It’s been a while since Yao Ming played a full, healthy season. He has had everything imaginable go wrong with his legs and feet over the last handful of years. Well, he’s had enough and is retiring from the NBA after nine seasons. Can you believe he’s just 30 years old?
Yao Ming one of the seminal figures in the globalization of the NBA, has decided to retire after nine injury-plagued seasons with the Houston Rockets, league sources told Yahoo! Sports.
Yao played just five games last season, and hasn’t been able to fully recover after having surgery in January to repair a stress fracture in his left foot. The veteran center informed the Rockets, the league office in New York and NBA China of his decision to leave the game within the past 48 hours, sources said.
Read more about Yao’s decision to retire at Yahoo.com.
