Yao Ming Teasing Allen Iverson about 'practice' in his Hall of Fame Speech (2016)

Yao is funny and AI ...well...lol

[jamesworthy]

my childhood ball players are hall of famers damn time fly by

[gianpark]

lol it’s funny how everyone booed him when he got drafted and now he a hall of famer and one of the best rockets players in history

[thomaskayang]

He's so humble in a funny way. He made everyone laugh and cheer at the same time. Yao Ming, you're the man.👍👏👏👏

[ATLienForLife]

Yao Ming is such a humble guy and a good person. Doesn't matter his race or nationality. When he first got to the Rockets he needed a translator. Now here he is giving a speech, saying it in American English, and then dowsing it with humor. Demonstrating his deep respect for A.I. Yao is such a class act. And so is A.I. for whole-heartedly taking it in the spirit it was meant.

[stebbiej]

the only little guy to take a D-league team to the finals

[fodolocraigo]

question to all the haters, when have you given a speech in front of thousands in your non native tongue?

[chethammer]

To have a sense of humor in your native tongue is hard enough, but to be able to do it in your second language and make is seem natural, that's an art form.

[Elites]

I love Yao Ming man, so sad his career was so short. He and Shaq was the definition of true centers.

[chilisauce]

Yao had the best speech for the night. It was hilarious, and very inspiring at the same time. Welcome to the HOF big man.

[allanstott]

That's such a perfectly clean, well-structed joke. Start-to-finish. And it both simultaneously mocks _and_ doesn't mock Iverson at all. Hahahaha legend

[GoGetYourShinebox]

The amount of confidence it takes to do a speech like this even though English wasn't his first language. Props to Yao

[Crazynice]

This clip is all time great. A mixture of comedy and inspiration. When something simultaneously touches your heart and makes you laugh it’s truly priceless. A great gesture of humility and tasteful comedy by the great Yao Ming.

[drummajor]

We talking about "practice", and it's still funny this many years later.

[Treycoyne]

The fact that we won’t get to see Kobe up there kills me

[iangiesler]

Love Yao for making this joke, love AI for taking it like a champ and laughing 😂

[JD-lbnp]

I love how he never got a fade or changed his style up. Just played ball good.

[VODtheMovie]

That's Ming, man, always a jokester

[MrFoggyG]

Allen Iverson laughing saying...
“That’s a good one” 😂

[leeh]

Yao Ming was a gift to the NBA. A quiet all-time great!

[dondonnelly]

The timing....the delivery...well done Yao Ming 😂👏👏👏

Credit to Allen for the ability to laugh at himself. And to Yao for learning English. Cannot imagine learning Chinese. Spanish was hard enough and that is so similar to English.