Yao Ming Book Cafe

Yao Ming was born on the seventeenth of September in Shanghai

Sep 17, 1980

Yao Ming started to play basketball

Dec 24, 1989

Yao Ming is 6 foot 6

Dec 24, 1992

Yao Ming starts playing for the Shanghai Sharks

Dec 24, 1993

Nike invites Yao Ming to go to a basketball camp in Paris

Dec 24, 1997

Yao Mins is added to the Men's national team

Dec 24, 1999

Yao plays in the 2000 Sydney Summer Olympics

Dec 24, 2000

Yao was not allowed to go to the NBA by the Chinese government

Dec 25, 2000

Yao Ming is allowed to go to the NBA and is drafted by the Houston Rockets

Dec 24, 2001

Yao Ming wins Rookie of the Year

Dec 25, 2001

Yao Ming got more votes than Shaq, and got to play in the All-Star Game

Dec 24, 2002

Lebron James is drafted and all the attention moves to him

Dec 24, 2003

Yao is in the 2004 Athens olympics

Dec 24, 2004

Yao made a documentary called Year of the Yao

Dec 24, 2005

Yao Ming retires after 9 NBA seasons

Dec 24, 2011