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Yi Jianlian
Milwaukee Bucks
Marcus Camby
Denver Nuggets
Yi is a gifted player, maybe the second-purest talent in this class. But I think he oftentimes sees himself as a shooter/scorer, when he could really be a rebounding threat right now if he chose to focus on that. Camby shows up to every game expecting to grab 15-plus rebounds. It's an attitude with him -- he owns the paint and doesn't need to weigh 275 pounds to do it. Yi has long arms, great hands and a superior feel for rebounding, just like Camby. All he needs is the attitude.
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David Thorpe is an NBA analyst for ESPN.com and the executive director of the Pro Training Center at the IMG Academies in Bradenton, Fla., where he oversees the player development program for NBA and college players. To e-mail him, click here.