Yao Ming born September 12, 1980 in Shanghai, China) is a professional basketball player who plays for the Houston Rockets of the National Basketball Association (NBA). He is currently the tallest player in the NBA, at 2.29 m (7 ft 6 in).[1]Yao, who was born in Shanghai, started playing for the Shanghai Sharks as a teenager, and played on their senior team for five years in the Chinese Basketball Association (CBA), winning a championship in his final year. He entered the 2002 NBA Draft, and after negotiating with the CBA and the Sharks to secure his release, was selected by the Houston Rockets as the first overall pick of the draft. He has since been selected to start for the Western Conference in the NBA All-Star Game in all seven of his seasons, and has been named to the All-NBA Team five times. However, the Rockets have advanced past the first round of the playoffs only once since he joined the team, and he has missed significant time due to injury in each of the past four seasons.姚明, 1980年9月12日生于中国上海.目前是一名效力于NBA休斯顿火箭队职业篮球运动员. 他身高2.26米, 是目前NBA中最高的球员.出生于上海的姚明, 十几岁时就开始在CBA的上海大鲨鱼队少年队打球. 并在该队的职业队效力5年, 最后一年获得了总冠军, 2002年他进入了NBA选秀,并在与大鲨鱼队谈判成功后,第一个被休斯敦火箭队选中。从那时起,他被选中开始了他在NBA西部联盟的职业生涯. 在他参加的所有7个赛季中,5次被选进NBA全明星队。然而, 火箭队在姚明加入后仅有一次通过季后赛第一轮, 过去四个赛季中, 姚明都因伤错过很多重要的比赛.