Yao Ming - The Great Wall of Houston

Yao Ming (Chinese: 姚明; pinyin: Yáo Míng) (born September 12, 1980, in Shanghai, China) is a Chinese professional basketball player who plays for the Houston Rockets of the National Basketball Association (NBA). He is currently the tallest player in the NBA, standing at 7'6" (2.29 m). He played for the Shanghai Sharks of the Chinese Basketball Association (CBA) for five years, before being selected by Houston as the 1st overall pick of the 2002 NBA Draft.

Yao finished his rookie season averaging 13.5 points per game and 8.2 rebounds per game.[19]

Yao Ming ended the season by being voted the Sporting News Rookie of the Year and being a unanimous NBA All-Rookie First Team selection. Yao lost the NBA Rookie of the Year Award to Amare Stoudemire.

In the 2006 NBA All-Star game balloting, Yao again led all NBA players with 2,342,738 votes. He was named a starter for the fourth consecutive time.

He is currently averaging 22.0 points, 10.9 rebounds, 2.5 assists and 2.2 blocks per game while compiling 30 double-doubles. On January 24, 2008, It was announced that Yao will start at center for the Western Conference in the 2008 All-Star game for the 6th consecutive season since entering the league in 2002. Yao led all Western Conference centers with 1,709,180 votes.

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[dgxscream]

i think he shoots the best among all centers.

he posterizes like hell!

[Komisa696]

1:35 You can't break the great wall EAT THIS!

[TheRafaelBond]

The Chinese Wall.

[XXLALAKERXX2]

OMg i dont think he needs to jump to dunk it.

[JohnsLazy]

Damn such height.... must be hard on his knees

[Imalonelygayfish]

yao is the tremendous pixel

[CLARISA399]

sssss

[bluebill0124]

1:58 was something only Yao could pull off: offensive rebound and putback jam all with one hand :)

[dm319756]

damn thought those post moves were easy but i tried it and i missed everytime , literally

[VangPd]

What song is this

[jarethmd]

hall of famer? hell yes! he's not just really tall, he can shoot and post and get hard rebounds.