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Yao Ming Cuts It Short

 After a recent past riddled with injury Yao Ming , Houston Rockets center and face of NBA basketball in China, has decided to call it quits. Yes, he is one of the tallest to ever play the game, but he has decided to cut his career short according to Yahoo.com.

"He's going to retire now, according to Yahoo! Sports' Adrian Wojnarowski. The feet couldn't handle the man. What pair of feet ever could?"
Yao Ming was more than a hunk of flesh in the paint, he had skills, a solid low post game, and footwork better than half his country had on Dance Dance Revolution. He was big, his game was big, and so was his influence.
 Yao Ming's international status helped expand the popularity of American sports and the NBA further around the world. Though his jersey isn't even the number one NBA seller in China, he has undoubtedly brought American athletics to the doors of many.
 Unfortunately his body may have been more of a burden than a help, as the close to his career was dominated by chronic injury -- mainly dealing with ankles and feet --, which some say forced his hand on his recent decisions.
 "That frame was never worth it. Three initial seasons of playing over 80 games a year led to an average of 41 games a season between 2005 and 2011. A 77-game run in 2008-09 led to broken hearts amongst every basketball fan, as they watched him pull up lame on basic cable television on a Friday night, working as best he could to defeat the Lakers in the second round of the playoffs."

 He finally gets to move on.
 Yao was born on September 12, 1980 in Shanghai, China and would grow to become the first over-all pick in the 2002 NBA Draft.
The Houston Rockets picked him up and it is there he stayed until his decision. Through out his career in Houston, he averaged 19ppg and just over 9 rebounds/game, and certainly would have averaged more if his body held up.
  While the league and its other fans may not, I know I will sure miss one of the few asians in the league. 

Source: http://sports.yahoo.com/nba/blog/ball_dont_lie/post/Yao-Ming-is-retiring?urn=nba-wp6200

 

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