#19 - Yao Ming, The Tao of Yao

What do you know about Yao Ming?

Well, I was just going to say, even if this was about his career, his career was so short-lived.

He was just such a large human being.

The injuries, I think, were something that everyone knew was inevitable.

I wonder now with some of the advancements in sport performance and the doctors that teams have access to, if maybe, again, it would have been a little bit different.

But I think there's just limitations to the human body.

I think he really pushed the limits of what the human body is capable of at that size.

Yeah, I mean, his size.

He was 7'5", right? And the human body can only do so much.

And especially in basketball, it's a lot of pressure on the joints, the feet, his career.

So he played nine years in the NFL.

He played nine years in the NBA.

He'd be a crazy tight end.

You wouldn't need anybody else.

You just throw it to Yao Ming in the end zone every play.

Yeah, so nine years in the NBA.

He played all his years with the Houston Rockets.

Currently, he's the president of the Chinese Basketball Association, the CBA.

And he's also considered the greatest Chinese basketball player of all time.

And he was also he was really dominant as a center in the NBA while he played.

He played only nine years, but he's incredibly dominant and successful during those nine years.

Before joining the NBA, though, he played for the CBA Shanghai Sharks for five seasons from 1997 to 2002.

So while he was playing for the Shanghai Sharks, he won the 2002 CBA championship.

He was also the CBA finals MVP of that championship and the league MVP of that year.

So in his five years, like he ended his time there as the best player in the league.