[NBA] Tribute to Yao Ming, The Great Wall

Yao Ming (Chinese: 姚明; pinyin: Yáo Míng; born September 12, 1980) is a professional basketball player who plays for the Houston Rockets of the National Basketball Association (NBA). He is currently the tallest player in the NBA, at 2.29 m (7 ft 6 in).[1]

Yao, who was born in Shanghai, started playing for the Shanghai Sharks as a teenager, and played on their senior team for five years in the Chinese Basketball Association (CBA), winning a championship in his final year. He entered the 2002 NBA Draft, and after negotiating with the CBA and the Sharks to secure his release, was selected by the Houston Rockets as the first overall pick of the draft. He has since been selected to start for the Western Conference in the NBA All-Star Game in each of his first seven seasons, and has been named to the All-NBA Team five times. However, the Rockets have advanced past the first round of the playoffs only once since he joined the team, and he has missed significant time due to injury in each of the past five seasons.

Yao is married to Ye Li, a former player for the China women's national basketball team. He is one of China's best-known athletes, with sponsorships with several major companies, and he has been the richest celebrity in China for six straight years. His rookie year in the NBA was the subject of a documentary film, The Year of the Yao, and he co-wrote, along with NBA analyst Ric Bucher, an autobiography titled Yao: A Life in Two Worlds.

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[Im123Beast]

@bkoispretty know he is retired

[rollo23spizike]

haha lebron lol 

[Lebron0wnzzyou]

Yao will not be the same player he was pre-injury. I've seen what this kind of injury can do to someone. (Zydrunas Ilgauskas) Yao better develop his jump shot alot more. He could stay in the league for quite a few years just because of his height, and his jumper.

[bkoispretty]

hes not fucking retired, hes just injured idiots

[tmacyaokobe]

@tylerdub100 when did he announced and when he'll gonna retire????

[tylerdub100]

@tmacyaokobe he already announced his retirement

[tmacyaokobe]

i hope yao that before you retire you can get even just 1 ring

[phunkykarma]

My favorite nba player . Get well soon.

[Andrexthor]

He's an Avatar dressed in human skin!