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Yahoo: Rockets to play preseason games in Shanghai & Beijing next year

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    Yao going home for NBA games in China

    LOS ANGELES (AFP) - Chinese star Yao Ming will lead the Houston Rockets into China next October for two National Basketball Association pre-season games against Sacramento, the league announced.

    The games will be played October 14 in Shanghai and October 17 in Beijing and are part of the NBA's plan to increase the league's exposure throughout Asia.

    "The NBA China games are the logical next step in the NBA's long-term relationship with Chinese basketball and Chinese fans," NBA commissioner David Stern said.

    Yao, a 7-foot-6 center, is beloved by sports fans across China. Endorsement deals, including a global contract signed Thursday with McDonald's, have made him a major figure on and off the court as firms seek a foothold with Chinese consumers.

    Yao will start for the Western Conference in Sunday's NBA All-Star Game here.

    Chinese star Yao Ming will lead the Houston Rockets into China next October for two National Basketball Association pre-season games against Sacramento, the league announced.
     
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    We'd be better off making those regular season games. The crowd will probably go nuts compared to what we've got now.
     
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    Yao: "We can hang in my crib. I will show you my 'hood."

    Francis: "What the hell did you just say?"
     
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    Will they change the schedule, if the Rockets goes into the NBA finals this Summer? :D
     
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    :D

    Wonder if NBATV will carry the games...the bastards!!!! :mad:

    me <--- Comcast Subscriber
     
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    clips of SF3 at the news conference.

    mms://nc.sina.com.cn/1/sports/yaomingfayan.wmv

    clips of Yao Ming at the news conference

    mms://nc.sina.com.cn/1/sports/yaomingjinghuaquanbu.wmv
     
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    Boki v Wallace rematch
     
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    Crap! Not the Kings!
     
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    http://sports.espn.go.com/nba/allstar2004/news/story?id=1735423


    Yao homecoming
    The Houston Rockets and the Sacramento Kings will play two exhibition games in China in October, and Yao Ming expects to hear from a lot of friends and relatives in his hometown of Shanghai.

    Asked how many might be on his list for free passes, Yao grinned and said: "We may have to hold out the entire stadium."

    The Rockets' All-Star center, speaking through an interpreter, added: "I'm very, very happy to get a chance to play in Shanghai again."

    The first game will be in Shanghai Stadium on Oct. 14. The teams play again at Capital Stadium in Beijing on Oct. 16.


    Yao's Houston teammate, Steve Francis, already is excited about the trip.


    "One of the things you hear about China, even when you're young, is about the Great Wall," Francis said. "Maybe Yao and I can go run along the Great Wall." :D

    Both games, the first to be staged by an American pro sports league in China, will be televised by ESPN.
     
    #10 big11, Feb 15, 2004
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