Yang Hansen recently revealed that he has received a lot of advice from Hall of Famer Yao Ming since joining the Trail ...

HOUSTON -- Former Houston Rockets center Yao Ming has been elected to the Naismith Memorial Basketball Hall of Fame, according to ESPN's Calvin Watkins and multiple reports. The 7-foot-6 Yao, whose ...

It has been more than 15 years since Yao Ming last played in the NBA. His final game for the Houston Rockets was on Nov. 10, 2010, in a loss against the Washington Wizards. The 7-foot-6 center went ...

BEIJING -- Yao Ming has moved into management in a bid to hasten China's basketball development. The Chinese Basketball Association voted unanimously Thursday to appoint the former Houston Rockets ...

BEIJING — NBA Hall of Famer Yao Ming called for “urgent” reform and said he was facing a multitude of problems as he was elected president of the Chinese Basketball Association (CBA) Thursday. The ...

NEW YORK -- He didn't stroll onto the Madison Square Garden stage all decked out in a designer suit, but the Houston Rockets still got their man. The Rockets surprised no one by making Chinese center ...

On June 25, Yang Hansen, a 7-foot-1 center from Qingdao, China, was selected 16th overall by the Portland Trail Blazers, becoming just the third Chinese player ever taken in the first round after Yao ...

TORONTO -- Shaquille O'Neal was just 9 years old when his stepfather began teaching him basketball with a plan to dominate like Wilt Chamberlain, Bill Russell and Kareem Abdul-Jabbar. Young Shaquille ...

Jeremy Lin may be the first Asian-American winner of the NBA, but he is not the first player of Chinese heritage to win the NBA – and neither of the others played as much as the 51 seconds Lin managed ...