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 ...

shares his thoughts on professional basketball star — and personal friend — Yao Ming, who announced his retirement from the NBA's Houston Rockets last week in Shanghai. On learning that Yao Ming was ...

Former Houston Rockets star Yao Ming “has quit as president of the Chinese Basketball Association, local media reported on ...

Editor's note: ESPN's David Aldridge sat down with Yao Ming, the Houston Rockets' No. 1 overall draft pick, during the World Basketball Championships in Indianapolis. Following is the entire ...

Hall of Famer and 8x All Star, Yao Ming sat with fellow Hall of Famer ... He was drafted to the Houston Rockets in 2002 and concluded his NBA career in 2011 after missing the previous season ...

Alperen Sengun #28 of the Houston Rockets reacts after making a shot ... [+] in the first quarter of an NBA In-Season ...

At just 22 years old, Sengun joins Hall of Fame big men Moses Malone, Hakeem Olajuwon, and Yao Ming as the only Rockets players 22 or younger to earn an All-Star nod. He is also Houston’s first ...

Rockets' fourth-year center an icon in his home country, where Turkish fans and politicians support his career.

Houston Rockets center Alperen Sengun was selected as a reserve for the 2025 NBA All-Star Game, notching the first All-Star ...