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April Fool's: 5 Players That Have Recently Fooled the NBA
April Fool’s has been a long tradition to many people in countries around the world. Playing jokes on your friends, family and random people has been fun to kids, teens and even adults...
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Greg Oden and the Most Broken-Down Players in NBA History
Greg Oden is going to have another microfracture surgery on his knee. It may be that what could have been a Hall of Fame career based on his physical talents and tools will never come to pass...
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NBA New York Knicks: The Curious Case of Jeremy Lin's Global Appeal
By now, almost everyone in America, and certainly everyone in China , is Linsane in the membrane. The dynamic play of the unlikeliest of sources—the New York Knicks ’ benchwarmer , Jeremy Lin—has spawned an international epidemic...
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Jeremy Lin: The Height of Why He Matters More Than Yao Ming to Asian-Americans
Jeremy Lin is not short. [1] Only in basketball is Lin considered short. There he is, a "small" 6'3" guy dribbling through a forest of seven-footers, looking for ...
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Jeremy Lin's Friendship with Former NBA Star Yao Ming Has Benefited Him
New York Knicks point guard Jeremy Lin's friendship with former NBA star center Yao Ming has really helped him learn how to handle the fame and pressure of American pro basketball...
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NBA Power Rankings: The Best 7-Footers of All Time
When it comes to franchise talent in the NBA , there might be no more enticing player than the seven-footer. A seven-footer is a player at any position, whether it be the center position or power forward position, that is 7'0" tall or taller...
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Patrick Patterson Video: Watch Rockets Stud Dance to Michael Jackson
Who needs Pau Gasol when you've got a big man who can dance like Patrick Patterson? Okay, so maybe the Houston Rockets would take an All-Star seven-footer over a sophomore whose moves vaguely resemble those of the late, great Michael Jackson...
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The All-NBA Choke Team: 5 Players Who Falter the Most Under Pressure
The NBA is where amazing happens. The fourth quarter and overtime are where stars are born and legends are made—or in some cases, where choke artists thrive...
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NBA Rumors: Houston Rockets Interested in Making a Play for Samuel Dalembert
Aside from the Chris Paul saga, one of the biggest surprises over this offseason is the fact that Sacramento Kings center Samuel Dalembert is still an unrestricted free agent ...
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Yao Ming: NBA Legend's Future Rests in Expensive Wine Venture
What do you do when a tremendous opportunity in the NBA is ripped from you because of injuries? Well, if you're Yao Ming , you delve into the fine wine market...
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Yao Ming & China-the Ming Dynasty
A Chinese democracy in the NBA . JUNE 26, 2002 It still seems like yesterday. You can almost hear David Stern speak. "With the first pick in the 2002 Draft the Houston Rockets select Yao Ming "...
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2011-12 NBA Lockout: Yao Ming: A Reflection on His Anything but Normal Career
No one word can truly describe Yao Ming 's impact on the world. "Unite" would be a good word to start with...
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Yao Ming: Thoughts on the NBA's Greatest Pioneer and Most Popular Player
When Yao Ming retired this summer after an up-and-down nine-year NBA career, I felt as if my heart had been ripped out. Yao Ming was the reason why I had become a basketball fan...
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NBA: Yao Ming's Retirement Affects More Than the Houston Rockets
Seven-and-a-half feet. 310 pounds. Anything with those dimensions can take up a lot of space. And anything With those dimensions can also make a very large hole...
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Ranking Kobe Bryant and the NBA's Biggest Global Brands
The NBA , and basketball in general for that matter, is largely considered to be an American entity, but that by no means keeps the superstars who dribble a ball for a living from becoming global brands...
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NBA: Naming All-Time Starting 5's for Each World Region
International basketball is happening. What began as a novelty—and an oft-ridiculed one at that—has grown into a cornerstone of player development for both the NBA and burgeoning national leagues around the world...
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Hamed Haddadi and 5 Other NBA Washouts Who Starred in the Olympics
Iran lost every one of their five games by at least 15 points. But Hamed Haddadi had a ferocious 2008 Bejing Olympics...
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25 Great Careers Marred by Injury
The allure of sport is in the hypothetical. What if this? I predict that. Mock drafts, scouting reports, preseason picks: these are the binding agents of fanhood, the currency with which we construct meaning out of childhood games...
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NBA Free Agents 2011: 10 Slowest Players on the Market
Players with speed have become highly sought after in today's NBA , but what about the guys whose game has little to do with being able to move fast? Before next season, a bunch of players will get picked up by teams for other reasons though...
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LeBron James and the Top 5 No. 1 NBA Draft Picks of the Past Decade
The NBA has been known for producing talents described beyond words. It is the legion of the world's best hoop players. It is where legends are made and dreams are realized. It is where lives change forever...
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Yao Ming, Fallen Dynasty: A Salute to the NBA Big Man
2002 marked the birth of Amare Stoudemire, that year's top rookie. But before the Suns big man came up the ranks, the highly anticipated arrival of that year's top draft pick pulled everyone's attention from Houston to China...
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Yao Ming Video: Watch Yao's Incredible Life Unfold in Computer Animation
At only 30 years old, Yao Ming is one of the richest men in all of China. Unfortunately, it didn't last nearly as long as it should have, and after only a nine-year run in the NBA , Yao was forced to retire due to injury...
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Giant Footprints: The Yao Ming Story
Editor's Note: NBA superstar center Yao Ming made it official yesterday in Shanghai, China that he was retiring from basketball, leaving behind giant footprints on the NBA court...
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Yao Ming: 10 Best Games of His Houston Rockets Career
Including the postseason, Yao Ming played in 514 games with the Houston Rockets . Yao announced his retirement from basketball at a press conference Wednesday from Shanghai, so ...
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Yao Ming's Indirect Benefits as Cultural Ambassador
Today marks the end of "The Ming Dynasty" as Yao finally called it quits after nearly a decade in the NBA . His soul was undoubtedly willing; unfortunately, his body simply couldn't stand the strain any longer...


















