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Few bonds between a player and a coach are as special as the one between Jeff Van Gundy and Yao Ming. Despite only being together for four seasons with the Houston Rockets, the two developed an interesting relationship between a highly-touted Chinese prospect and a hands-on coach constantly instilling defense to his players. Van Gundy, now […]

Freshly-inducted Hall of Famer Yao Ming has been the quiet guy all along. But on his special night, he made sure that people had a blast with his speech. Yao kicked off the official activities as he was the first to stand at the podium, and he took this opportunity to crack a good joke […]

Yao Ming gave the Houston Rockets a solid eight years in the NBA. During his time there, he developed into an All-Star big man and learned to use his extraordinary size and skills to his advantage. At 7’6″, Yao was a formidable opponent for NBA legend Shaquille O’Neal, and matched him in size and strength. O’Neal gained […]

Only a day away from the Naismith Basketball Hall of Fame induction, TNT commentator and former Houston Rockets head coach Jeff Van Gundy took the time to pay homage to his former player, Yao Ming. Van Gundy is on the record for speaking highly of the Chinese international, often telling tales of his times with Yao […]

The NBA’s popularity in China has grown by leaps and bounds over the past two decades, and Yao Ming is undoubtedly a big reason for that. The 7’6″ center was selected by the Houston Rockets first overall in the 2002 NBA draft, living out the dream of many young Chinese basketball players today. But, for […]

A huge basketball icon, literally and figuratively, will be enshrined to the Basketball Hall of Fame this year. It won’t get any bigger than Chinese star Yao Ming. To help celebrate this honor, Yao’s former teammate from the Houston Rockets, Tracy McGrady, took time to write a piece of praise for him. He had nothing but good […]

This weekend, the Naismith Memorial Basketball Hall of Fame will welcome 10 basketball greats into its ranks, including former NBA MVP Allen Iverson, five-time national champion Shaquille O’Neal, eight-time All-Star Yao Ming, and four-time WNBA champion Sheryl Swoopes. The names of the Hall of Fame presenters for the inductees were announced on Tuesday afternoon. Each […]

Zach LaVine was recently in China for a charity basketball game and he won’t let the opportunity pass without seeing at least one of the country’s wonders. He could have paid a visit to the popular Great Wall of China, but the Minnesota Timberwolves guard had another “wall” in mind. In LaVine’s Instagram post, he […]

The Disneyland resort in Shanghai, China has been open for six weeks, and recently received a visit from two NBA legends. Former Houston Rockets teammates Tracy McGrady and Yao Ming met up at the theme park top to help promote the NBA’s Global Games China initiative. Shanghai is set to host a preseason game between the Rockets and […]

In 2002, Yao Ming landed in Houston straight from China. It was an entirely different world for the seven-foot-six beanpole. The language. The food. The culture. The man who was used to being feared by opponents in his homeland suddenly needed a shell to go into every once in awhile in order to catch up […]