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This is a Chinese name; the family name is Yao (姚).
Yao Ming
Position Center
Height 7 ft 6 in (2.29 m)
Weight 310 lb (140.6 kg)
League NBA
Team Houston Rockets
Jersey #11
Born September 12, 1980 (1980-09-12) (age 28)
Shanghai, China
Nationality Chinese
Draft 1st overall, 2002
Houston Rockets
Pro career 1997–present
Former teams Shanghai Sharks (1997–2002)
Awards 6-time NBA All-Star (2003-2008)
4-time All-NBA Selection (2004, 2006-2008)
2002–03 NBA All-Rookie First Team
Official profile Info Page
Yao Ming (Chinese: 姚明; pinyin: Yáo Míng; 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).[1]
Yao, who was born in Shanghai, People's Republic of China, 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. He entered the 2002 NBA Draft, and after negotiating with the CBA and the Sharks to secure his release, was selected by the Houston Rockets as the first overall pick of the draft. He has since been selected to start for the Western Conference in the NBA All-Star Game in all six of his seasons, and has been named to the All-NBA Team four times. However, the Rockets have not advanced past the first round of the playoffs since he joined the team, and he has missed significant time due to injury in each of the past three seasons.
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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.
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Early life and CBA career
Yao first tried out for the Shanghai Sharks junior team of the Chinese Basketball Association (CBA) when he was 13 years old,
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and practiced for 10 hours a day to make the team.[4] 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
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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
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inches (10 to 15 cm).[5] 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
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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
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38.9 points and 20.2 rebounds a game, while shooting 76.6% from the field,[6][dead link] and made all 21 of his shots during one game in the finals
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inches (10 to 15 cm).[5] 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
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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
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38.9 points and 20.2 rebounds a game, while shooting 76.6% from the field,[6][dead link] and made all 21 of his shots during one game in the finals.[7]
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[edit] Entering the NBA Draft
Yao was encouraged to enter the NBA Draft in 1999 by Li Yaomin, the deputy general manager
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of the Shanghai Sharks.[2] 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,[2] but the contract was later determined to be invalid.[8]
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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
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Zhang; his NBA agent, Bill Duffy; his Chinese agent, Lu Hao; University of Chicago economics professor John Huizinga;[9] and the vice president for marketing at BDA Sports Management,
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Bill Sanders.[10] Yao was widely predicted to be picked number one overall.[11][12][13] However, some teams were concerned about Yao's NBA eligibility due to uncertainty over
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whether the CBA would let Yao play in the United States.[14]
Shortly after Wang Zhizhi refused to return to China to play for the national team and was
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subsequently banned from playing for China,[15] the CBA stipulated that Yao would have to return to play for the national team.[16] They also said they would not let him go to the United
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States unless the Houston Rockets would take him first overall.[17] After assurances from Team Yao that the Rockets would draft Yao with their number one pick, the CBA gave permission on
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the morning of the draft for Yao to play in the U.S.[18] When the Rockets selected Yao with the first pick of the draft, he became the first international player ever to be selected first overall
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without having previously played U.S. college basketball.[19]
[edit] NBA career
[edit] Initial years (2002–2005)
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Yao did not participate in the Rockets' pre-season training camp, instead playing for China in the 2002 FIBA World Championships.[20] He played his first NBA game against the Indiana Pacers, 48] Yao's final averages for the series were 21.4 points on 65% shooting and 7.7 rebounds.[32]
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scoring only one point and grabbing one rebound,[21] and scored his first NBA basket against the Denver Nuggets.[22] Yao averaged only 14 minutes and 4 points in his first seven games,
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and several respected commentators, including Bill Simmons and Dick Vitale, predicted that Yao would fail in the NBA.[23][24][25] Charles Barkley said he would "kiss [Kenny Smith's] ass" if
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Yao scored more than 19 points in one of his rookie-season games.[26] On November 17, Yao scored 20 points on a perfect 9-of-9 from the field and 2-of-2 from the free-throw line against the
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Lakers, and Barkley made good on his bet by kissing Smith's donkey (his "ass").[27]
Before Yao’s first meeting with Shaquille O'Neal on January 17, 2003, O'Neal said, "Tell Yao
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Ming, Ching chong-yang-wah-ah-soh", prompting accusations of racism from the Asian American community.[28] O'Neal denied that his comments were racist, and said he was only
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joking.[29] Yao also said he believed O'Neal was joking,[29] but the comments led to increased media coverage in the buildup to the nationally televised game. In the game, Yao scored six their last five games and lost Game 7 by 40 points, the largest Game 7 deficit in NBA history.
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points and blocked O'Neal twice in the opening minutes, and made a game-sealing dunk with 10 seconds left in overtime.[30] Yao finished with 10 points and 10 rebounds; O'Neal scored 31
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points and 13 rebounds.[31]
Yao prepares to shoot a free throw with John Stockton in the backgroundYao finished his rookie
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season averaging 13.5 points per game and 8.2 rebounds per game,[32] and was second in the
NBA Rookie of the Year Award voting to Amar'e Stoudemire,[33] and a unanimous pick for the
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NBA All-Rookie First Team selection.[34] He was also voted the Sporting News Rookie of the Year,[35] and won the Laureus Newcomer of the Year award.[36]
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Before the start of Yao's sophomore season, Rockets' head coach Rudy Tomjanovich resigned due to health issues,[37] and long-time New York Knicks head coach Jeff Van Gundy was
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brought in. After Van Gundy began focusing the offense on Yao,[38] Yao averaged career highs in points and rebounds for the season, and had a career-high 41 points and 7 assists in a triple-
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overtime win against the Atlanta Hawks in February 2004.[39] He was also voted to be the starting center in the 2004 NBA All-Star Game for the second straight year.[40] Yao finished the
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season averaging 17.5 points and 9.0 rebounds a game.[32]
The Rockets made the playoffs for the first time in Yao's career, claiming the seventh seed in the
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Western Conference. In the first round, however, the Los Angeles Lakers eliminated Houston in five games.[41] Yao averaged 15.0 points and 7.4 rebounds in his first playoff series.[32]
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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.[42] Although Yao said
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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."[43] After the
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trade, it was predicted that the Rockets would be title contenders.[42][44] Both McGrady and Yao were voted to start in the 2005 NBA All-Star Game, and Yao broke the record previously
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held by Michael Jordan for most All-Star votes, with 2,558,278 total votes.[45] The Rockets won 51 games and finished fifth in the West, and made the playoffs for the second consecutive year,
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where they faced the Dallas Mavericks.[46] 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.[47]