essential information
Early experience
On the evening of September 12, 1980, Yao Ming was born in the Sixth People's Hospital of Shanghai. At the time of birth, he weighed 5kg, almost twice the weight of an ordinary newborn. Yao's father Yao Zhiyuan is 2.08 meters tall and his mother Fang Fengdi is 1.88 meters tall. Both of them are basketball players. After Yao Zhiyuan retired, he was assigned to Shanghai MSA. Fang Fengdi entered the Sports Research Institute. At that time, Yao's family lived in an old-fashioned lane house on Xikang Road.
In 1982, Yao Ming moved with his parents to room 602 of the staff dormitory of Shanghai Institute of physical education at 95 Kangping road. All the people living in the building were employees of the Shanghai Sports Commission. Wang Liangzuo and Shen Fulin were neighbors of the Yao family at that time. After Yao Ming was born, most of Yao Ming's parents' salary was spent on food. For a long time, Fang Fengdi's monthly income was only more than 40 yuan. When Yao Ming grew up, he ate a lot. In order to ensure Yao's nutrition, Yao's parents have to live frugally. Because Yao Ming's demand for milk is also particularly large, Yao Zhiyuan got a milk card from a friend of a dairy worker, which made Yao Ming have milk to drink every day.
In the autumn of 1986, Yao Ming entered Gao'an road primary school one year ahead of schedule. At that time, Yao Ming was 1.47 meters tall. Yao Ming's family left the staff dormitory of the Institute of physical education and moved into a new house on Kangping road. Yao Ming of primary school is a child who likes reading, but he has to start basketball training because of his height. Yao Ming felt inferior because of his height when he was a child. Introverted, is also one of the most bullied.
In 1989, Yao Ming began to carry out amateur basketball training in Xuhui District Youth Sports School. An important reason why Yao Ming entered the school was that the students in the school had food subsidies. In 1990, Yao Ming took part in the basketball summer camp sponsored by Shanghai Sports Bureau. He began to take part in formal basketball games. Yao Zhiyuan also often encourages Yao Ming with prizes. Many experts are not optimistic about Yao Ming because he is too tall. Fang Fengdi did not want him to play professional team, just want to go to school can add points. In 1991, Yao Ming graduated from the fifth grade. He is over 1.80 meters tall. He is the tallest in his class.
In 1993, Yao Ming's height reached 1.96 meters and entered the training of Shanghai shark youth team. At first, I practiced 10 hours a day, 6 days a week. The first month of training is very hard, lost 40 Jin. At that time, Yao Ming and his teammate Liu Wei only got 10 yuan a month. Their common hobby was to play Sega's Arcade after training.
Career
In April 1998, he was selected into the national team under Wang Fei and began his basketball career. In May, he went to Indianapolis to participate in basketball training at Nike summer camp. Among his opponents was Tyson Chandler, who later became an NBA star. In the same year, as the main force of the Shanghai team, he won the fifth place in the National Men's Basketball League A and was selected into the Chinese basketball star team.
In May 1999, he was selected into the National Men's basketball team and the Southern Star team of Chinese basketball under the guidance of Jiang Xingquan. He participated in the National Men's Basketball League A, representing the Shanghai team, cooperating with his teammates, and won the fifth place. In May, he won the most progressive player award of the 1999 National Men's Basketball League a. In August of the same year, he participated in the Asian men's Basketball Championship held in Japan and won the Asian men's basketball championship with the whole team.
In February 2000, he was selected for the 1999 Asian all star team. In March 1999, Jiang was selected as the second star of the National Men's Basketball League in cooperation with his teammates in Shanghai. He won three individual awards of rebounding, dunking and blocking in 1999-2000 National Men's Basketball League a. In September, he took part in the men's basketball competition of the 27th Olympic Games in Sydney and won the 10th place with his teammates.
In April 2001, he participated in the 2000-2001 National Men's Basketball League A and won the second place of Shanghai Oriental team in cooperation with his teammates.
In 2002, he was selected by the Houston Rockets in NBA as the number one player.
On October 1, 2003, he led the Chinese men's basketball team to win the Asian Championship and the Athens Olympic Games.
On February 23, 2004, he won the highest score of 41 points and seven assists in a single game against the eagles.
On March 11, 2005, against the Suns, he got 22 highest rebounds in a single game in his career.
On November 14, 2006, he won the highest number of steals in his career against Spurs. On December 16, he won eight career top blocks against the Lakers.
