It hasn’t been the best year for Yi Jianlian. First, his China team lost embarassingly to Iran on home soil in the FIBA Asian Championships, then he got injured after only 4 games into the 2009-2010 season, and just recently his New Jersey Nets officially got off to the worst start in NBA history by losing their first 18 games.

After 5 weeks of being out with a sprain that bothered  his right knee, Yi was expected to return on Sunday to play against the New York Knicks. However, it seems that his series of unfortunate events hasn’t ended quite yet. He was accidentaly hit by teammate Sean Williams during a 3 on 3 scrimmage where Yi went up to contest a dunk, opening a gash inside Yi’s upper lip. Yi wanted to continue playing afterwards, but he was told he needed medical attention. Now it seems that it will be one more week until Yi Jianlian can hit the hardwood again.

This happened days after being reunited with his new assitant Coach Del Harris, who at one time coached the China National Basketball team. The good news out of all of this? Yi got a piece of the ball and Sean Williams’ dunk missed. The bad news? It cost 50 stiches.