Lakers sign Chinese guard Sun Yue
Sports Network | August 25, 2008
Los Angeles, CA (Sports Network) - The Los Angeles Lakers signed point guard Sun Yue to a multi-year contract on Monday. Terms of the deal were not released.
The 23-year-old was the Lakers' second-round choice in the 2007 draft out of Chinese club team Beijing Aoshen. Sun has also spent time with China's national team and participated in the Las Vegas summer league in 2007.
In six games with the Chinese National Team in the recently concluded Beijing Olympics, he averaged 6.8 points, 2.5 assists and 1.7 rebounds while averaging 28.0 minutes of playing time.
