Yao Ming

Yao MingYao Ming (Chinese: 姚明; pinyin: Yáo Míng; born September 12, 1980) is a Chinese professional basketball player who has most recently played for the Houston Rockets of the National Basketball Association (NBA). As of the 2010–11 NBA season, he was the tallest player in the NBA, at 2.29 m (7 ft 6 in).Yao, who was born in Shanghai, started playing for the Shanghai Sharks as a teenager, and