{"id":9694,"date":"2011-07-20T01:07:49","date_gmt":"2011-07-20T01:07:49","guid":{"rendered":""},"modified":"2011-07-19T21:07:26","modified_gmt":"2011-07-19T21:07:26","slug":"Yao-Ming-announces-retirement","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/asiancemagazine.com\/?p=9694","title":{"rendered":"Yao Ming announces retirement"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><strong>Now it&#8217;s official, at just 30 years old! Yao Ming has announced his decision to retire<\/strong> from the National Basketball Association after a series of injuries made it impossible for him to continue to compete. <strong>Yao Ming says he&#8217;s not leaving basketball<\/strong>, however, and will continue to work for his former Chinese team, the Shanghai Sharks as well as with his charity group the Yao Foundation.  <\/p>\n<p><iframe width=\"500\" height=\"390\" src=\"http:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/lVVqiId96cY\" frameborder=\"0\" allowfullscreen><\/iframe><\/p>\n<p><strong>Yao Ming&#8217;s height was one of his biggest assets. <\/strong>It helped him rise through China&#8217;s national sports system to the NBA. But his massive stature was also the cause of the wear and tear on his leg and ankle that forced him to retire.<br \/>\n<strong><br \/>\nYao Ming spent his entire eight-year NBA career playing for the Houston Rockets, who made him their top draft pick in 2002.<\/strong> Injuries forced him to miss hundreds of games during that period. During his last season, he played only five games after suffering a stress fracture in his left foot for the third time.<\/p>\n<p><strong>Despite his injuries, Yao Ming averaged 19 points and nine rebounds<\/strong>, leading the Rockets to four post-season playoff appearances. 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