Yao Ming Timeline
Yao Ming was born in Shanghai, China
in 1980.
Nike invited Yao to attend a summer basketball camp in Paris, France
in 1997.
Yao
debuted in the Chinese Basketball
Association (CBA) in 1997 with the Shanghai Sharks.
Yao was added to the Chinese Men’s
National
team in 1999.
Yao played in the 2000 Sydney
Summer Olympics.
In the year 2001 Yao was picked first in the NBA Draft
and he signed with the Houston
rockets.
In 2002 Yao received
more votes
than Shaq and beat him out for the starting position of center in the
NBA
All-Star game.
Yao participated in the 2004 Athens
Olympics.
In 2005 Yao made a documentary called the Year of the Yao. He also had surgery on his toe requiring him
to miss 21 games.
In
April 2006 Yao
broke a bone in his left foot and had to miss four months. In
September of this year, Yao turned 26 years old.