Yao, We Hardly Knew Ye

[lethalweapon3]

That run was good while it lasted. No doubt, he'll have much success in his post-bball career, in Shanghai and beyond.

~lw3

[macdaddy]

That's a shame his career didn't pan out that well. When he came I thought he would dominate the league. Seems like a great guy too. His size is still hard to even believe. I guess that's why he had so many problems.

[dlpin]

one thing that is amazing is that, as short lived as his career was, and as injured as he was, he still had almost 10000 points, 5000 rebounds and 1000 blocks. I won't count his all star selections because that is easy with China behind him. But 5 all nba selections is pretty impressive. Had he been able to stay healthy he would certainly be one of the all time greats. He was doing 25, 10 and 2 blocks his last good season on just 34 minutes a night. Look at the list of people who've been able to do that:

http://bkref.com/tiny/v8MM1

It's a shame that it had to end early. But I have to take my hat off to him. Even with all the health issues you just know someone would offer him a contract this offseason, and instead of doing that he just called it quits.