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  1. donkeypunch

    donkeypunch Contributing Member

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    https://www.slantnews.com/story/201...o-ming-is-using-his-retirement-to-save-sharks

    http://www.upworthy.com/thanks-to-y...-fins-is-down-50-and-hes-just-getting-started

    Biggest guy with the biggest heart. Miss you man.
     
    #1 donkeypunch, Oct 21, 2015
  2. ilovehtownbb

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    I tried that donkeypunch once. :grin:
     
    #2 ilovehtownbb, Oct 21, 2015
  3. i3artow i3aller

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    :cool:

    Very cool. Yao Ming is proving to be a shark's best friend.
    [​IMG]

    Cue the music!
    <iframe width="640" height="360" src="https://www.youtube.com/embed/T0Ve5j7w26I" frameborder="0" allowfullscreen></iframe>
     
    #3 i3artow i3aller, Oct 21, 2015
  4. mac_got_this

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    I miss yao
     
    #4 mac_got_this, Oct 21, 2015
  5. joeson332

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    I miss Yao. I'm so selfish hoping he could be Howard's backup. I know reaching but I just miss him.
     
    #5 joeson332, Oct 21, 2015
  6. FTW Rockets FTW

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    Man Yao! What could have been!?

    Consummate professional, great team man, perfect leader and awesome player!
     
    #6 FTW Rockets FTW, Oct 21, 2015
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    Seems to me he's a better person than he was a basketball player... and I think he was an excellent basketball player.
     
    #7 eric.81, Oct 21, 2015
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    Sometimes I view D12 through the same eyes that watched Dream and Yao. Probably not fair. D12 can not measure up to either of those guys.
     
    #8 mkahanek, Oct 21, 2015
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    I am fine without having sharks in existence.
     
    #9 Butterfingers, Oct 21, 2015
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    I always wonder, if Pop were rox's coach, what would history be like...

    still feel sad we didn't go far with mac&yao
     
    #10 lastreg, Oct 21, 2015
  11. Nook

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    Yao is a wonderful person.
     
    #11 Nook, Oct 21, 2015
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    You might be fine but the environment will go to ****.
     
    #12 Da34Box, Oct 21, 2015
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    may not have won it all in basketball, but the guy wins in life...Gentle giant!
     
    #13 sugrlndkid, Oct 21, 2015
  14. Swish4fives

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    hmm Yao really cares about sharks.

    from this day forward, I will never have another bowl of shark fin soup.
     
    #14 Swish4fives, Oct 21, 2015
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    Yao is the best 3 letter named rocket of all time.
     
    #15 tinman, Oct 21, 2015
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    Clyde, is that you? :grin:

    In all seriousness, glad he's using his influence positively. Great player, even better person. I'm glad he represented the Houston Rockets.
     
    #16 SKTTLZ, Oct 21, 2015
  17. ElDobleK

    ElDobleK Literally Zan Tabak

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    He's no Zan.
     
    #17 ElDobleK, Oct 21, 2015
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    If all the sharks die, it is probably an indicator that you will too. In fact, all humans would be in danger of surviving, not just you. The world gets 50% of it's protein from the ocean. That's a pretty significant dependence. If all sharks are gone, it wouldn't be because humans hunted them into extinction, it would be that the food is gone. Food we depend on too. Sharks are important. They are an indicator for how healthy our ocean is. I'm sorry they're not more cuddly for you, but they do matter. All apex predators are. That's why people got all up in arms about that dentist shooting a lion.

    Getting off soapbox now. Just kidding, I can't afford to.
     
    #18 don grahamleone, Oct 21, 2015
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    #19 Invisible Fan, Oct 21, 2015
  20. photojoe

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    I have always loved Yao! But..did anyone ever call him "The Great Wall of Yao"?
     
    #20 photojoe, Oct 21, 2015
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