The Bucks won?t have the luxury of checking out Yi Jianlian one more time before Thursday night?s NBA draft.

But that doesn?t mean the Bucks still won?t select the highly-regarded Chinese power forward.

It was reported in four days ago that Bucks officials were having trouble arranging a workout with Yi, who figures to be one of the top eight players chosen in the draft.

Friday, Dave Babcock, the Bucks' player personnel director, confirmed the Bucks have been rebuffed in their attempts to meet with Yi in Los Angeles, apparently because Dan Fegan, Yi?s agent, and the Chinese government want to get him placed in a large market, preferably with a large Chinese population.