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I met Yao Ming's Dad!

Discussion in 'Houston Rockets: Game Action & Roster Moves' started by tzhang, Oct 5, 2003.

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  1. tzhang

    tzhang Member

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    I met Yao's dad (I think he said his name was George Ming) at the airport a couple of weeks ago. He was a very nice guy. He was there with some other guys (who could have been bodyguards/karate champs). He said that Yao is happy at home in China. He also said that Yao was looking forward to playing in the new arena.

    T-Z
     
  2. uac

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    haha... George Ming...:D

    LOL
     
  3. BigM

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    lmao.....george ming....karate champs.
     
  4. RocketForever

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    My educated guess about his name is George Yao... I can be wrong too. :D
     
  5. OldManBernie

    OldManBernie Old Fogey

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    I think u've been had... I'd imagine that Yao's dad would have the same last name as Yao. It would make sense right?:D :D :D
     
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    shouldnt his name be george yao since the word ming isnt in his name? you sure he wasnt bs-ing you?
     
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    pwned :p
    haha jk
     
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    Yao Mings Real name IS Ming Yao, so Yao would actually be his last name. But they just switch it up in China when you are respected. So his fathers name would be "something" Yao
     
  9. tzhang

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    I had a few glasses of whiskey in the bar before I went to the airport that day, so it was hard to remember his exact name. I'm dyslexic also. Plus those guys that were with him just stared at me. I had to get outta there. It would have only been a matter of time before the Hi-YA's started.
     
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    How many glasses you had today?
    :D
     
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    Karate is Japanese martial art.
     
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    His dad's name is Yao Zhi Yuan. I don't know if he has an English nickname.
     
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    Karate is a Korean martial art. Yao's father's name is Zhiyuan Yao
     
  14. Doctor Robert

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    His dad's name is Yao Zhi Yuan. I don't know if he has an English nickname.
     
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    Karate is a Japanese martial art. Tae Kwan Do is Korean.
     
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    You're lucky. Word on the street is that George Ming doesn't take too kindly to trolls. Hi-Ya!
     
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    George Ming was my Ninja sensei in Pasadena (at the Jiffy Lube/Ultra-secret Ninja Training Facility), back when me and Chuck Norris were learning the Drunken Monkey. Yao chose basketball as his path after suffering a severe nunchuck beating during our training sessions.

    Ninjutsu is a Texan martial art, and is used to prepare young men to become Texas Rangers and/or greeters at Sam's Club. These things are very important to Yao's father, George. I have a picture of George, me, and Chuck enjoying a nice bowl of duck chili at the Olive Garden.

    Yao was excommunicated from the Jiffy Lube training center (and, indeed, from all of Pasadena) for refusing to use his kendo stick on our TGIFridays waiter during an altercation last November. I have a picture of that too.

    Yes, George Ming, Chuck Norris, and thadeus are very good friends. So don't be hatin'.
     
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    That brought a tear to my eye, really, it did! :D
     
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    I, too, was excommunicated from the Jiffy Lube training center, just like Yao. It was an injustice which scarred me for life!
     
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