Yao Ming Yao Ming is the symbol of the Chinese National Basketball Team and China's most internationally recognized athlete and is expected to recover from a foot injury on time to play in the 2008 Beijing Olympic Games

Full Name: Yao Ming

Nicknames: The Ming Dynasty, The Great Wall of Yao, Chairman Yao

Birth date: September 12, 1980

Place of Birth: Shanghai, China

Plays: Right-handed

Teams: Houston Rockets (2002-03 to 2010-11)

Complete NBA Seasons: 6

Team Titles won:

NBA Championships: -
Olympic Gold Medals: -

Personal Titles and Awards:

All NBA Second Team:1 - 2006-07
All NBA Second Team: 3 - 2003-04, 2005-06, 2007-08
All Rookie First Team:1 - 2002-03
Selected for NBA All-Star Game: 6 - from 2003 to 2008

Career highlights:

- When Yao broke a bone on his foot on January 2008 his Rockets were on a 12-game winning streak. Despite losing his big man the team extended the streak to 22, the second longest in NBA history. But Yao's absence proved too much for Houston who lost in the first round of the 2008 playoffs.

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- Yao Ming is the symbol of the Chinese National Basketball Team and China's most internationally recognized athlete and is expected to recover on time to play in the 2008 Beijing Olympic Games.