Yao Ming

With the All-Star reserves in the books, it will be interesting to see which snubbed player will be chosen to replace Yao Ming. [...]

January 7, 2011 – THD Rumor Patrol Yao Ming went under the knife once again yesterday to repair a serious stress fracture in his left ankle. Ming is currently considering retirement following his rehab from this latest surgery, but hasn’t ruled out returning to an NBA court altogether yet. Yao only played limited minutes over [...]

January 4, 2011 – Joshua Sexton For a moment, let’s go back to the 2009 Western Conference Playoffs. The Rockets had just lost game three of their semi-final playoff series to the eventual champion Lakers. Even more crippling than the loss to Los Angeles was the injury Yao suffered in the process. In the game [...]

December 17, 2010 – THD Rumor Patrol Yao Ming has been saying for days that he is ready to return to the court and feels a lot stronger but has been sidelined by the Houston Rockets’ team doctors. Well today it was announced by the Rockets that Yao Ming has a stress fracture in his [...]

September 16, 2010 – THD Rumor Patrol It looks like Yao Ming’s medical team is taking his rehab extremely serious. To the point where they are dictating to the Houston Rockets coaching staff how many minutes Yao will play each night. No more, and get this…..no less: There will be no negotiations, no gray areas. [...]

September 3, 2010 – Brandon Ribak Brandon Ribak gives his take on the Top 10 Final Year Contract Players, providing a fantasy outlook on each player for the upcoming 2010-11 season. The NBA’s Top 10 Final Year Contract Players 1. Carmelo Anthony (SF, DEN)– Final Year Contract- $17.1 million Prediction: Get traded or test free [...]

July 29, 2010 – Kevin Burke Remember Yao Ming? It seems like forever since we’ve seem him healthy and contributing on the court for the Houston Rockets, rather than posing as an oversized cheerleader on the sidelines. May 8, 2009 to be exact. That was when he suffered a hairline fracture to his left foot during a second-round [...]

July 6, 2010 – R.S. De France In honor of NBA player Manute Bol, who died June 19th at the age of 47, we would like to honor the best 7’3, or taller, players in the history of the NBA. Originally hailing from the Sudan, Bol returned home after the NBA to assist with humanitarian [...]

January 5, 2009 – Dr. Dime Leave it to the toy makers in China to come up with the coolest Yao Ming memorabilia possible. At the height of the renewed popularity in the Transformers series as we anxiously await the sequel to last year’s blockbuster hit movie, a Chinese toy manufacturer has created the Yao [...]

December 24, 2008 – Dr. Browntorious I was pumped up enough after Lebron James pinned the Yao Ming shot attempt on the backboard, but after the announcer screamed “Yao, Don’t Bring That Weak Stuff In Here!”, the adrenaline hit a whole new level. Are you kidding me Lebron? You are going to ‘pin’ a 7’6″ [...]