Yao Ming
| mi = | y = Yìuh Mìhng | j = jiu4 ming4 | ci = | poj = Iâu Bêng }}Yao Ming (; born September 12, 1980) is a Chinese basketball executive and former professional player. He played for the Shanghai Sharks of the Chinese Basketball Association (CBA) and the Houston Rockets of the National Basketball Association (NBA). Yao was selected to start for the Western Conference in the NBA All-Star Game eight times, and was named to the All-NBA Team five times. During his final season, he was the tallest active player in the NBA, at .
Yao, who was born in Shanghai, started playing for the Sharks as a teenager, and played on their senior team for five years in the CBA, winning a championship in his final year. After negotiating with the CBA and the Sharks to secure his release, Yao was selected by the Rockets as the first overall pick in the 2002 NBA draft. He reached the NBA playoffs four times, and the Rockets won the first-round series in the 2009 postseason, their first playoff series victory since 1997. In July 2011, Yao announced his retirement from professional basketball because of a series of foot and ankle injuries which forced him to miss 250 games in his last six seasons. In eight seasons with the Rockets, Yao ranks sixth among franchise leaders in total points and total rebounds, and second in total blocks.
Yao is one of China's best-known athletes internationally, with sponsorships with several major companies. His rookie year in the NBA was the subject of a documentary film, ''The Year of the Yao'', and he co-wrote, along with NBA analyst Ric Bucher, an autobiography titled ''Yao: A Life in Two Worlds''. Known in China as the "Yao Ming Phenomenon" and in the United States as the "Ming Dynasty", Yao's success in the NBA, and his popularity among fans, made him a symbol of a new China that was both more modern and more confident. Yao is also an entrepreneur and owner of Yao Family Wines in Napa Valley, California.
In April 2016, Yao was elected into the Naismith Memorial Basketball Hall of Fame, alongside Shaquille O'Neal and Allen Iverson, becoming the first Chinese national to be inducted into the Hall of Fame. In February 2017, Yao was unanimously elected as chairman of the Chinese Basketball Association. Yao had a storied career as a member of the Chinese national team. With the national team, Yao won the FIBA Asia Cup in 2001, 2003, and 2005, winning MVP of the tournament all three times. He also made the All-Tournament Team at the FIBA World Cup in 2002. Yao retired from the Chinese national team after the 2008 Beijing Olympics. Provided by Wikipedia
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Role of B Lymphocytes in the Pathogenesis of NAFLD: A 2022 Update by Chu-Jun Deng, Tak-Ho Lo, Ka-Ying Chan, Xiang Li, Meng-Yao Wu, Zou Xiang, Chi-Ming Wong
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Association Between Sleep Traits and Rheumatoid Arthritis: A Mendelian Randomization Study by Rui-Chen Gao, Ni Sang, Cheng-Zhen Jia, Meng-Yao Zhang, Bo-Han Li, Meng Wei, Guo-Cui Wu
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Development of a dynamic risk system for predicting the risk of recurrence and progression in patients with non-muscle-invasive bladder cancer after thulium laser resection of blad... by Jian-Xuan Sun, Ye An, Meng-Yao Xu, Chen-Qian Liu, Jin-Zhou Xu, Qi-Dong Xia, Shao-Gang Wang
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Knowledge and Geo-Object Based Graph Convolutional Network for Remote Sensing Semantic Segmentation by Wei Cui, Meng Yao, Yuanjie Hao, Ziwei Wang, Xin He, Weijie Wu, Jie Li, Huilin Zhao, Cong Xia, Jin Wang
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Measuring the quality of transitional care based on elderly patients’ experiences with the partners at care transitions measure: a cross-sectional survey by La-Mei Liu, Meng-Yao Zhuansun, Tong-Yao Xu, Yu-Meng Qian, Hui-Qin Zhang, Qi-Han Zhang, Yi-Zhen Zhang
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A Spatial-Scale Evaluation of Soil Consolidation Concerning Land Subsidence and Integrated Mechanism Analysis at Macro-, and Micro-Scale: A Case Study in Chongming East Shoal Recla... by Qingbo Yu, Xuexin Yan, Qing Wang, Tianliang Yang, Wenxi Lu, Meng Yao, Jiaqi Dong, Jiewei Zhan, Xinlei Huang, Cencen Niu, Kai Zhou
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Enhancing blueberry wine aroma: Insights from cultivar selection and berry sorting by Yu Wang, Meng-Yao Cui, Qi Zhang, Yue Zhu, Qin Yang, Yu Fu, Hai-Jun Bi, Xiao-Hui Yang, Xue-Ling Gao
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