Photo by GroovehouseBasketball season is almost here The Houston Rockets played a pre-season game last night at the Toyota Center. Reports are that a very tall ...

"I don't know. I like Stephen Curry," Ming said. "Small, you know, quick, shoots the ball very well. Looks not very strong, but has a strong heart. Really, it's because he is totally opposite to ...

The new Asian University Basketball League hopes to bring together the top colleges across Japan, China and Korea and beyond -- and also to produce the NBA's next Asian superstar.

Ming has to do little more than say his name, and the spot works. Nice touch at the end to have "Yo-gi" appear. This ad took the largest stage as it debuted on the Super Bowl broadcast in 2003.

Yao Ming (11) puts up a shot over Erick Dampier (25) (left) and Josh Howard (5) (right) during the second quarter of the Dallas Mavericks vs Houston Rockets basketball game at the Toyota Center ...

The two went head-to-head nine times in their career, with Yao topping Iverson 7-2 in those games. Iverson averaged 23.1 points, 4.3 rebounds and 5.9 assists, while Yao put up 19.9 points, 12.7 ...

On this date in 2002, Yao Ming was selected 1st overall by the Houston Rockets in the NBA Draft, the 1st time a player who had played neither high school nor college basketball in the U.S. was the ...