Houston Rockets legend Yao Ming was inducted into the basketball Hall of Fame last weekend.
He played in the NBA for eight years before retiring in the 2010-2011 season.
Yao had plenty of personal success being voted as an All-Star multiple times, even though he failed to carry the Rockets to a championship.
He averaged 20 points and 10 rebounds at least twice, and normed 25 points and 9.5 rebounds per game in the 2006-2007 season.
According to a Chinese news site, the Rockets will be retiring Yao's jersey during the Chinese Lunar New Year at the end of January 2017.
China Radio International’s English website cited that the China’s Basketball Pioneers website posted on its Weibo (China’s most prominent social media platform) account that an unnamed member of the Rockets front office said there was a plan in place to honor Yao during the upcoming season.
According to the report the Rockets plan to hold the ceremony close to the Chinese Lunar New Year which will be near the end of January 2017.
The Rockets became wildly popular in China because of Yao's presence, and the current font on the team's uniforms are written in Chinese inspired lettering.
Yao led the Rockets to a 22-game win streak in 2008, landing in the history books, which remains as one of the greatest Rockets regular seasons ever.
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