一場正在上演的CBA總決賽，正在吸引著媒體、球探、球迷，甚至遠在美國的姚明。其實，大家關注的物件只有一個：即將參加NBA選秀的.易建聯。在姚明看來，易建聯具備了球星所需要的條件，稱其打法與斯塔德邁爾非常相似。而作為“過來人”，姚明則建議易建聯最好參加夏季聯賽以便提前開始適應NBA的比賽節奏。
With several NBA scouts sending representatives to China to scout Yi Jianlian in the China Basketball Association finals, Rockets center Yao Ming offered his own, typically generous, scouting report.
"He is very close to a player who is in the NBA like I would say Amare Stoudemire," Yao said. "Yi is taller. He is almost seven-foot. He has a very nice touch, very athletic. He has everything (to be) a great player.
"From my experience, it is very important he plays in the summer league. The games played in the summer league I think will be good for him and for his team, whatever team drafts him. I was not in the summer league the year the Rockets drafted me so I had a very tough start in the beginning. For a player from China, I think you need time to adjust."
Yao never played against Yi, but they have been national team teammates for the past three years.
"When I left China, he just started to play," Yao said. We never matched up. I think he is a very good four. He can play a little bit of a five, sometimes. Good shot blocker. He just needs the right training, people who can tell him how to play on the NBA level."
Vocabulary:
NBA scout：NBA球探
summer league: 夏季聯賽
a very good four : 一名很好的四號位球員
a five: 五號位球員
