Yao Ming on the state of Chinese basketball: "If 10 years from now we still use Yao Ming to represent China, it's a failure on my job. We need a new star to rise up."

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macabre_irony on July 4th, 2019 at 13:01 UTC »

Any up and coming 7'6" Chinese dudes with an array of low post moves, a feathery touch, and tree trunks for legs?

borotunsa on July 4th, 2019 at 12:29 UTC »

Yao was unveiled to the world at the 2000 Sydney Games, where expectations clearly preceded him, considering the $1 million bounty promised by members of Team USA to anyone who posterized him during a prelim matchup. ("I was [almost] 20, I can't speak English," he says. "Otherwise I would say, 'Anybody want half-million dollars? Just let me know.'")

Heh heh

Jay-Z_Blade on July 4th, 2019 at 10:01 UTC »

Yao Ming will always be Big China though