Yao Ming

For those who believed the 2000 Summer Olympics were relatively drama free, you were wrong! According to Kevin Garnett the United States men’s basketball team had a “million dollar bet” for whoever could dunk on center Yao Ming. The former Timberwolves star made the revelation during an interview with Yahoo Sports. IF you want to [...]

Yahoo and “The Vertical” writer Adrian Wojnarowski reported that Yao Ming will be inducted into the Naismith Basketball Hall of Fame this September. [tweet https://twitter.com/TheVertical/status/715208085304963073] Ming was the 1st pick of the 2002 NBA Draft and averaged 19 points, 9.2 rebounds and just under 2 blocks in his eight-year NBA career before nagging foot and [...]

As if you needed any more reasons to adore the towering Yao Ming. Yao technically spent nine seasons in the NBA, but foot injuries permitted him to play in only eight of those. Then, following a 2010-11 campaign in which played just five games, he retired. Foot injuries. More of them. Not fair. But while [...]

If this Lakers’ season were a new movie, what would you call it? “Escape Plan?” Oh, wait D-12 already did that. “Cloudy with a Chance of Meatballs 2?” Or maybe “Prisoners,” to describe the Lakers fans and perhaps Bryant, himself. As the Lakers prepare to start the 2013-2014 season without veteran 5-time NBA champion and [...]

One can learn a lot of things about Nate Robinson on Twitter. As of this moment, Robinson has almost 935,000 followers and has tweeted more than 14,000 times. A lot can come out in 14,000 tweets, as we know all too well. And a lot has. Most recently, during a rapid-fire question session with his [...]

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People have criticized the NBA All-Star Dunk Contest over the years for not having enough star power to captivate the world’s attention. With names like Darrell Armstrong, Jonathan Bender, and Chris Morris, the dunk contest hasn’t even captivated the attention of the basketball world. Even with contestants like Kobe Bryant, Vince Carter, Shawn Kemp, and [...]

July 31, 2012 – Allen Moll To the average person, the participants in the game of basketball are larger than life.  Even on the high school level, players that make up the hoops team literally tower over the competition in other sports. [...]

March 28, 2012 – Allen Moll During his playing days, the 7‘6 Yao Ming amazed fans across the globe by being arguably the most skilled larger than life player in the history of the game. While players like the 7‘7 Manute Bol and Gheorghe Muresan, along with the 7‘6 Shawn Bradley found their niche among [...]

January 16, 2012 – The Hoop Doctors Yao Ming just never ceases to amaze. Many retired NBA stars just kick up their feet and live life on easy street after their playing days are over. Since his retirement, Yao has started a wine business, bought a Chinese basketball team, gone back to university, and now….entered [...]