A land of two billion people, China represents the next frontier for professional sports recruiting. Baseball has been the most agressive about harnessing Chinese talent, but Basketball has seen the instant impact with superstar Yao Ming. Standing 7'4" tall, Ming could play in the NBA on size alone. But he's more than just a big man. Like
Shaq, Yao can play the game with the best of them. As his huge talent develops into skill, it is a good bet Houston may see its own Ming Dynasty.
Oh no, it looks like Yao Ming hasn’t bought the Shanghai Sharks after all. Instead, all they’ve signed on to be is an “entrusted investor” for the next five years. Despite agreeing in July to transfer stakes in the Sharks to Yao , it seems that those stakes will now be sold on the open market. But those who worry that this just means even more disappointments for Sharks fans needn’t: Yao has ...
Publ.Date : Thu, 05 Nov 2009 03:42:48 GMTWith Yao Ming and Tracy McGrady out, backups became starters and the Rockets depth seemed tenuous at best.
Publ.Date : Sun, 08 Nov 2009 11:47:17 GMTOr so it would seem from CNNGo’s most recent Shanghai Hot List of 20 people you should watch . Both former and current editors, Kenneth Tan and Elaine Chow , made it to the rankings, which also include such Shanghai notables as the founder of Dianping.com and Yao Ming. How or why they've been listed alongside the founder of Dianping.com and Yao Ming we shall never know - however, since they're ...
Publ.Date : Thu, 05 Nov 2009 08:27:48 GMT
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Before the 2002-2003 season, NBA great Charles Barkley said that if Yao Ming ever scored as many as 19 points in an NBA game he would kiss follow sportscaster and former NBA player Kenny Smith on his ass. Barkley ended up kissing a donkey brought on the set by Smith only a few days later.
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