Los Angeles Lakers general manager Mitch Kupchak announced his team signed the big man on the Lakers' website Monday: “We’re excited to have a player of his worldwide accomplishments. We look forward to bringing him to training camp and hopefully having him make an impact on our team.”
The team has not disclosed the terms of the deal.
Yi averaged just 7.9 points and 4.9 rebounds per game while shooting 40.4 percent from the field during his initial five-year stint in the NBA, but it wasn't stunning, considering he had to deal with dramatic changes nearly every year.
After the Bucks tabbed him as a potential franchise cornerstone in 2007, they dealt him to the New Jersey Nets the following summer before the Nets shipped him to the Washington Wizards in June 2010.
A 30-game run with the Dallas Mavericks in 2012 proved to be the end of Yi's hectic first act, at which point he went back home and shined for the Guangdong Southern Tigers of the Chinese Basketball Association.
Yi earned CBA Domestic MVP honors four times, averaging 26.4 points and 9.2 rebounds per game while shooting 54.9 percent from the field and a career-best 37.4 percent from beyond the arc in his most recent campaign.
While those averages are unlikely to be sustainable in the NBA, Yi can focus on becoming a prototypical stretch 4 or 5 if he's able to maintain his solid shooting percentage from distance.
Yi attempted a career-high 2.1 three-pointers per game last season after mustering 0.7 per contest the year prior. In other words, he's starting to feel increasingly comfortable taking triples in a...
Article Source: Bleacher Report - Los Angeles Lakers
