3 Things You Didn't Know About Yao Ming

3 little-known facts about one of the tallest NBA players ever, Yao Ming.

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[chvmps]

Yao Ming was basically made in a lab 💀😭

[ChairmanMeow]

he had much pressure on him and he pretty much lived up to it all. huge respect for that.

[lordsudbury]

she was like "i'm only interested in 7'7 guys 🙄 💅 "

[berg]

If Yao has a son with his Olympic wife the league is doomed

[RusselWestbrooksSon]

One of my favorite players. It’s so sad he only played 8 seasons 😢😢

[vanillathunder]

Sweet story about him and his wife. Imagine a 7’6” dude following a girl around like a little puppy trying to get a date…

[biaohan]

Yao Ming's wife's name is Ye Li, not Yee Lee. Yao Ming's parents were just introduced to meet, not in the effort to creat superstar. They did have the right to choose but they ended up going together since their personalities work well with each other and, at their height it was difficult to find matching partner to begin with. For Yao Ming, besides his height, he was not really a talented basketball player. Most of his skills were acquired by really hard work and diligence. He was such a great player.

[benroskelley]

“heavily encouraged” cmon we all know they didn’t have a choice

[worldpeacearroyo]

Their wedding portrait says it all. The sheer joy emanating from Yao & his wife was truly worth a thousand words. 🩵🇨🇳

[funrider]

“hey you i think you guys should marry each other”

the 200 military soldiers on standby:

[krissblade]

Not only he was made in a lab, but he and his wife are a lab for future basketball players

[psychoticjedi]

Shaq's story about Yao is hilarious!

[KingGabe]

China Labs be making hits! COVID, Yao Ming, Asian giant...

[jcee]

A local Chinese doctor. I think they just call them doctors.

[BAAT]

They're about to have a 13'11" monster... Monstar in the making

[THE]

I like how Yao towers over Kobe😂

Kobe:I’ll still dunk on you!

[insanelesane]

That picture of Kobe guarding him is wild 😂🔥🔥🔥

[carsoncolemanbm]

He will always be on my top three list. We didn't really get to see the extent of how good he actually was due to how short his career was. Shaq him self said he would have been the most dominant center ever if he had played longer. Shaq only talks about one other player that highly, that being Kobe. If no one has gotten the chance to see his movie, Year Of The Yao, do so. It's a really solid watch.

[InohiHsohba]

Yao Ming was LeBron for a nation of a billion. He was designed and cultivated to be an international super star to bring honor to his people. And he did it. Shouts out to him

[sammymerzel]

Yao himself debunked the government encouragement myth in a reddit AMA.