The Rockets are set to face a familiar preseason foe again this year. Last preseason, the Rockets got the opportunity to play a game against the Shanghai Sharks
Yao Ming has moved into management in a bid to hasten China’s basketball development. The Chinese Basketball Association voted unanimously Thursday to appoint the former Houston Rockets star
As his No.11 white-red Rockets jersey was unveiled high above the basketball court at the Houston Toyota Center on Friday, basketball star Yao Ming became
Yao Ming’s Shanghai MAXXIS Sharks seemed to have great ambitions for the new seasons, signing up 2 NBA players early. Jimmer Fredette, who had had a not-so-successful NBA
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=iHt5pCHgsdk Mr. John Doleva, Hall of Fame Executive Committee, ladies and gentlemen, good evening. When I heard that I was speaking first tonight, I thought that
Before we get to three of the heavyweight contenders in our 12-team Olympic Basketball Preview, let’s take a look at a team that would be happy just to
LAS VEGAS –- Jeremy Lin won’t have to watch the Naismith Memorial Basketball Hall of Fame enshrinement ceremony this September to know the full extent of Yao Ming’s
HOUSTON – Houston Rockets GM Daryl Morey conducted a conference call with his newest draft pick late Thursday night. Morey was speaking with Zhou Qi, the 43rd pick
A bridge between America and the rest of the world, Yao Ming symbolized something—but what, exactly?CREDITPHOTOGRAPH BY MICHAEL CHRISTOPHER BROWN/MAGNUM By Hua Hsu In the late nineties, before
Former Houston Rockets center Yao Ming has been elected to the Naismith Memorial Basketball Hall of Fame, according to ESPN’s Calvin Watkins and multiple reports. The 7-foot-6 Yao,
NEW YORK — Former NBA great Yao Ming will help provide instruction at the Basketball without Borders camp during All-Star weekend in Toronto.Current players Danilo Gallinari of Denver,
WHEN NBA commissioner Adam Silver took over the league from his mentor David Stern last February, the question of how to deepen the game’s roots in its largest
China has won the right to host the 2019 basketball World Cup, beating the Philippines in Friday’s vote in Tokyo. The sport’s international ruling body FIBA chose basketball-mad
BEIJING, Nov. 5 (Xinhua) — Guangsha won a Zhejiang derby against Chouzhou after nailing the second quarter 36-19 en route to the 139-115 victory in the Chinese Basketball
SHANGHAI — Mirza Teletovic sank a 3-pointer with less than a minute remaining to lift the Brooklyn Nets to a 97-95 preseason win over the Sacramento Kings on
The Los Angeles Clippers are not yet for sale, but two former NBA All-Stars are among the various parties assembling ownership groups to potentially buy the franchise, according
As if we needed another big name thrown into the mix for new Los Angeles Clippers ownership, “Yao Ming is putting together a group of wealthy Chinese investors
Baron Davis’s grip on reality is tenuous at best. Just ask Steve Nash, who was featured in the first part of the Inside The NBA mockumentary, chronicling the 34-year-old’s
Los Angeles, Nov. 16 (CNA) Houston Rockets guard Jeremy Lin has been ranked the second most popular Asian athlete by U.S.-based magazine The Diplomat, while Taiwanese golfer Yani
Taipei — Asian-American NBA star Jeremy Lin and teammate James Harden joined hands on Sunday to help the Houston Rockets beat the Indiana Pacers 107-98 in an NBA
Thirty-three years ago, a man-child was born in Shanghai, China. Yao Ming, arguably one of the most dominant centers (during his relatively short career), celebrates his birthday today.
MANILA, Philippines – Six NBA veterans are playing in the 27th FIBA-Asia Championships here starting today with China topping the cast in enlisting Wang Zhizhi, Yi Jianlian and
Yao Ming has planned for awhile to fly from Beijing to Houston on Air China’s inaugural non-stop flight between the two cities, only the 4th U.S. city that
BRADENTON, Fla.– Inside a gym, at a sports school first built for the minting of young tennis prodigies, a group of basketball coaches conduct an experiment of sorts.
Tao Xu’s basketball career at San Francisco may be just beginning, but the native of Qingdao City, China has already become quite popular in the Bay Area. Head
That burning sensation in the chest after a series of full-court sprints; the one so intense that the lungs feel ill-equipped to withstand it and the body is
posted by KelvinZ Chris Zihao Tang’s basketball story starts, of course, with Yao Ming. As a kid growing up in Jiangsu, a province on the eastern coast of
The days when great centers like Wilt Chamberlain, Bill Russell, Abdul-Jabbar, Shaquille O’Neal and Hakeem Olajuwon dominated the game in the paint are gradually fading away. With Dwight
Not interested in the potential title battle between Beijing and Guangdong, or teams like Qingdao who are keen to ride their star imports to glory? Never fear, the
BEIJING Reuters – Jeremy Lin will have a “profound” impact on basketball in China and encourage future generations of Chinese players to chase their NBA dreams, commissioner David
NEWSFLASH: the Houston Rockets’ signing of Jeremy Lin this summer wasn’t just about basketball. To be sure, GM Daryl Morey’s decision to bring Linsanity to H-Town using one
CHN – Lo Behold! Here come the twin towers of China! ULAANBAATAR, Mongolia (22nd FIBA Asia U18 Championship): It’s not one, but two giants that China’s rivals have
While the Chinese basketball team that he used to lead was routed one game after another at the London Olympics, the 7-foot-6 center who spearheaded a basketball boom
HOUSTON — Even Linsanity is bigger in Texas. Less than two days after Lin’s Rocket relaunch became official, Houston fans and business owners spent their Thursday afternoon dreaming
LONDON — China Wednesday picked NBA basketball player Yi Jianlian to carry their flag at the London Olympics opening ceremony, apparently swayed by his towering height. Deputy chef de
