1. There were not many excellent candidates in the draft that year. The top three are Ben Williams, mike dunleavy and Yao Ming. This is not difficult to understand. The Rockets holding the No.1 pick have all-star guard Francis, and it is not difficult to choose a big man who can cooperate with him.
2. The tradition of rockets. Rockets have always had a tradition of being a center, even a center complex. Therefore, among the rookie candidates of that year, Yao Ming was fascinated by his height of 2.26, which opened another center era for the Rockets.
3. Commercial development value: Yao Ming, the first player in NBA, has played a decisive role in the commercial development of NBA in Asia, especially in China. As for the Rockets, he directly trained hundreds of millions of China fans. Even in the 20 15-20 16 season, five years after Yao Ming retired, the rocket complex is still buried in the hearts of China fans. This is obvious for the rapid growth of the commercial value of rockets.
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Yao Ming (1980 September 12) was born in Xuhui District, Shanghai. Originally from Zhenze Town, Wujiang District, Suzhou City, Jiangsu Province. Former China professional basketball player, center. Now he is the chairman and general manager of the secondary vocational union company.
1In April, 1998, Yao Ming was selected into the national team coached by Faye Wong and began his basketball career. 20065438+0 In 2002, he won the CBA MVP in the regular season, the CBA championship and the finals MVP, and was elected as the CBA rebounding king, blocking king and dunking king respectively for three times.
In the 2002 NBA draft, he was selected as the No.1 pick by the Houston Rockets of NBA. From 2003 to 2009, he was selected to the NBA All-Star Team for six consecutive seasons (eight times in his career), twice and three times. In 2009, Yao Ming acquired the Shanghai Men's Basketball Team and became the owner of the Shanghai Shark Basketball Club. 20 1 1 On July 20th, Yao Ming officially announced his retirement.
20 13, Yao Ming was elected as a member of the 12th China People's Political Consultative Conference. On June 20 14, I was a guest at Hunan Satellite TV's Where is Dad? On February 201May 10, Yao Ming officially became one of the image ambassadors for Beijing's bid to host the Winter Olympics. 20 16 On April 4th, Yao Ming was officially elected to the naismith Basketball Hall of Fame on 20 16, becoming the first person in China to win this honor. On June+10, 5438, Yao Ming became China's "Ambassador to Mars". In June, 1 1 was elected as the vice chairman of CBA company.
201On February 4th, 2007, Yao Ming's 1 1 jersey was retired during the intermission between the Rockets and Bulls. On February 23rd, at the Ninth National Congress in chinese basketball association, Yao Ming was elected as the president of the Basketball Association. On July 20th, nominated by chinese basketball association, the Board of Directors voted to appoint Yao Ming as the chairman of CBA Company.
References:
Yao Ming _ Baidu encyclopedia