Toyota just has the naming rights. As the saying goes, "it's just business". There's even the annual Chinese New Year celebrations. <iframe width="560" height="315" src="//www.youtube.com/embed/2j8VwWrlIbc" frameborder="0" allowfullscreen></iframe>
Mustard and Gold IS the Rockets color, if there's a happy coincidence that give Les more money so he buys some 2nd round picks.. w/e
tracy mcgrady benefitted the most of any non asian player on the rockets...that's why he can waste time on hobbies like baseball
Not exactly, but there is a team called the Bayi Army Rockets. The recent All-star jerseys had the China colors:
The Rockets are still popular in China, BUT it's mainly from the older generation. Basically the people that grew up watching Yao. The younger generation is much more diverse in their taste of teams and stars.