A s Shaquille O'Neal unanimously claimed the most dominant center title in the NBA during the early 2000s, a new giant was making waves across the ocean – China's Yao Ming.Standing tall and ...

As Yao’s career went on, he became a the reference for tall or big, and that became apparent in hip-hop, as rappers all over began to reference Yao Ming in lyrics.

W hen he was selected by the Houston Rockets as the first pick of the 2002 NBA Draft, Yao Ming was quite a unique physical specimen. A 7'6'', 310-pound giant from China with an incredibly soft ...

That works out to a wine glass approximately 12.7 inches tall. Trying to find a glass for sale between 12 and 13 inches that looks like Yao's didn't turn up much in admittedly morning's long ...

Yao Ming’s NBA journey began when the Houston Rockets selected him as the No. 1 overall pick in the 2002 NBA Draft. He was the highest draft pick ever to come directly from an international league.

Kevin Garnett: So listen, though—we had a bounty out on Yao Ming. First cat to dunk on Yao? A million dollars. So everybody was trying—man, we all said, “First C, we all put our hand there.&#… ...

Howard, who joined the franchise in 2013, took the center mantle from all-timer Yao Ming as the organization's cornerstone big man for what appeared to be the foreseeable future.

Widely regarded as the best Asian player in NBA history, China’s Yao Ming acknowledges the gulf but believes the gap between Asia and the best in the business can narrow through more and stronger ...