One week of training camp, two practices and an exhibition game were all Yao Ming and the Houston Rockets ... taken with the No. 1 pick in the 2002 NBA Draft, he became the first international ...

sold the NBA to China more than the arrival of Yao Ming. Yao was a teen superstar for the Shanghai Sharks averaging 38.9 points and 20.2 rebounds a game during the 2000-01 season. The 7-foot-6 ...

Hall of Fame NBA center Yao Ming spent nine years in the NBA ... Every year that Yao came back, however, his game looked a little better. 13 points a game became 18 points by year three.

Yao Ming may not have played in the NBA in over ten years but he is still ... multiple stars to head overseas to play in a charity game. According to Courtside Buzz, Paul George, James Harden ...

The Associated Press BEIJING (AP) — Former Houston Rockets star Yao Ming has stepped down ... Phoenix in triple OT to win Game 5 of 1976 Finals. 'Inside the NBA' bids emotional farewell to ...

In hindsight, the Rockets making Yao Ming the No. 1 overall pick seems like ... After all, as unlikely as it may sound, the first NBA game Yao ever saw on TV was as a 13-year-old watching the ...

Yao Ming's height makes him one of the tallest players in NBA history. Believe it or not, however, Yao isn't the tallest player in the history of the NBA. Throughout the late 90s, whispers of Yao ...

Basketball legend Yao Ming, who retired from the NBA in 2011 after an incredible nine-year career with the Houston Rockets, has stepped down from his position with the Chinese Basketball ...

China women's basketball game was one of the best games to start ... but that may not have been the biggest takeaway. Yao Ming was seen on China's bench as an assistant coach for the women's ...