alrite, diz is stupid. i read diz article earlier diz mourning(from a chinese site), wut li yomin really said was: "Up to now Houston hasn't made any contact. we'r happy to see if yaoming joins any team in NBA. but whoever will pick him, they must contact us first. we still held his contract." (well, something like that) let me go find de link
just a warning, translations from even the chinese newspaper's own crew can be wrong and often laced with propaganda. I wouldn't be surprised though if someone had taken AcBrave's quote and turned it into "Li Yaomin makes adamant claim to Yao Ming's future and sets down serious back-breaking demands" for english translated chinese newspapers - www.sino.com and the shanghai daily are good choices