Basketball fans and sports collectors have a chance to own a piece of history with the 2002 Honor Roll /25 Yao Ming Jay Williams #YM/JW-S BGS 9 MINT Rookie Auto RC HOF Sports Card. This exclusive ...

When he entered the NBA in 2002, there were understandably big expectations for Yao Ming. Standing 7-foot-6, most felt the Chinese center could easily dominate around the paint each time he got the ...

On Friday, Yahoo Sports and the Houston Chronicle reported that Rockets center Yao Ming was calling it quits and retiring from the NBA. This, after a career that began with limitless promise and ...

When he was selected by the Houston Rockets as the first pick of the 2002 NBA Draft, Yao Ming was quite a unique physical specimen. A 7'6'', 310-pound giant from China with an incredibly soft touch ...

Despite only having eight years in the NBA, the sensation of Yao Ming continues to live on as the Houston Rockets legend recently was named to the Bleacher Report's Greatest Players of All Time at ...

Yao, who retired in July, was nominated by a member of the Chinese media as a contributor to the game, and would've been eligible for induction as early as 2012. But Hall of Fame president and CEO ...

Former Houston Rockets center Yao Ming has been elected to the Naismith Memorial Basketball Hall of Fame, according to ESPN's Calvin Watkins and multiple reports. The 7-foot-6 Yao, whose career ...

In 2002, the Rockets made Yao Ming the first Chinese player to be drafted first overall by an NBA team and he would accomplish enough despite an injury-marred career to be enshrined in the Basketball ...

Wang was the first Chinese-born player in the NBA.

"He had been taught not to embarrass his opponents" - Why Yao didn't dunk more often during his prime originally appeared on Basketball Network. When he entered the NBA in 2002, there were ...