He's still a work in progress. I think he is improving and some day he will get there. But right now he is out with a fractured something. Injuries are a problem for him.
Damn send some "Chinese cooks" to the Houstan and Jersey training facility. Something about them playing in the US is crazy. Chinese just can't stay healthy in the US.
He's just hurt, mag. In the 4 games he played this season, he's not far off of what Oden was last season: 9.8 ppg 7.5 rpg 1.2 bpg
Here's my point: Greg has gotten out of the gate slowly statistically. Most people (not Blazers fans) that I talk to think he's a bust because he's not Shaq already. But we know different. Same thing with Yi. Just because he hasn't put up gawdy statistics yet, it's easy for the non-Bucks/Nets fan to say that Yi is a bust. But the ones in the know can see that Yi is going to be a star in this league if he stays healthy.
Yi can be a star in the league if he stays healthy? Which of his years in the league showed you that? The one where he played 66 games with a PER of 11.3, the one where he played 61 games with a PER of 10.9 or his scintillating start for this year, where at 4 games he is at a PER of 10.4 If this guy is going to be a star, our very own #6 Webster who managed a 12.0 PER year during his first 3 years in the league is clearly on the path to the HOF. Please. If Yi can be a nice role-player, NJN will be happy. The best thing Yi did in his career is bring Chinese eye-balls to Bucks games.
Your logic is terrible. Yi needs to rebound the ball better, and play better defense. Actually, even his offense is in need of improvement. All he can really do is catch the ball and shoot.
As a fan of Yi and a spectator of his every game, I can say that he certainly won't be a superstar in the NBA. However, if he keeps up his continuous improvements (including adding a lot of bulk to his frame during the past summer) offensively, defensively, physically, and mentally, he could be a solid starter in this league. I see him peaking at around 16 pt/ 8 reb a game at his prime, which I think will be in the next 2-3 years.