Yao Ming

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Yao Ming

7-foot-6, 310 pounds

DOB: September 12, 1980

From: China

7th NBA season ... 6th NBA All-Star Game

Voted a starter for the seventh time in as many seasons; did not play in 2007 midseason classic due to injury ... Owns three career streaks of 30-plus straight free throws made ... Among league leaders in scoring, field goal percentage, rebounds and blocks per game ... In 2005, became all-time leading vote-getter in All-Star balloting (2,558,278) ... Anchored Chinese National team in the 2004 and 2008 Olympics ... Named to the All NBA Second Team in 2006-07 ... Named to the All NBA Third Team in 2003-04 and 2005-06 ... Earned unanimous NBA All-Rookie First Team honors after averaging 13.5 points with 8.2 rebounds and 1.74 blocks in 82 games (2002-03) ... In 2003, he became the 14th rookie selected to start the All-Star Game and the first since Grant Hill (1995) ... The first No. 1 pick to come from an international basketball league ... Drafted by Houston in the first round (first overall) of the 2002 NBA Draft...

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ALL-STAR AVERAGES
	G	GS	MPG	FGM-A	FG%	3PM-A	3P%	FTM-A	FT%	OFF	DEF	RPG	APG	SPG	BPG	TO	PF	PPG
	6	6	17.2	19-38	0.500	0-4	0.000	4-6	0.667	1.0	3.0	4.0	1.3	0.2	0.3	0.5	1.3	7.0

2008-09 STATISTICS
Team	G	GS	MPG	FGM-A	FG%	3PM-A	3P%	FTM-A	FT%	OFF	DEF	RPG	APG	SPG	BPG	TO	PF	PPG
HOU	51	51	32.7	364-667	0.546	0-0	0.000	283-325	0.871	2.8	6.8	9.6	1.7	0.4	1.7	3.1	3.2	19.8

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