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Yao Ming (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).
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. After negotiating with the CBA and the Sharks to secure his release, Yao was selected by the Houston Rockets as the first overall pick in the 2002 NBA Draft. Yao 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 six seasons.
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.
Early life and CBA career
Yao is the only child of 6 ft 7 in (2.01 m) Yao Zhiyuan and 6 ft 3 in (1.90 m) Fang Fengdi,[2] both of whom were former professional basketball players.[3] At 11 pounds (5.0 kg), Yao weighed more than twice as much as the average Chinese newborn,[4] and he grew to be 5 feet 5 inches (1.65 m) by age ten.[5] At that age, he was examined by sports doctors, who predicted that he would grow to 7 feet 3 inches (2.20 m).[5] Yao started playing basketball at age nine, and he went to a junior sports school at the same age.[6]
Yao first tried out for the Shanghai Sharks junior team of the Chinese Basketball Association (CBA) when he was 13 years old, and practiced for 10 hours a day to make the team.[7] After playing with the junior team for four years, Yao joined the senior team of the Sharks at age 17, and averaged 10 points and 8 rebounds a game in his rookie season. However, his next season was cut short when he broke his foot for the second time in his career, which Yao said decreased his jumping ability by four to six inches (10 to 15 cm).[8] The Sharks made the finals of the CBA in Yao’s third season and again the next year, but lost both times to the Bayi Rockets. When Wang Zhizhi left the Bayi Rockets to become the first NBA player from China the following year, the Sharks finally won their first CBA championship. During the playoffs in his final year with Shanghai, Yao averaged 38.9 points and 20.2 rebounds a game, while shooting 76.6% from the field,[9] and made all 21 of his shots during one game in the finals.
Entering the NBA Draft
Yao was pressured to enter the NBA Draft in 1999 by Li Yaomin, the deputy general manager of the Shanghai Sharks.[4] Li also influenced Yao to sign a contract for Evergreen Sports Inc. to serve as his agent. The agreement entitled Evergreen to 33% of Yao's earnings,[4] but the contract was later determined to be invalid.[11]
When Yao decided to enter the 2002 NBA Draft, a team of advisers was formed that would collectively come to be known as “Team Yao”. The team consisted of Yao’s negotiator, Erik Zhang; his NBA agent, Bill Duffy; his Chinese agent, Lu Hao; University of Chicago economics professor John Huizinga;[12] and the vice president for marketing at BDA Sports Management, Bill Sanders.[13] Yao was widely predicted to be picked number one overall.[14][15][16] However, some teams were concerned about Yao's NBA eligibility due to uncertainty over whether the CBA would let Yao play in the United States.[17]
Shortly after Wang Zhizhi refused to return to China to play for the national team and was subsequently banned from playing for China,[18] the CBA stipulated that Yao would have to return to play for the national team.[19] They also said they would not let him go to the United States unless the Houston Rockets would take him first overall.[20] After assurances from Team Yao that the Rockets would draft Yao with their number one pick, the CBA gave permission on the morning of the draft for Yao to play in the U.S.[21] When the Rockets selected Yao with the first pick of the draft, he became the first international player ever to be selected first overall without having previously played U.S. college basketball.[22]
NBA career
Initial years (2002–2005)
Yao did not participate in the Rockets' pre-season training camp, instead playing for China in the 2002 FIBA World Championships.[23] Before the season, several commentators, including Bill Simmons and Dick Vitale, predicted that Yao would fail in the NBA,[24][25] and Charles Barkley said he would "kiss [Kenny Smith's] ass" if Yao scored more than 19 points in one of his rookie-season games.[26] Yao played his first NBA game against the Indiana Pacers, scoring no points and grabbing two rebounds,[27][28] and scored his first NBA basket against the Denver Nuggets.[29] In his first seven games, he averaged only 14 minutes and 4 points, but on November 17, he scored 20 points on a perfect 9-of-9 from the field and 2-of-2 from the free-throw line against the Lakers.[30] Barkley made good on his bet by kissing the buttock of a donkey purchased by Smith for the occasion (Smith's "ass").[26]
In Yao's first game in Miami on December 16, 2002, the Heat passed out 8,000 fortune cookies, an Asian stereotype.[31][32] Yao was not angry with the promotion because he was not familiar with American stereotypes of Chinese.[33] In an earlier interview in 2000, Yao said he had never seen a fortune cookie in China. He guessed it must have been an American invention.[34]
Before Yao’s first meeting with Shaquille O'Neal on January 17, 2003, O'Neal said, "Tell Yao Ming, Ching chong-yang-wah-ah-soh", prompting accusations of racism from the Asian American community.[33] O'Neal denied that his comments were racist, and said he was only joking.[35] Yao also said he believed O'Neal was joking, but he said a lot of Asians wouldn't see the humor.[35][36] The comments led to increased media coverage in the buildup to the nationally televised game.[citation needed] In the game, Yao scored six points and blocked O'Neal twice in the opening minutes, and made a game-sealing dunk with 10 seconds left in overtime.[37] Yao finished with 10 points, 10 rebounds, and 6 blocks; O'Neal recorded 31 points, 13 rebounds, and 0 blocks
Yao finished his rookie season averaging 13.5 points per game and 8.2 rebounds per game,[39] and was second in the NBA Rookie of the Year Award voting to Amar'e Stoudemire,[40] and a unanimous pick for the NBA All-Rookie First Team selection.[2] He was also voted the Sporting News Rookie of the Year,[41] and won the Laureus Newcomer of the Year award.[42]
Before the start of Yao's sophomore season, Rockets' head coach Rudy Tomjanovich resigned due to health issues,[43] and long-time New York Knicks head coach Jeff Van Gundy was brought in. After Van Gundy began focusing the offense on Yao,[44] Yao averaged career highs in points and rebounds for the season, and had a career-high 41 points and 7 assists in a triple-overtime win against the Atlanta Hawks in February 2004.[45] He was also voted to be the starting center for the Western Conference in the 2004 NBA All-Star Game for the second straight year.[46] Yao finished the season averaging 17.5 points and 9.0 rebounds a game.[39] The Rockets made the playoffs for the first time in Yao's career, claiming the seventh seed in the Western Conference. In the first round, however, the Los Angeles Lakers eliminated Houston in five games.[47] Yao averaged 15.0 points and 7.4 rebounds in his first playoff series.[39]
In the summer of 2004, the Rockets acquired Tracy McGrady from the Orlando Magic in a seven-player trade that also sent Steve Francis and Cuttino Mobley to Orlando.[48] Although Yao said that Francis and Mobley had "helped [him] in every way [his] first two seasons", he added, "I'm excited about playing with Tracy McGrady. He can do some amazing things."[49] After the trade, it was predicted that the Rockets would be title contenders.[48][50] Both McGrady and Yao were voted to start in the 2005 NBA All-Star Game, and Yao broke the record previously held by Michael Jordan for most All-Star votes, with 2,558,278 total votes.[51] The Rockets won 51 games and finished fifth in the West, and made the playoffs for the second consecutive year, where they faced the Dallas Mavericks.[52] The Rockets won the first two games in Dallas, and Yao made 13 of 14 shots in the second game, the best shooting performance in the playoffs in Rockets history.[53] However the Rockets lost four of their last five games and lost Game 7 by 40 points, the largest Game 7 deficit in NBA history.[54] Yao's final averages for the series were 21.4 points on 65% shooting and 7.7 rebounds.

