Everything is comparative. He might be perceived as a cocky dude back home, but no way near like Kobe and others here. Afterall the Chinese tradition does emphasize humility. Guess what. From what I have read here, the fans over there even complained of Yao dunking too much during the game against the Japanese. Give me a break. Comparing to most Americans, he is just an average guy as far as attitude is concerned.
Are you kidding me? I've heard so many cuss words live during Rockets games from the players, you'd think you were watching a Quentin Tarantino movie... Now, yelling that at a REF is a different story...
At least a dozen times last season Steve would shoot a free throw, miss and scream "Ah ****" so loudly that it was funny to hear Bill and Calvin pretend it didn't happen.