Yao Ming landed in the U.S. in the summer of 2002, 7-feet, 6-inches worth of fancy footwork, armed with a soft shooting touch. He was the top pick of that draft, selected by the Houston Rockets, whose ...

Despite only having eight years in the NBA, the sensation of Yao Ming continues to live on as the Houston Rockets legend recently was named to the Bleacher Report's Greatest Players of All Time at ...

Basketball Hall of Famer Yao Ming sat down with ESPN-Tencent reporter Yuan Fang for an exclusive one-on-one --conducted in Chinese and translated to English --during which the Chinese basketball ...

That worked out pretty well for the franchise, adding a Basketball Hall of Famer in a draft that produced just two other future All-Stars in the entire first round, all while also unlocking China to ...

From a historical standpoint, the Houston Rockets have had a number of legendary big men. The list of Hall of Fame centers that have donned a Rockets uniform is extensive. Ralph Sampson, Moses Malone, ...

As holders of the Phoenix Suns' first-round pick this summer, the Houston Rockets have a 3.8% chance of winning Monday night's NBA lottery and getting the opportunity to select Duke's Cooper Flagg at ...