"The chant went up late in the game as the Dallas Mavericks were crushing the Bucks on Friday night.

"Yi, Yi," the American Airlines Center crowd screamed as Yi Jianlian scored his first basket as a member of the Dallas Mavericks.

To the Mavericks' fans, Yi is a novelty act on a team loaded with stars. He was recently signed by the Mavericks to provide some front-court insurance behind centers Brendan Haywood and Ian Mahinmi.

Yi is currently playing for his fourth NBA team and clearly has not lived up to the hype that accompanied his arrival in Milwaukee in 2007, after he was selected sixth overall in that year's draft by then Bucks general manager Larry Harris."