In a recent article about the Warriors ownership bids there was a Yao mention that is very curious, and I figured this would be a good place to ask about it. Here's the mention (and link to full article):
Last week it was revealed that Ellison is one of four finalists in the bidding for the Warriors. One foe is Mark Mastrov, the East Bay resident and founder of 24-Hour Fitness, a company that sold for $1.6 billion and gave Mastrov the financial ammunition to battle Ellison for our NBA team. The other two parties have not been identified, but one may be a group of Chinese buyers that has enlisted 7-footer Yao Ming, who appears to have seen his last NBA playing days.
Full article ---> http://www.mercurynews.com/columns/ci_15204030
Now I don't know where the writer got his info, but last I heard of Yao was that he was trying to negotiate with the Rockets for a new contract. And since you can't play and be part of an ownership group, something has to give here. My assumption is Yao will be extended by the Rockets (thus not retiring) and this writer is just wrong, but has anyone heard/read anything different? I guess it's possible Yao is not in on the potential ownership group, but why would he be involved otherwise?
Again, feel free to lock/merge if need be, but just thought I would try spell my curiosity.
Gotta love good old Mr. McGillicuddy