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Yi Is Key to Draft Day Sweep

It's hard to argue that any team did better than the Nets in last June's draft. With Brook Lopez a legitimate Rookie of the Year candidate and Ryan Anderson and Chris Douglas-Roberts improving at season's end, the Nets did very well. But that same afternoon, they traded for Yi Jianlian and that hasn't worked out well. We take one last look at the June 26 Gamble and diverging opinions on Yi's chances of success.