Home>News Center>Sports
         
 

Yao has grown into one of NBA's biggest stars
By JONATHAN FEIGEN (CRI/Houston Chronicle)
Updated: 2005-10-07 14:11

The possibilities have long since grown into expectations that tower like his face peering down from billboards from Shanghai to the Southwest Freeway.
Yao has grown into one of NBA's biggest stars
Houston Rockets' Yao Ming, left, poses for his portrait as Tracy McGrady (1) looks on during the team's media day Monday, Oct. 3, 2005, in Houston. [AP]

The shoulders are broader, the back stronger, but the weight on Yao Ming has increased, too.

There is a strange irony in that he is measured by, of all things, how much he must grow.

For Yao, it always has seemed not enough for him to be the player he is but to become the player he can be. Because he is 7-6 with powerful legs and soft hands, he has somehow managed to overshadow himself.

This is his blessing and his burden. So when he is asked how great he can be, the topic is, like him, enormous.

Five seconds pass in silence.

Ten seconds.

Yao lets out a long, almost pained sigh. He looks away, toward the ceiling, as if trying to avoid distraction to his search for the answer somewhere within him.

Fifteen seconds. Twenty.

Finally he gives up.

"Ahhhh. I don't know," he said, his voice more hushed than in any other answer. "I don't know."

He never has enjoyed talking of himself and his potential for greatness. The entire topic is too immodest for him and the culture he has often said he must represent.

"The team goal is always the championship," Yao said. "That's everything. There's nothing else with that.

   上一頁 1 2 3 4 下一頁  



Pacific Life Open at Indian Wells
Commonwealth Games Swimming
Selected Reuters Sports Pictures on March 13
 
  Today's Top News     Top Sports News
 

Australia, US, Japan praise China for Asia engagement

 

   
 

Banker: China doing its best on flexible yuan

 

   
 

Hopes high for oil pipeline deal

 

   
 

Possibilities of bird flu outbreaks reduced

 

   
 

Milosevic buried after emotional farewell

 

   
 

China considers trade contracts in India

 

   
  Manchester United gains on Chelsea
   
  UEFA Cup loses top-name clubs
   
  Cuba celebrates win over Puerto Rico, advances in Classic
   
  Els moves into Bay Hill contention with 67
   
  World Cup to boost Japanese economy by $4 billion
   
  Alonso confident; Fisichella apologizes
   
 
  Go to Another Section  
 
 
  Story Tools  
   
Manufacturers, Exporters, Wholesalers - Global trade starts here.
Advertisement
         
主站蜘蛛池模板: 天堂在线最新资源| 西西人体44rt大胆高清日韩| 亚洲国产香蕉视频欧美| 狂野欧美激情性xxxx在线观看| 国产乱子伦在线观看| 99视频免费观看| 成年女人18级毛片毛片免费| 久久精品久久久久观看99水蜜桃| 欧美大成色www永久网站婷| 亚洲视频在线观看一区| 精品免费视频一卡2卡三卡4卡不卡| 成年人视频在线免费播放| 国产h视频在线| 97成人在线视频| 国产精品午夜国产小视频| 99免费在线观看视频| 综合图区亚洲欧美另类图片| 国产精品19p| 91制片厂(果冻传媒)原档破解| 天天看片日日夜夜| 一级一级一级毛片| 手机在线看片你懂得| 久久久无码精品亚洲日韩蜜桃| 最新日韩在线观看| 三级精品视频在线播放| 日韩伦理电影在线免费观看| 亚洲国产欧美在线人成aaa | 亚洲娇小性xxxx| 好硬啊进得太深了h动态图120秒| 久久久久久久99精品国产片| 晓青老师的丝袜| 亚洲国产欧美日韩精品一区二区三区 | 操美女视频免费网站| 五月婷婷免费视频| 老色鬼欧美精品| 成人人观看的免费毛片| 久久国产精品只做精品| 欧美jizz18欧美| 亚洲欧洲日产国码www| 理论秋霞在线看免费| 亚洲国产成人久久综合一区|