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Name: Sun Yue

Birth date: Dec.6,1985

Height: 2.06m

Weight: 96kg

Position: Guard

Los Angeles Lakers Signed with Sun Yue

In 1979, the Los Angeles Lakers shocked no one when they selected Earvin “Magic” Johnson with the first pick in the NBA Draft[1]. Twenty eight years later, the Lakers picked Magic again.

Sun Yue is affectionately[2] known as the “Chinese Magic Johnson”. There is no NCAA[3] championship on Sun’s résumé[4], and his personality will never be compared to the charismatic ^[5]Johnson’s. In fact, in many ways Sun is more Tony Parker than Johnson, as his girlfriend is one of China’s top models. But whenever you have a point guard who looks like a power forward, the comparisons to Johnson are inevitable.

“I have a different style,'” Sun said. “Yes, I’m like him because I pass more than score. Maybe I play kind of like him, but he was a superstar.”

What Sun does bring is a pretty impressive skill set. Sun, along with countryman Yi Jianlian, is part of a new generation of Chinese basketball players, a flashy ball handler and aggressive dunker who at 6-9 towers over opponents at the point-guard position much the same way Johnson did two decades ago.

“We looked hard at him,” an Eastern Conference scout[6] said of Sun, who is hoping to follow Yao Ming, Wang Zhizhi and Mengke Bateer as Chinese players to make the NBA. “It was split down the middle[7], but a lot of our guys were very high on him.”

Certainly the Lakers were. In selecting Sun with the 10th pick in the second round (40th overall), Los Angeles passed on more accomplished[8] college point guards like Marist’s Jared Jordan and Florida’s Taurean Green. The Lakers also selected Sun after using their first-round pick on Georgia Tech point guard Javaris Crittenton. While the Lakers like Sun’s versatility[9]—he can defend four positions—it’s possible that he could be asked to remain with the Chinese team for another season.

“We feel [Sun] is a prospect[10],” Lakers GM Mitch Kupchak said. “He could come with us early or perhaps play overseas.”

 “I used to dream about playing on the Lakers,” Sun said. “They are very young and talented. I think the team fits me well.”