Yao Ming, the center of the Chinese National Men's Basketball Team, served the Huston Rockets in NBA．The 2.26 m, 120 kg center（中锋） becomes the first one to come from a foreign team．
    Yao Ming was born in Shanghai in September, 1980．His mother was a center and captain of the Chinese National Women's Team．His father played basketball, too．
    Yao Ming is widely known in China．He came to be a very important basketball player in China Basketball Association （联赛）．It's short for CBA．During the 2000～2001 season, he did very well．He got 27．1 scores for the Shanghai Oriental （东方） Sharks in every match．
Yao Ming joined the Houston Rockets in November, 2002．He said this was a new start in his basketball life．He would do his best to learn from the NBA and improve himself．
    Sport analyst （分析家） Bill Walton said, “Yao Ming has the potential （潜力）, the capability（能力） of changing the future of basketball．”