Showing posts with label Yao Ming. Show all posts
Showing posts with label Yao Ming. Show all posts
Monday, 13 October 2025
Wednesday, 25 October 2023
WEMBANYAMA IS A TALENT BEYOND COMPARE, SAYS YAO
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| Reuters |
France's Victor Wembanyama possesses a talent that defies comparison, retired great Yao Ming told Reuters, as the seven-foot four-inch (2.24-metre) rookie makes his highly anticipated National Basketball Association (NBA) regular-season debut on Wednesday.
Not since LeBron James 20 years ago has a prospect generated excitement on the level seen for the San Antonio Spurs' first overall pick, who will start at home against Texan rivals Dallas Mavericks after a remarkable preseason.
NBA 'FIRST CLASS' IN CHINA 🇨🇳 DESPITE PAST TURBULENCE, SAYS YAO
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| Reuters |
The National Basketball Association (NBA) and China may have encountered turbulence in their relations over the years but retired great Yao Ming told Reuters the league is still "first class" in his home country.
Yao, the president of the Chinese Basketball Association, soared to stardom in the United States as the eight-time All-Star for the Houston Rockets, an affable, 7-foot, 6-inch NBA big man who dominated the league before retiring in 2011.
Yao propelled the league's popularity in his home country but relations between China and the NBA have not always been smooth.
Chinese broadcasters stopped airing Rockets games in 2019 after general manager Daryl Morey posted a message in support of anti-government protests in Hong Kong and, earlier this year, former NBA player Dwight Howard appeared in a promotional video in which he referred to Taiwan as a country, prompting backlash.
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