You don't need to talk to someone from the Milwaukee Bucks to discover there is confusion when it comes to their first-round draft pick, Yi Jianlian.
There's confusion about his intent to play for the Bucks. There's confusion about how to pronounce his name. There's even confusion about how old he is.
Some reports list his birth date as Oct. 27, 1987, which is said to be the date listed on his passport. That would make him 19.
But other reports have called that date into question.
A reader last week sent an e-mail to some Journal Sentinel staffers saying Yi's "true age" could be verified by checking the listing for him at the Guangdong Social Insurance Administration. The reader provided the Web link to the site.
Guangdong is the province where the city of Shenzhen is located, where Yi was born.
According to the data for Yi that appears to be provided by that site, Yi was born Oct. 27, 1984.
If that's accurate, he is 22.
But this doesn't end the debate about Yi's age.
It only means this government site appears to list the age for a Yi Jianlian as Oct. 27, 1984. It appears to be the Bucks' Yi and not some other Yi.
What does it mean that Yi was dominating little kids? Who knows? I just want to see this cat play. My guess is that he is going to show flashes next year, but be far more inconsistent than even the average rookie. It would be a good thing for the Bucks if he had solid rotation time, but had a competent backup for when things aren't going well for Yi. I think the frontcourt rotation of Bogut, Gadzuric, Yi and Villanueva seems to cover that goal.
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