What is the value of Yao Ming

[Aaron Brooks]

Yao has greater potential earnings outside basketball if he is in the Bay Area market. If Martin is injury prone again he is negative value which is overridden in the Yao gamble. If Labron can walk away from his home region any player can walk.

You mention injury prone Martin but you're offering us Biedrins

[Foye]

A bag of donuts.

[Yao4REAL]

I didn't know Warriors fan are this dumb. ONLY in dream do you get Yao for some garbage players.

[Warriorfan]

Judging by the posts Yao is not valued due to injury concerns.

[DJ Mbenga]

Clearly not as much as Corey Maggette or Anthony Randolph

[Mr. E]

It is really nice of you to offer to take Les Alexander's cash cow off his hands...and to be so gracious as to relieve Houston of the burden of Kevin Martin & Trevor Ariza...but ultimately I think that Houston says no because you lowballed us by not offerring a protected 2014 second round pick.

[M4P]

Judging by the posts Yao is not valued due to injury concerns.

I'm a fan of Biedrins and all but... really? Biedrins and an expiring? Are you aware of how many expirings we already have? I find it hilarious how you criticize Yao about his injury concerns and then offer Biedrins.

And you want Martin/Ariza as well? Wow this just keeps getting better and better.

[Sports Arsenal]

That trade is very funny. But this is so much funnier...

[michaellam_1986]

Houston won't ever deal Yao. Not just because he's a very good player, but he brings the team a lot of revenue from China.

AGREEEEEEEE, YAO wont be traded ever.

[radrmd216]

LOL at the trade, saying Martin has negative value, and saying the Rockets should rebuild.

[jowglenn]

It is really nice of you to offer to take Les Alexander's cash cow off his hands...and to be so gracious as to relieve Houston of the burden of Kevin Martin & Trevor Ariza...but ultimately I think that Houston says no because you lowballed us by not offerring a protected 2014 second round pick.

Exactly. Even if yao's leg fell off, Rockets still make money. Chinese fans watch Rockets games, they have deals to show their games in China, these people buy rockets merchandise. Mcgrady was getting all star votes because of the chinese.


Cash cash cash cash. Yao is probably the best deal in the whole NBA, as he pays for his whole contract even when sitting out injured.

[MadNESS]

WHEN healthy, he might have to most value in the league.

Not for what he brings on the court, but for what he brings to the team's owner pockets.

1,000,000,000 + fans along with him.

With that being said, On the court when hes still healthy, hes a top 10 value either way. Number 2 center in the league (WHEN HEALTHY). The question is, can he stay on the court.

[City of Trees]

The NBA and his new team would LOVE for Yao to be traded from a sales point of view.. can you imagine the revenue his new teams jersey would bring in from china! WOW! not to mention from a teams stance of international marketing... Yao is a goldmine waiting to be found in these tough times

[Scorpion King]

As others have mentioned. Yao is a cash cow. You dont trade him even if he does not play he brings in significant revenue which exceeds his salary.

Houston revenue can be only offset if they trade him for a superstar (since that wont happen) Makes no sense in trading your cash cow for role players

[old rem]

I often wonder,despite the talk, how much actual revenue the Rockets get from China due to Yao.

China does knock offs of Rolex and Gucci,so doing a knock off Yao jersey would be pretty easy.