When he was selected by the Houston Rockets as the first pick of the 2002 NBA Draft, Yao Ming was quite a unique ... Related: ...

Including the postseason, Yao Ming played in 514 games with the Houston ... Andrew Bynum looked like the teenager he was. Phil Jackson couldn't muster up enough Zen to contain Yao.

“Tell Yao Ming, ‘Ching chong yang ... Later, when O’Neal was outvoted by Yao in All-Star balloting, Lakers coach Phil Jackson told the L.A. Times: “I don’t think it bothers [O’Neal ...

Yao Ming's height makes him one of the tallest players ... and he also revels in the offseason drama. Phil Jackson stands out as his favorite coach, whom he admires for his composed leadership ...

Yao Ming, a 7’6 center from China, was discussed almost like an urban legend before his arrival in 2002 (he first appeared on radars at the 2000 Summer Olympics), and when the Houston Rockets ...

In anticipation of Yao Ming's jersey retirement ceremony Friday night at Toyota Center, his former coach with the Rockets, Jeff Van Gundy, wrote a tribute in The Players' Tribune to the Hall-of ...

Just promise me you'll take a read. Yao Ming (notes) is working himself into the type of shape that will allow him to play his first batch of NBA basketball since his left foot fell apart ...

Yao Ming seemed omnipresent in 2009. A superstar with the Houston Rockets, China's premier basketball player peered out from hundreds of billboards across his hometown of Shanghai. But this was no ...

One week of training camp, two practices and an exhibition game were all Yao Ming and the Houston Rockets had to prepare for his debut. Calling it a tall order would be a massive understatement.

Basketball Hall of Famer Yao Ming sat down with ESPN-Tencent reporter Yuan Fang for an exclusive one-on-one --conducted in Chinese and translated to English --during which the Chinese basketball ...