Washington Wizards center Brendan Haywood said he isn't feeling any pressure to hold his own tonight against Yao Ming, the 7-foot-5 Houston Rockets center who was drafted first overall last summer.

But last summer, Yao Ming of China was the first player chosen in the National Basketball Association draft. There have been other Asian NBA players but none has attracted so much attention.

Yao is due to make over $16 million next season with a player option for 2010-11 that would pay him over $17 million. He was the top overall pick by the Rockets in the 2002 draft.

Ming played all but two regular season games from 2002-03 to 2004-05, but injuries unfortunately took over the back half of his career. He missed 25 games in 2005-06, 34 games the following year ...

Former NBA great Yao Ming addresses Peng Shuai, Olympics . Jan. 17, 2022 at 3:22 am Updated Jan. 17, 2022 at 4:58 am . By . KEN MORITSUGU. The Associated Press.

Ten-time NBA All-Star Carmelo Anthony, who was also supposed to play for Crack's team, addressed the Yao Ming rumors during the recent episode of his 7 PM in Brooklyn podcast. "It was rumors that ...

Chinese basketball legend Yao Ming has for the first time addressed his encounter last month with tennis star Peng Shuai, describing her as in “pretty good condition.” CNN values your feedback 1.

In the Apple ad, we watch as Yao Ming ends up on a plane next to Verne Troyer, the 2-foot, 8-inch actor most famous for playing Mini-Me in the Austin Powers series. Soon both are tapping away on ...

Yao Ming made it official Wednesday, telling a packed news conference in his hometown that a series of foot and leg injuries have forced him to retire from basketball. By The Associated Press ...

It helped that “Ming” is easy to fit into a rhyme given how many words you can play off of it, but Yao became a somewhat unlikely staple of rap music that has persisted long after his career.