Yao Ming, the center of the Chinese National Men's Basketball Team, served the Houston Rockets in 2002 in NBA. The 2.26m, 120kg center became the first player to come from a foreign team.
Yao Ming was born in Shanghai in September, 1980. His mother was a center and captain (队长) of the Chinese National Women's Team. His father played basketball, too.
Yao Ming is widely known in China. He came to be a very important basketball player in CBA. It's short for China Basketball Association (联赛). During the 2000-2001 season, he got 27.1 scores (得分) for the Shanghai Oriental (东方) Sharks in every match.
Yao Ming joined the Houston Rockets in October, 2002. He said it was a new start in his basketball life. He would do his best to learn from the NBA and improve (提高) himself.
Sport analyst (分析家) Bill Walton said," Yao Ming has the potential (潜力), the capability (能力) of changing the future of basketball."
