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...commissioner David Stern has already executed a beautiful pivot move into China, where, thanks in part to Houston Rockets center Yao Ming, hoops is hotter than Sichuan cooking. There's still work to be done in Europe, even though it is now a source of many NBA players, including seven Frenchmen and six Slovenes. Before the season, the Philadelphia 76ers and Phoenix Suns played exhibition games in Germany, a challenging NBA country, as part of a four-team, five-country full-court press of Europe -Italy, Spain, France and Russia were also hosts of training camps and games...
...that the sport won't gain traction. "[Cricket legend] Sachin Tendulkar is a household name, whereas hardly anyone out there knows me," complains 6-ft. 5-in. Jaishankar Menon, a former standout on the Indian national team. Another foot would surely help him. "What we need now is a Yao Ming," says Sharma, the Indian roundball raja. "Once Yao played in the NBA, the color of China changed. It became a basketball nation. If we have an Indian playing in the NBA, the color of this country will change...
...group’s aim is to increase diversity among these organizations and to create a future generation of Asian American leaders. “Diversity is important overall to provide different points of view and to represent the student body,” said Susan Y. Yao ’09, AAA educational and political co-chair. “As for Asian Americans, part of it is because I think they are stereotyped as not being politically active. I think it’s important for us to change that because we know many politically motivated Asian Americans...
...threat? The day I stopped worrying about my stats was the day I started winning. Everyone is still going to double- and triple-team me, and when they do that, I just make my guys better. One of my rookies asked me [after a preseason game against Houston], "Damn, Yao Ming is 7 ft. 6 in., and they double you?" I said, "Yeah, that's cause...
...result, some students said they entered the lottery without ever having sat in on a class. Yao Yu ’07 said she signed up for the course without shopping it because she was not able to physically get into the classroom...