twitter

Dallas Mavericks, Yi Jianlian, Jason Terry 

Dwain Price: Yi Jianlian is barely in town and the Chinese media is already at the Mavericks' media availibility. Twitter

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He's been playing in China and recently suffered a minor knee injury, and will require a few days before he gets his release from overseas and makes it to Dallas. When he does, the plan is for Yi to play his way into shape at the NBDL Texas Legends in Frisco. "He's a young, athletic big guy who we believe still hasn't shown everybody what he can do,'' coach Rick Carlisle said. "We got a great situation because he doesn't need to be thrown into the fray right away. We can work with him. He may spend some time in the D-League. Right now, we're looking at a lot of things related to our present and our future.'' Dallas Morning News

Dallas Mavericks, Yi Jianlian 

The Dallas Mavericks are about to sign a player they've long coveted, reaching terms Saturday on a one-year contract with free-agent forward Yi Jianlian, according to sources with knowledge of the deal. The contract is likely to be finalized within the next 48 hours, sources said. ESPN.com

Dallas Mavericks, Free Agency, Yi Jianlian 

Chris Mannix: Mavs agree to a one-year deal with forward Yi Jianlian, source tells SI Twitter

Dallas Mavericks, Free Agency, Yi Jianlian 

Sources told ESPN.com that Yi will join the Mavericks' D-League affiliate Texas Legends in nearby Frisco on a rehabilitation stint before joining the Mavericks to help reacquaint the 24-year-old with full-speed basketball. ESPN.com

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