On January 18, 2009, he scored 26 points in 12 of 12 shots against the heat. On March 14, he hit the first three points of the season against Bobcats. On April 19, against Trail Blazers, Yao Ming scored 24 points in nine of nine shots in 24 minutes. On May 5, he was injured in the first game of the Western Conference semi-final against the Lakers, but after adjustment, he insisted on rushing back to the court and finally led the Rockets to win. May 10, left foot fracture, the season reimbursement. In July, he became the owner of Shanghai shark club.
On May 4, 2010, he was selected into the men's basketball training list. November 10 was the last game of his career. He didn't score in six minutes and left because of injury after he got one plate and one cap. On December 18, the Rockets doctors confirmed that Yao Ming was out of season for another stress fracture in the middle of his ankle.
On July 9, 2011, the NBA official website said Yao Ming had decided to retire from the NBA. At 2 pm on July 20, Yao Ming officially announced his retirement at a news conference.
On September 20, 2012, the higher people's Court of Hubei Province publicly declared that Yao Ming won the lawsuit in the infringement case of Yao Ming v. Wuhan Yunhe shark sporting goods Co., Ltd., and was compensated 1 million yuan.
In June 2014, guest guest guest of "where is Dad going" on Hunan Satellite TV. On October 24, Yao Ming attended the opening ceremony of the world star game of mission hills. Netizens found that giant Yao also puffed out his belly and lost shape. Some netizens joked that Yao Ming had the sense of seeing Winnie bear.
On February 10, 2015, Yao Ming accepted the letter of appointment issued by Beijing Winter Olympic bid committee and became the image ambassador of Beijing in bidding for the Winter Olympic Games. He also said that he felt very honored to have the opportunity to contribute to Beijing's bid for the Winter Olympics. On March 27, Yao Ming was selected as the world's 50 most outstanding leaders.
On March 9, 2016, Yao Ming, an investor in Shanghai Men's basketball team, will take up the post of chairman and manager of the newly established China Federation of vocational colleges. On April 6, Yao Ming was officially selected into the Naismith Basketball Hall of fame. On April 16, rockets boss Leslie Alexander plans to retire former Rockets center Yao Ming's shirt.
On February 4, 2017, Yao Ming's No. 11 jersey retired during the halftime between the Rockets' home game and the bulls.
Yao Ming spent his entire NBA career with the Rockets. Wearing No. 11 Jersey, he averaged 32.5 minutes, 19.0 points, 9.2 rebounds and 1.9 blocks.
On February 23, at the Ninth National Congress of the China Basketball Association, Yao Ming was elected chairman of the association. On March 16, according to CCTV5 official micro blog, Shanghai Men's basketball team has completed the transfer of part of its equity, and Yao Ming is fulfilling his promise to get rid of the operation of Shanghai Men's basketball team before the start of next season.
On May 11, China Basketball College of Beijing Sport University was officially established. Yao Ming, chairman of China Basketball Association, was invited to be the honorary president of the college.
On July 20, nominated by CBA, the board of directors of CBA voted to appoint Yao Ming as the chairman of CBA.
On March 3, 2021, CBA officially announced the results of the all star 25th anniversary best lineup on March 3. After the vote of the fans, Yao Ming was selected as the best team of the 1996-2000 era and the 2001-2010 era.
Game data
NBA data
Highest record
NBA record
Longest winning streak: 22 consecutive wins from January 29 to March 16, 2008 (only 10 games due to injury)
Highest single hit rate:
January 18, 2009, the regular season against the heat, 12 of 12 shots, hit 100%, 26 points, a team history.
On April 19, 2009, in the first game of the first round of the playoffs against the Trail Blazers, he made 9 of 9 shots, hit 100% and scored 24 points.
CBA records
Highest score in a single game: 49 points
Highest rebounds in a single game: 31
The highest block in a single game: 13
21 hits in a single game
National team record
The national team is the first with 39 points in a single game
The player with the highest average score of 25.3 points in a single world competition
Personal life
family life
Yao Ming's father is Yao Zhiyuan, a former basketball player, and his mother, Fang Fengdi, was once a Chinese basketball player and served as center.
Emotional experience
Yao Ming met Ye Li, a basketball player, for the first time when he was 17. In 1999, after Yao finally entered the national team, he was refused to ask Ye Li out to play. Then they fell in love.
On August 3, 2007, Yao Ming and Ye Li officially received their marriage certificate at the marriage registry of Xuhui District, Shanghai. On August 6, they were married at Shangri La Hotel in Shanghai.
In January 2010, Yao Ming's wife Ye Li was confirmed to be pregnant and her baby was born before the closing ceremony of the World Expo in the same year. Yao Ming's wife Ye Li gave birth to a daughter at a local hospital in Houston on May 21.
On April 21, 2011, Yao Ming held his first media meeting after returning to Meilong base in Shanghai
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