Hamburg - Yao Ming has declared ended his career in North American professional league for the NBA. The U.S. media reported more consistently. The 30-year-old played for the Houston Rockets in 2002 and is regarded as the best Asian in the history of the league.
In recent years the "Great Wall", as the 2.28-meter center is also called, was canceled due to a number of injuries for a long time. He was last in Januarysurgery on foot, in December after a stress fracture had been diagnosed. to stabilize the ankle hurt him more screws were used.
Doctors had predicted after the operation, a break of at least seven to ten months. Yao said then: "I know that I once again faces a long rehabilitation time I'll use to me worrying about my future and to make a decision.."Now she has fallen.
For more than five years of the seven-time All-Star and 141-pound center also has problems because of his stature with the legs and feet. Yao played his last game on 10 November 2010. Overall, he came to 486 NBA encounters in which he managed to average 19.0 points and 9.3 rebounds. In the last season he was only five appearances, having previously been the entire previous season because of a fracture in his left foot was missing.
Yao is in his homeland as one of the most popular athletes. In China, he advertises among other things, clothing, soft drinks, fast food and telecommunications companies. Besides track and field athlete Liu Xiang, he is the most famous Chinese athlete. He was replaced in 2002 by the Shanghai Sharks to Houston. Through him, the NBA has been popular in China.
At the Olympic Games in Beijing 2008, Yao was standard-bearer of his country. In the opening game of the Olympic basketball tournament, which China lost to the USA 70:101 , he scored the first points with a triple of the game.
