Sun Yue (simplified Chinese: 孙悦; traditional Chinese: 孫悅; pinyin: Sūn Yuè, born November 6, 1985) is a 6 ft 9 in (2.06 m) Chinese professional basketball player. He is currently playing for the Beijing Olympians. He became the fifth Chinese player to play in the NBA.[1]
[edit] Professional career
[edit] Beijing Aoshen (2002–2008)
Sun started playing with the Beijing Olympians, which was the only privately owned club of the CBA, in 2002 at the age of 17.[2] In 2004, Sun was selected to the Chinese national under-20 team,[2] but when his team refused to release him to play, the CBA banned the Olympians from playing in the CBA.[2] After touring in Taiwan, the team moved to play in the ABA. In Sun's first year in the ABA, the 2005-06 season, his final numbers included 9.5 points per game, 7 rebounds per game, and 6.7 assists per game.[2] Sun also had his first triple-double of his career, with 12 points, 14 assists, and 12 rebounds,[3] and was named to the All-ABA 2nd team.[2] In the following year, Yue improved his numbers, 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, and 2 blocks per game.[2]
[edit] Los Angeles Lakers/D-Fenders (2008–2009)
After originally entering the 2006 NBA draft, but subsequently withdrawing,[3] Sun entered the 2007 draft. At a pre-draft camp in Orlando, Sun was measured as having a 34" vertical leap, a 5.1% body fat ratio, and a time of 10.68 seconds in lane agility,[2] and he was taken by the Lakers in the second round, 40th overall.[4] However, Sun stayed with the Olympians for another year, before signing with the Lakers in August 2008.[5] But only a few days after he arrived in the US in September, Sun suffered from a bout of mononucleosis (glandular fever), and had to be taken to the hospital.[6] After recovering from his illness, Sun finally made his NBA regular season debut on December 7, 2008 against the Milwaukee Bucks, recording 4 points in 5 minutes of play.[7] He played in 10 games, and scored a total of 6 points in 28 minutes, before being assigned on March 6[8] to the Lakers' National Basketball Development League affiliate, the Los Angeles D-Fenders. He played 6 games with the D-Fenders, averaging 9.8 ppg, 3.3 rpg, 3.7 apg, 1.3 spg, and 2.3 bpg.[9] Sun Yue then suffered a left ankle sprain during practice with the D-Fenders and missed the remaining D-League games.[10] He eventually recovered and practiced and traveled with the Lakers during the playoffs, but he was not activated for any playoff games for the Lakers. Sun Yue became the second player from China, but the first Ethnic Han Chinese, to win an NBA Championship ring after the Los Angeles Lakers defeated the Orlando Magic in the 2009 NBA Finals. The other was Mengke Bateer, an ethnic Mongol who was part of the San Antonio Spurs championship team in the 2002-2003 season.
Sun was waived by the Lakers on July 31, 2009 [11] and by the Knicks on October 7, 2009.[12]
[edit] NBA career statistics
[edit] Regular season
| Year |
Team |
GP |
GS |
MPG |
FG% |
3P% |
FT% |
RPG |
APG |
SPG |
BPG |
PPG |
| 2008–09 |
L.A. Lakers |
10 |
0 |
2.8 |
.273 |
.000 |
.000 |
.0 |
.2 |
.1 |
.1 |
0.6 |
| Career |
|
10 |
0 |
2.8 |
.273 |
.000 |
.000 |
.0 |
.2 |
.1 |
.1 |
0.6 |
[edit] 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 other NBA 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 team and the New Zealand national team. He also competed in the NBA China Games with the Chinese national team against the Orlando Magic. Sun Yue ended up with 8 points, 4 assists, and 1 block in 24 minutes in the game against the Magic.
Sun earned a silver medal in the 2009 FIBA Asia Championship along with Yi Jianlian and Wang Zhizhi as members of the Chinese national team. Sun averaged 6 points, 2.8 rebounds and 1.7 assists through the competition.
Sun earned a gold medal in the 2011 FIBA Asia Championship competing for the Chinese National Team.[13][14]. He averaged 9 points, 2.3 assists, 1.7 steals, and 1.4 blocks in 9 games played.[15]
[edit] References
- ^ "NBA's New Chinese Face". Beijing Review. October 16, 2008. http://www.bjreview.com.cn/quotes/txt/2008-12/25/content_172086.htm. Retrieved 2009-02-11.
- ^ a b c d e f g "Sun Yue Scouting Report". CBSSports.com. http://www.cbssports.com/nba/players/draft/1229858. Retrieved 2009-02-11.
- ^ a b "Yue Sun 2007 Draft Profile". NBA.com. http://www.nba.com/draft2007/profiles/YueSun.html. Retrieved 2009-02-11.
- ^ "Yi, Sun Picked in NBA Draft". china.org.cn. June 29, 2007. http://www.china.org.cn/english/sports/215544.htm. Retrieved 2009-02-12.
- ^ Hine, Chris (August 9, 2008). "Lakers agree to terms with guard Sun Yue, 2007 second-round pick". LA Times. http://articles.latimes.com/2008/aug/09/sports/sp-lakers9. Retrieved 2009-02-12.
- ^ Bresnahan, Mike (September 26, 2008). "Lakers rookie Sue Yue has mononucleosis". LA Times. http://articles.latimes.com/2008/sep/26/sports/sp-lakers26. Retrieved 2009-02-12.
- ^ "Chinese star Sun Yue makes NBA debut for Lakers". Bangkok Post. December 8, 2008. http://www.bangkokpost.com/news/sports/135236/sun-makes-nba-debut-for-lakers. Retrieved 2009-02-12.
- ^ Turner, Broderick (March 6, 2009). "Lakers send Sun Yue to D-League". Los Angeles Times. http://latimesblogs.latimes.com/sports_blog/2009/03/lakers-send-sun.html. Retrieved 2009-03-08.
- ^ http://www.nba.com/dleague/playerfile/index.jsp?player=sun_yue
- ^ http://lakers.freedomblogging.com/2009/03/25/sun-goes-down/13937/
- ^ Lakers waive guard Sun Yue
- ^ http://www.newsday.com/blogs/sports/the-knicks-fix-1.812055/yue-pruitt-among-four-waived-by-knicks-1.1507645
- ^ http://www.fiba.com/pages/eng/fc/news/lateNews/fibaEven/fibaAsiaCham/p/newsid/49670/arti.html
- ^ http://wuhan2011.fibaasia.net/TournamentNewsDetails.aspx?id=1394
- ^ http://wuhan2011.fibaasia.net/Player_Accumalated_Statistics.aspx?id=54048
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