- Sun Yue
Infobox NBA Player
name = Sun Yue
孙悦
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height_ft = 6
height_in = 9
weight_lb = 205
league = NBA
number = 9
team =Los Angeles Lakers
position =Point guard /Shooting guard /Small forward
birth_date = birth date and age|1985|11|6
birth_place =Cangzhou ,Hebei , PR China
high_school =
college =
nationality = Chinese
draft = 2nd round, 40th overall
draft_team =Los Angeles Lakers
draft_year = 2007
career_start = 2003
career_end =
former_teams = Beijing Aoshen Olympians (2003–2008)
awards =Sun Yue (zh-stp|s=孙悦|t=孫悅|p=Sūn Yuè, born November 6, 1985 in
Cangzhou ,Hebei , China) is a height|ft=6|in=9 Chinese professionalbasketball player with theLos Angeles Lakers of the NBA.cite web |url= http://www.latimes.com/sports/la-sp-lakers9-2008aug09,0,7995232.story Lakers agree to terms with guard Sun Yue, 2007 second-round pick |title= Lakers agree to terms with guard Sun Yue, 2007 second-round pick |accessdate=2008-09-13 |work= |publisher= Los Angeles Times |date= ] He mainly plays thepoint guard position, but he can also play at theshooting guard andsmall forward positions. He is the fifth player from China to enter the NBA, afterYao Ming ,Yi Jianlian ,Mengke Bateer andWang Zhizhi .Player profile
Sun attracted attention from the NBA mainly because of his height and his passing skills. Despite being height|ft=6|in=9 and 205 lbs. (93 kg), Sun has played for both the
Beijing Olympians and the Chinese national basketball team. However, during the2006 FIBA World Championship , Sun Yue was benched by China's head coachJonas Kazlauskas in favor of the young point guard prospect and fellow Chinese national teammate,Chen Jianghua .This year, at the 2008 Olympics with the Chinese national basketball team, Sun has started alongside the teams starting point guard Liu Wei at the shooting guard position.
At the Orlando Pre-Draft camp, his measurements were a 34" vertical leap, a 6'9" wingspan, a 8'9" standing reach, a 5.1% body fat ratio, and a time of 10.68 seconds (ranking in the top 3 times at the camp) in lane agility. During the
2007 NBA Draft , Sun was selected by theLos Angeles Lakers during the second round of the draft, as the 40th overall pick.He said he would like to be called Monkey King instead of "China's Magic Johnson".Personal Life
He is currently dating one of China's top models,
Gu Chen . It was not the Chinese media who disclosed their close affair, but sports writers from foreign media. AlthoughSun Yue and Gu Chen were initially quite secretive about their love affair, asGu Chen did not want to be famous as a result of Sun Yue, their relationship is more public now as Gu Chen herself is becoming increasingly well-known. And recently it has been uncovered that Sun is suffering from a case ofMononucleosis . [http://sports.yahoo.com/nba/news;_ylt=Aic0G5paOHfP46KH8HwrMNi8vLYF?slug=ap-lakers-sun&prov=ap&type=lgns]Pro career
Beijing Aoshen controversy
Sun was at the center of a controversy between the former professional Chinese league team, the Beijing Aoshen Olympians, and the
Chinese Basketball Association (CBA). Sun was ordered to report for China national basketball team duty, but when Beijing refused to release him, the CBA banned Beijing from playing in the men's league. The owner of Aoshen subsequently moved the team to the American Basketball Association (ABA), where they have played for three years.Sun has continued to play with the Olympians, and was eventually allowed to play internationally with the Chinese national team, along with another Beijing player,
Zhang Songtao . He has since played in the 2005 Asian Championship inQatar , and in the2006 FIBA World Championship s, hosted by Japan. Sun was also selected to the Chinese national team for the 2008 Olympic Basketball Tournament.ABA
In the 2005-06 ABA season, Sun Yue started off the year as a struggling player. However, he turned his play around drastically during the season and ended up making the All-ABA 2nd team. His final numbers included 9.5 points per game, 7 rebounds per game, 6.7 assists per game, 1.9 steals per game, 2.5 blocks per game, 4.3 turnovers per game (a 1.56 to 1 assist to turnover ratio), and a field goal shooting percentage of 39%. In the 2006-07 ABA season, Yue made dramatic improvements, making the All-ABA First Team with averages of 13.5 points per game, 6 rebounds per game, 10.5 assists per game, 1.9 steals per game, 2 blocks per game, and 3.8 turnovers per game (a 2.76 to 1 assist to turnover ratio), and hitting 46% of his field goal attempts.
NBA
Sun was drafted as the 40th overall pick by the
NBA club theLos Angeles Lakers in the2007 NBA Draft . OnAugust 26 ,2008 , theLos Angeles Lakers and Yue signed a two-year deal. Yue will miss some oftraining camp due to amono attack.Chinese national basketball team
Sun Yue competed in the NBA Summer Pro League (Held from
July 6 –13 at Las Vegas, Nevada) with the Chinese national team in the summer of 2007. Team China was the only international team in the competition and was competing against 16 otherNBA teams. This was seen as a chance for the Chinese national team to gain further experience against international competition in preparation for the 2008 Olympic Basketball Tournament, which Sun would also compete in.Sun also participated in the
2007 Stanković Continental Champions' Cup Championship and played vital roles in the wins against the Venezuelan national basketball team and theNew Zealand national basketball team . He also competed in the NBA China Games with the Chinese national team against theOrlando Magic . Sun Yue ended up with 8 points, 4 assists, and 1 block in 24 minutes in the game against the Magic.References
External links
*NBA-profile
* [http://youtube.com/watch?v=l8NXJ8jW8JE Youtube Highlights of Sun Yue]
* [http://youtube.com/watch?v=MPuR474hn8w Sun Yue @ Yao/Nash Charity Game]
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