Yao

[harryass]

I guess Yao really didn't like had a great NBA carreer. OK but far from great.


Yao Ming(notes), one of the seminal figures in the globalization of the NBA, has decided to retire after nine injury-plagued seasons with the Houston Rockets, league sources told Yahoo! Sports.

Yao played just five games last season, and hasn’t been able to fully recover after having surgery in January to repair a stress fracture in his left foot. The veteran center informed the Rockets, the league office in New York and NBA China of his decision to leave the game within the past 48 hours, sources said.

Yao was set to become a free agent once the league’s lockout ends. He was once poised to become the league’s dominant big man, but lower-body injuries repeatedly sidelined him over the course of his career. He missed at least 25 games in five of the past six seasons.

http://ca.sports.yahoo.com/nba/news?slug=aw-wojnarowski_yao_ming_retiring_070811

 

[mjg1]

That's too bad, Yao was a good player and I enjoyed watching him play. He had a nice shooting touching, for such a big man.
If he had a little more athletic ability, he could have been one of the all-time greats!

 

[Casa_Nova]

Yao's biggest contribution to the NBA was making it more "global" and relevant in the east - namely China. It opened up a huge market for the NBA to generate more revenue with having one of their own in the NBA.

 

[Powershot]

He was a good player, not a great one, who never really led his team to success in his short career, but he will get to the HOF based on his nationality.

 

[maurice93]

He was a great player at times, but he was injured too often and his peak was too short to be considered an all time great.

The Mng / McGrady duo never quite worked as expected.

 

[gcostanza]

There was no Ming Dynasty. :rofl: