New Yao photos...with captions Chinese basketball player Yao Ming smiles during a meeting with the press after training at the Basketball Association in Beijing Thursday, June 27, 2002. (AP Photo/Str) Chinese basketball player Yao Ming, left, stands near his agent John Huizinga after they checked the NBA draft on the Internet in Beijing Thursday, June 27, 2002. China's 7-foot-5-inch center Yao Ming talks to the media following the national team's afternoon training session in Beijing June 27, 2002. Chinese basketball player Yao Ming shoots during training at the Basketball Association in Beijing Thursday, June 27, 2002. Chinese basketball player Yao Ming reacts after he found a mike cover left behind by journalists at the Basketball Association in Beijing Thursday, June 27, 2002 Six Los Angeles "Laker Girls" dance squad of the third straight NBA champions, the Lakers basketball team, pose for photographs during a visit to Taiwan. Oops...sorry, I'm not sure how that picture got in there. os
There is something about Yao's facial expressions that I like...he doesn't look like a guy that will back down. I think he will surprise us by being a guy with guts, a fighter.
