Sun Yue doesn't wanna be known as "The Chinese Magic"...

[Now_Im_Not_Banned]

Don't call me Magic, call me Monkey King - China's Sun


BEIJING (AFP) — Los Angeles-bound guard Sun Yue has said he does not want to be known as "China's Magic Johnson" as he seeks a spot on the Laker's roster, but is happy to be known as the "Monkey King."

Sun is expected to depart for the Laker's training camp as soon as the US Embassy here issues his visa, and he is confident that he can make a roster that is led by superstars Kobe Bryant and Pau Gasol.

"I don't want to be called the next Magic Johnson," Sun told the China Daily of the nickname given him to by the Chinese sporting press.

"He was a great player, and he has everything you could ask for in a coach but I don't think I am going to pattern my game after him in my rookie year," he said of the legendary player and Lakers part-owner.

The 23-year-old Sun was signed by Los Angeles to a multi-year contract after he helped China to an eighth place finish at the Beijing Olympics, averaging 6.8 points and 2.5 assists a game.

The six-foot-eight inch (2.06 metre) guard was originally selected by the Lakers in the second round of the 2007 NBA draft, but was not given a contract or an invitation to training camp last year.

Already Chinese fans in Los Angeles are calling him "Sun Wukong," after the mythical "Monkey King," the legendary simian hero of the Chinese Buddhist literary classic "Journey to the West."

"If they want to name me after the fighting Buddhist master then I guess that will make me a bit more literary," Sun told journalists.

"For the fans to already have these kinds of plans (to name me Monkey King) is really great support for me."




LMAO@Monkey King.

[OchoCinco]

who the fuck cares..post this shit in the lakers sticky

[Don Jacob]

lol monkey king, that just sounds wrong.

[OG Hack Wilson]

atleast its not gayass soccer



this guys got no shot at being 1/10 of magic

[GENERIK]

monkey king should be kobe's nick name or some other nigger

[Don Jacob]

emeka okafur

[Turf Hitta]

monkey king should be kobe's nick name or some other nigger

NIK u sure let a lot of this type of shit slide...

[jeromechickenbone]

Thank God.  So no more Chinese Magic nonsense on this board.  Monkey King>>>>>>>>>>>Chinese Magic.

[eS El Duque]

"I don't want to be called the next Magic Johnson," Sun told the China Daily of the nickname given him to by the Chinese sporting press.

"He was a great player, and he has everything you could ask for in a coach but I don't think I am going to pattern my game after him in my rookie year," he said of the legendary player and Lakers part-owner.

Yea fuckin right...dude is never gonna get close

[OG Hack Wilson]

"I don't want to be called the next Magic Johnson," Sun told the China Daily of the nickname given him to by the Chinese sporting press.

"He was a great player, and he has everything you could ask for in a coach but I don't think I am going to pattern my game after him in my rookie year," he said of the legendary player and Lakers part-owner.

Yea fuckin right...dude is never gonna get close

nope

[Now_Im_Not_Banned]

Sun Yue definitely has the tools and versatility to make it big in the nba

[Turf Hitta]

***Insert Current Laker Player Here*** definitely has the tools and versatility to make it big in the nba

[Now_Im_Not_Banned]

<a href="http://www.youtube.com/v/l8NXJ8jW8JE" target="_blank" class="new_win">http://www.youtube.com/v/l8NXJ8jW8JE</a>

[S P I C E]

***Insert Current Laker Player Here*** definitely has the tools and versatility to make it big in the nba

HAHAHA!   So very true

[Now_Im_Not_Banned]

^like you do with Pacer, King, Warrior, and now Raptor players, right? LOL.