Operation Yao Ming opens with the story of the two boys’ parents, basketball players brought together by Chinese officials intent on creating a generation of athletes who could bring glory to their resurgent motherland.
A biography of one of the tallest players in the National Basketball Association follows him from his boyhood in China to his arrival in the United States and his first season with the Houston Rockets.
Highlights the life and accomplishments of the Chinese basketball player, who plays for the Houston Rockets and is currently considered the best center playing in the National Basketball Association.
" The Tao of Yao provides both the dyed-in-the-wool fan and the merely curious with an unprecedented window into the life and mind of the quiet yet fiercely competitive rookie sensation - through his own words, as expressed in numerous ...
In 2002, Yao Ming became the NBA's first foreign #1 draft pick and a media sensation. Sports writer Ric Bucher was the only American reporter with unrestricted access to Yao's first year in the NBA.