Yao Ming press conference

pumpfakeforprez · Post #1 » by **pumpfakeforprez** » Wed Jul 20, 2011 1:46 am

NBA TV tonight at 2 AM eastern. Gonna be an emotional night :/

moofs · Post #2 » by **moofs** » Wed Jul 20, 2011 4:14 am

Emotion of victory!
Yao's great, don't get me wrong, but be serious; it was always going to be almost impossible for us to have a shot with him as our franchise player. All the debate on the next move to make that we do here may finally end up having a shot at having a point again.

pumpfakeforprez · Post #3 » by **pumpfakeforprez** » Wed Jul 20, 2011 5:13 am

I know he wasn't going to have a realistic shot to come back, and it is time to move on. It's just sad to see such a great player and human being retiring.

Guy986 · Post #4 » by **Guy986** » Wed Jul 20, 2011 5:20 am

Yao is going to surprise the world and take his talent to south beach. That would be the sports twist of the decade.

Post #5 » by **TMU** » Wed Jul 20, 2011 5:38 am

moofs wrote:Emotion of victory!
Yao's great, don't get me wrong, but be serious; it was always going to be almost impossible for us to have a shot with him as our franchise player. All the debate on the next move to make that we do here may finally end up having a shot at having a point again.

IBFYOF.

pumpfakeforprez · Post #6 » by **pumpfakeforprez** » Wed Jul 20, 2011 6:03 am

And it's official. Farewell big fella.

Aaron Brooks · Post #7 » by **Aaron Brooks** » Wed Jul 20, 2011 6:40 am

moofs wrote:Emotion of victory!
Yao's great, don't get me wrong, but be serious; it was always going to be almost impossible for us to have a shot with him as our franchise player. All the debate on the next move to make that we do here may finally end up having a shot at having a point again.

so true, it was best that we parted ways, even better that he chose that path so there'd be no hard feelings if we didn't re-sign him

moofs · Post #8 » by **moofs** » Wed Jul 20, 2011 12:48 pm

Guy986 wrote:Yao is going to surprise the world and take his talent to south beach. That would be the sports twist of the decade.

TMU wrote:IBFYOF.

yeyaoyao · Post #9 » by **yeyaoyao** » Wed Jul 20, 2011 1:23 pm

　　In next few minutes i will have special thanks for all my friends oversea,special the fans in Houston. I would like to thank you all to give me great support during my 9 years career.9 years ago,I come to Houston,as a young tall skinny player,the entire city the rockets team change me to a grown man,not only a basketball player，and also again my first daughter over there，I fell also i am a houstorian，I will always be with you，thank you！

yeyaoyao · Post #10 » by **yeyaoyao** » Wed Jul 20, 2011 1:23 pm

yeyaoyao wrote:　　In next few minutes i will have special thanks for all my friends oversea,special the fans in Houston. I would like to thank you all to give me great support during my 9 years career.9 years ago,I come to Houston,as a young tall skinny player,the entire city the rockets team change me to a grown man,not only a basketball player，and also again my first daughter over there，I fell also i am a houstorian，I will always be with you，thank you！

I think this deserves to be mentioned in here

dustfinger · Post #11 » by **dustfinger** » Wed Jul 20, 2011 3:59 pm

Not really a rockets fan, but Yao was the ultimate professional. So sad he had to retire early. Either way though, Top Notch Player. World class player. The NBA needs more Yaos.

On a side note: You know what STern is thinking right now?
"Now how are we going to infiltrate China?! There go our millions of NBA fans!!!"

Rob73 · Post #12 » by **Rob73** » Wed Jul 20, 2011 6:39 pm

It is really a shame to know he's retired due to leg injuries. He was one of the best players in his country, I was really looking forward to watching him play at the next Olympics.
http://www.olympic.org/basketball-basketball-men (video 6 China vs USA), I even think he played way better than Lebron. He's very talented.

Kal El · Post #13 » by **Kal El** » Wed Jul 20, 2011 11:19 pm

Truly Tall Tales
Reflections on the very real legend of Yao Ming

http://www.nba.com/rockets/news/truly_tall_tales_reflections__2011_07_19.html

good read...

inquisitive · Post #14 » by **inquisitive** » Thu Jul 21, 2011 2:53 am

Did anyone hear the part of the translator saying "Thank the Houston Rocks"...lol....that translator seriously needed a translator himself.

Btw, does anyone have this full article? Measuring Yao against other great Centers.

http://insider.espn.go.com/nba/story?id ... ba-centers

pumpfakeforprez · Post #15 » by **pumpfakeforprez** » Thu Jul 21, 2011 6:13 pm

http://t.co/EqFcOpK

Thank you letters from the Rockets coaching staff.

inquisitive · Post #16 » by **inquisitive** » Thu Jul 21, 2011 11:51 pm

Anyone have this full article about "Houston Rockets will Miss Yao's Defense"?

http://insider.espn.go.com/nba/story?id ... ive-impact