Facts about Yao Ming!!
- At
7'6", Yao Ming is the tallest player in the NBA and one of the tallest
men in the world.
- He
played in the 2000 and the 2004 Olympics.
- Yao,
at 17 years old, played for the Chinese Basketball Association on the
Shanghai Sharks.
- Yao
became the MVP of the CBA at age 20.
- He
helped lead the Sharks to a CBA title in 2001-02.
- He
left the CBA holding four records: most dunks in a career, most blocks
in a career, most blocks in a season, and most blocks in a game.
All four of those records still stand today.
- Yao
became the first international player to be selected first overall for
the NBA.
- He
was voted the starting center of the 2004 NBA All-Star game for two
years in a row.
- He was voted as a Western Conference All-Star in February 2005.