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Since retiring, Ming has served as a delegate for the Chinese People’s Political Consultative Conference where he looms large. Even the 6-foot-11 Joakim Noah is a tiny next to Yao. In a sea of ...

Former NBA guard Jeremy Lin took to Instagram on Thursday to post a photo of himself with Basketball Hall of Fame big man Yao Ming. The two were both in attendance at NBA All-Star Weekend in San ...

When he was selected by the Houston Rockets as the first pick of the 2002 NBA Draft, Yao Ming was quite a unique ... most—his health for a somewhat normal life. “I was mentally stressed ...

One of the stars who was supposed to play in that game was 7'6" Yao Ming, who had taken the NBA by storm. If the game had pushed through, Yao would have been the starting center of Fat Joe's ...

Yao Ming, a 7’6 center from China ... and also was the most famous person from China in the U.S., so there are plenty of references to China or something Chinese in rap songs that substitute ...

“Yao Ming is progressing well ... I think that’s less likely than likely, but they haven’t ruled it out. “And next season, the outlook is very good. He just took off the cast for a ...

Yao Ming landed in the U.S. in the summer of 2002, 7-feet, 6-inches worth of fancy footwork, armed with a soft shooting touch. He was the top pick of that draft, selected by the Houston Rockets ...

Mandatory Credit: Petre Thomas-Imagn Images / Petre Thomas-Imagn Images On Monday, Rose made two posts to his Instagram story for former Houston Rockets star Yao Ming. Since those are two of the ...

Yao Ming, at 7'6", dwarfs him in a photo posted to Shaq's Instagram. Yao wasn't just tall, he was historically, exceptionally tall even by NBA standards. Our initial theory was that Yao gained ...