Greg Oden names Yao Ming as the toughest player he faced in the NBA, while also praising Glen Davis and Leon Powe for their ...
Yao Ming, a 7’6 center from China, was discussed almost like an urban legend before his arrival in 2002 (he first appeared on radars at the 2000 Summer Olympics), and when the Houston Rockets ...
Kevin Garnett: So listen, though—we had a bounty out on Yao Ming. First cat to dunk on Yao? A million dollars. So everybody was trying—man, we all said, “First C, we all put our hand there.” ...
History thus suggests that Yao Ming will never be the franchise player ... 7.1 rebounds and 2.7 blocks per game. Which is another way of saying that the initial projections were unrealistic.
He played with Scottie Pippen, Charles Barkley, and Hakeem Olajuwon in his rookie season until he became a veteran presence himself when Yao Ming came ... plus two blocks per game.