According to Kevin Garnett, the entire Team USA squad placed a $1 million bounty on the head of Yao in the 2000 Olympic Games.The player who would've delivered a successful throwdown over the 7'6 ...

What a joy it was to have him on my team.” Yao was a member of eight NBA All-Star teams, as well as five All-NBA teams, and in 2009 helped the Rockets win their first playoff series since 1997.

No estimate has been released, however, of just how much Yao will spend on his former team, for which he started training as a young teenager. (See 100 Olympic athletes from the Beijing Games.) ...

Still, in that short time, Yao racked up eight All-Star selections — including one in 2011 when he missed 77 games (thank you, Chinese fan voting!) — and, more tellingly, five All-NBA team ...

The Rockets likely will sign Yao Ming, the 7-5 center from China that was picked first... Yao likely to sign when Chinese team visits U.S. Chron Logo Hearst Newspapers Logo ...

As much as Rockets coach Rick Adelman said that Monday’s game was vital in the ...

BEIJING (Reuters) - Houston Rockets center Yao Ming has purchased his financially troubled former club the Shanghai Sharks, Chinese media reported on Thursday. The seven-time NBA All Star's ...

The team then took aim at Yao and the CBA of mismanagement, and Zhou for allegedly repeatedly discrediting the team. “Since 2017, Yao Ming has held the position of both chairman of the ...

Yao has divided his time between Houston and China’s national team since joining the NBA in 2002, keeping him playing almost year-round. “As a member of the China National Team, Yao Ming must come ...

Houston Rockets CEO Tad Brown talks about how the basketball team became a favorite in China even before Yao Ming came to play there. He also discusses the changing media landscape and its impact ...