There's a discussion about this in the Yao's rehab thread. I think it's all BS fabrications. When you're in that thread and click on the link about that story and read some of the comments about Yao, there's still a lot of racist people out there. One particular comment came from one poster which I assumed is female by her name that says: Yao and Nia Long= Yuck. By Yuck I assumed she think Yao is ugly by the way he looks or his sheer size or him being Chinese. I don't know about yall but Yao is a normal, decent looking guy by all standards. If Yuck means ugly then try Popeye Jones, ET, Wang Zhi Zhi and how about that Korean dude Ha . I know most them pull regardless how they are! BTW, Nia Long is still hot!
I suggest you go back home, say good bye to your family and leave US as soon as possible before pryuen comes in and rip you into pieces.
http://news.yahoo.com/s/nm/20070112/sp_nm/basketball_yao_dc_1 Basketball star dismisses love interest as tall story BEIJING, Jan 12 (Reuters Life!) - China's biggest sports star Yao Ming has dismissed as "ridiculous" an Internet report linking him to an American actress because she is nearly 28 inches shorter than him. The 7ft-6in (2.29m) Houston Rockets center, who is currently sidelined with a knee injury, was reported to have dated 5ft 2in Nia Long, a film and television actor. Yao told Titan sports newspaper's Web site that he had read the story on another Web site with his basketball star girlfriend, Ye Li, by his side. "Isn't it too ridiculous?" he said. "I saw the news on Internet. The writer is so good at hoaxes. What's that? She's only 1.57m. I'm 2.26m. Does it sound reasonable?" The report said Yao had first seen Long in the 1990s television series "The Fresh Prince of Bel Air," in which she played the love interest of Will Smith's lead character. Long has also acted in comedy film series "Big Momma's House" as well as TV series "Soul Food" and "Judging Amy." "I have never heard of the name of her movie," Yao said. "Were there so many foreign movies in China when I was a kid?" Yao's long-term girlfriend Ye, a more suitable 6ft 2in (1.90m), is a center for China's female basketball team. "Ye Li is now living with him. Anybody who has commonsense will not believe such a rumor," Yao spokesman Zhang Mingji told Titan.
OLD NEWS There is already a thread on this fake article. There are other lame articles like a New Jersey Nets player is coming out of the closet and Cuttino Mobley posing for gay photos. http://bbs.clutchfans.net/showthread.php?t=122920
NIa Long: Oh Yao, can you teach me how to play basketball? Yao Ming: Wax on Wax off (what Yao really said in the clippers game...).
