Yao Ming Book Cafe By haydooneykilimanjaro Sep 17, 1980 Yao Ming was born on the seventeenth of September in Shanghai Dec 24, 1989 Yao Ming started to play basketball Dec 24, 1992 Yao Ming is 6 foot 6 Dec 24, 1993 Yao Ming starts playing for the Shanghai Sharks Dec 24, 1997 Nike invites Yao Ming to go to a basketball camp in Paris Dec 24, 1999 Yao Mins is added to the Men's national team Dec 24, 2000 Yao plays in the 2000 Sydney Summer Olympics Dec 25, 2000 Yao was not allowed to go to the NBA by the Chinese government Dec 24, 2001 Yao Ming is allowed to go to the NBA and is drafted by the Houston Rockets Dec 25, 2001 Yao Ming wins Rookie of the Year Dec 24, 2002 Yao Ming got more votes than Shaq, and got to play in the All-Star Game Dec 24, 2003 Lebron James is drafted and all the attention moves to him Dec 24, 2004 Yao is in the 2004 Athens olympics Dec 24, 2005 Yao made a documentary called Year of the Yao Dec 24, 2011 Yao Ming retires after 9 NBA seasons
