— -- When the Naismith Memorial Basketball Hall of Fame announces this year's class next Monday in Houston during the NCAA Final Four, Yao Ming will be among the inductees according to ESPN's ...

Hall of Fame NBA center Yao Ming spent nine years in the NBA. Although he was riddled by injuries for most of his career, his impact on the NBA may have been the greatest since the Bulls first drafted ...

get less than 10 chances for shooting? Look at his data. He is a good shooter ... He has more than 50 percent for shooting ball. Most obviously, he took 16 free throws. If that could be considered ...

Yao Ming landed in the U.S. in the summer of 2002, 7-feet, 6-inches worth of fancy footwork, armed with a soft shooting touch. He was the top pick of that draft, selected by the Houston Rockets, whose ...

When Yao Ming entered the NBA in 2002 as the No. 1 overall pick by the Houston Rockets, the league was already global; however, his arrival ignited a new era of international fandom, particularly in ...

As Shaquille O'Neal unanimously claimed the most dominant center title in the NBA during the early 2000s, a new giant was making waves across the ocean – China's Yao Ming. Standing tall and exuding an ...

2016 Hall of Fame inductee Yao Ming is without peer -- a 7-6 giant from afar who was a large part in turning the NBA into a truly global product. While he wasn't the first NBA player from China -- ...