Yao set to retire from basketball Wednesday
SHANGHAI -- Yao Ming is likely to make it official on Wednesday, announcing what is expected to be his retirement from the NBA and a sport that made him a household name in China.
The 7-foot-6 center for the Houston Rockets played eight seasons in the NBA, but has missed 250 regular-season games over the past six years.
His career, including frequent appearances for the Chinese national team at Olympics and world championships, has included leg and foot injuries.
Sue Ogrocki, File / AP Photo - FILE - This Oct. 13, 2008, file photo shows Oklahoma City Thunder's Kevin Durant, right, going up and under the basket as Houston Rockets center Yao Ming, left, defends, in the third quarter of an NBA exhibition basketball game, in Tulsa, Okla. Durant says it is "tough" to see Yao Ming retire and that the player deserves to be in the basketball Hall of Fame. Durant said during a promotional tour in China on Tuesday, July 12, 2011, that it has been an honor to play against the 7-foot-6 Houston Rockets center.On Wednesday, a large reception hall at a hotel in the Pudong section of Shanghai - Yao's hometown - has been booked for what will likely be the country's media event of the year.
Hundreds of media have been accredited to attend the restricted event and are expected to arrive hours early to go through security checks. It is expected to be broadcast live in China and in many countries around the world.
Reports have been circulating for nearly two weeks that the 30-year-old star would retire, but the Rockets have not commented due to the NBA lockout and his management refused to confirm the reports. The NBA said it has not received official retirement paperwork from Yao.
Yao's contract expired after last season, and the Rockets said they were interested in re-signing him if he came back healthy. Yao said in April in China that his professional future depended on his recovery from a stress fracture in his left ankle.
Selected to the NBA All-Star team eight times after being the top overall pick in the 2002 draft, Yao averaged 19 points and 9.2 rebounds. More importantly, his impact expanded the NBA's influence in Asia into lucrative merchandise sales and TV ratings.
Yao had played six years with the Chinese national team before joining the Rockets, and was already a star in his home country.
He carried the Olympic torch through Tiananmen Square and his country's flag during the opening ceremonies at the Beijing Olympics in 2008.
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Since Yao moved to the NBA as the overall top pick in the 2002 draft, his nine-year stint with Houston Rockets, especially his last six seasons, was plagued with a series of injuries and surgeries - the bone spur in his left foot and osteomyelitis in
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