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Yao Ming ( Chinese: 姚明; born September 12, 1980) is a Chinese basketball executive and former professional player. He played for the Shanghai Sharks of the Chinese Basketball Association (CBA) and the Houston Rockets of the National Basketball Association (NBA).
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Oct 28, 2022 · Twenty years ago, Yao Ming began his rookie season for the Rockets. He became an eight-time NBA All-Star and had his No. 11 jersey retired.
Yao Ming He was larger than life, and on opposite sides of the world, the man who stretched seven-and-a-half feet into space changed the face of basketball forever. Already a legend in his native China, the big center was poised to test his mettle against the best basketball players in the world.
2 days ago · Yao Ming (born September 12, 1980, Shanghai, China) is a Chinese basketball player, who became an international star as a centre for the Houston Rockets of the National Basketball Association (NBA). Yao was born to accomplished basketball-playing parents who each stood more than 6 feet (1.8 metres) tall.
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Aug 20, 2023 · BEIJING (China) - International superstar and 2002 NBA first pick Yao Ming is being inducted to the FIBA Hall of Fame Class of 2023 in honor of his legendary career that had a dramatic impact on basketball not only in China but also in the rest of the world.
Sep 20, 2013 · China’s greatest basketball player – its ultimate sporting ambassador, possibly its most famous living citizen – is not just tall. At 7ft 6in, he is like Tiananmen Square: built to dwarf the merely...
Jul 20, 2011 · Yao Ming — the former No. 1 overall pick of the Houston Rockets who for several years was the best center in the game and who helped globalize the NBA by making it the most popular American sport in China — made his retirement official in a ceremony Wednesday in China.
Yao Ming was among the first people to carry the flame as the Olympic Torch Relay began on Wednesday (2 February) ahead of Beijing 2022. Yao represented China in basketball at three Olympic Games from 2000-2008 and was the country's flagbearer in the Opening Ceremony at Athens 2004 and Beijing four years later.
