Yi Jianlian is good at both attack and defense, and is the first choice in the NBA draft.

The famous American sports media "Sports Illustrated" published an article at 3:00 am Beijing time on April 3, predicting the prospects of international rookies participating in the 2007 NBA draft. The article was very optimistic about Yi Jianlian, a Chinese player who was about to participate in the NBA draft. It spent a lot of space introducing Yi's situation and even predicted that Yi's draft ranking would be at the forefront among all international rookies.