HOUSTON WINS FIRST YAO-SHAQ MATCH.Cites the basketball game between Houston Rockets and Los Angeles Lakers on January 27, 2003. Performance of players Yao Ming and Shaquille O'Neal; Victory of the Rockets; Description made by Yao on the skill of O'Neal.EBSCO_AspBeijing Review...
Yao, Shaq, Iverson set for Hall enshrinement CHINESE star Yao Ming and fellow former NBA icons Shaquille O’Neal and Allen Iverson were among 10 people to be enshrined into the Basketball Hall of Fame yesterday. Joining the trio will be four-time Women’s NBA champion Sheryl Swoopes, 27...
Yao Ming was born onSeptember 12, 1980, in China to parents who were both former professional basketball players. He is an only child, and his parents' height is remarkable, with his father standing at 6 feet 7 inches and his mother at 6 feet 3 inches. Yao began playing basketball when...
Shaq, Iverson enter Hall with Yao SHAQUILLE O’Neal, Allen Iverson and Yao Ming are among 10 members of the class of 2016 who will be enshrined in basketball’s Naismith Memorial Hall of Fame in September, it was announced on Monday. The trio of National Basketball Association stars will be...
“He hit a lot of tough shots and when you’re playing against a guy like that ... you’re not going to block his shot,” O’Neal said. “You’ve just got to try to push him out and play him tough.” 63. The reason why Yao Ming defeats Shaq is most probably that___ ___...
Shaquille was one of the most imposing players in NBA history, standing 7 ft 1 in (2.16 m/216 cm) and weighing more than 320 pounds. However, he struggled when playing against Ming. While Shaq was heavier, Ming had a height advantage over the four-time NBA champion that he used to ...
I could go on and on. (He would’ve told me to stop a long time ago.) But I do want to say, simply, this: It was a great honor to coach Yao Ming. He was the real deal — a great man, a great player, a great teammate and a great humanitarian. ...
“You see here [noting the game notes before the Rockets play the Suns on Friday], Yao Ming is averaging 3.3 points and 3.7 rebounds. But I think Chinese people know they have to be patient for half a season.” Of course, this is America’s game, so sophistication runs higher here ....
The video below is pretty cool where Yao says he was ‘surprised,’ and Jeff Van Gundy and Shaq say nice things about him… JVG also makes the case for Yao’s HoF worthiness to the Houston Chronicle’s Jonathan Feigen in this story. This video montage is a great retrospective. This 1...
Below is the transcript of an interview with President of the Chinese Basketball Association Yao Ming. The interview will play out in CNBC’s latest episode of CNBC Meets: Defining Values on 20 July 2018, 5.00PM SG/HK (in APAC) and 22.00 BST time (in EME