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Yao Ming Biography

He currently plays center for the Houston Rockets in the National Basketball Association.

Among basketball's tallest players at a listed height of 7 feet, 6 inches (2.29 m), Yao debuted in the Chinese Basketball Association as a presumably shorter 17-year old.

He put together a solid year for a young player, scoring 10 points and grabbing 9 rebounds a game in 1997-98. Missing a lot of the following season to injury, he returned in 1999-2000 with 21 points per game and a league best 14 rebounds per game, adding 5+ blocks per to boot.

The 2000-01 season proved highly fruitful for Yao, as the 20-year old was MVP of the league with a fantastic year, scoring 27 a game, and grabbing an exceptional 19 rebounds per.

He had experience in the Sydney 2000 Summer Olympics and was a veteran of international competition for a few yea