YaoMing was born September 12, 1980 in ShangHai. At 226 centimeters he is one of the tallest men in the NBA. He has played basketball all of his life but in 1997 he joined the ShangHai Sharks. In 1998 YaoMing joined the Chinese National team. In the year 2000 Yao joined the All-Star team of Asia. Last year YaoMing was selected first in the NBA Draft by Houston. He was one of few first year players to make the NBA All-Star team. He has gotten off to a good start with the Houston Rockets this year by scoring 19 points in his first game. YaoMing now plays in the Houston Toyota Center. Although he played well last year, YaoMing will be more aggressive because he is coached by former NBA All-Star Patrick Ewing, who was known for his aggressive style of play. YaoMing loves meat and the color blue. He has much respect for ZhouEnlai.

Yao Ming

Yao Ming's influence on Chinese Society
This photo was taken on （日期）. From the bout between two excellent centers of the NBA history, the public all realize that the NBA has come to the Yao Ming Dynasty.
But 5 years ago, people obviously didn’t think so. At year 2002, when YaoMing came to America and became a member of Houston Rockets, he was only a big boy aged 22. On his arrival, the America society wasn’t quite suit him, his new life was not as easy as in China. His English was not good, when faced with reporters, often he was at a loss, although accompanied with an interpreter. Sometimes he even tried to avoid the interviews.
The differences between NBA & CBA also affected him adversely. He started a hard season. His poor English often made him misunderstand the coach’s strategy. He was tall but thin, from time to time, he was knocked over on the court. In his first game of NBA, he gained no score. At that time, all the public were in an uproar, people watched him with suspicious eyesight.
YaoMing didn’t say more to the consensus. He knew his disadvantages; he was young, diligent and talented, which was enough. Quickly he adapted himself to the NBA life. He kept making progress in the following days. On November, 2002, Barkley, the former NBA star, said that Yao wouldn‘t score 19 points in an NBA game. Two days after his comments, however, Yao scored 20 in a Rockets victory over the Lakers. And Barkley had to kiss a donkey‘s behind on national television.
Now let’s see YaoMing’s technical statistics. In his first rookie season, the average score was 13.6, and now the score reaches up to 25.7. The data shows how a super star grown up.
YaoMing has been selected for every all-star game, ever since he came to NBA. He changed the public

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