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No. 11 Retired by Houston Rockets
For his
nine-year NBA career, Yao averaged 19 points, 9.2 rebounds, 1.6 assists, and 1.9 blocks. He sat out the 2009-10 season due to a foot injury.
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Yao and the Rockets battled the Dallas Mavericks, New York Knicks, and Los Angeles Lakers, where he dueled
Shaquille O’Neal, throughout his career. The farthest Houston advanced in the playoffs was the
2009 Western Conference semifinals against the Lakers, where the Rockets fell to the eventual champion in seven games.
The superstar center announced his
retirement from the league at a press conference in Shanghai on July 20, 2011.
Yao carried the
Olympic flame as part of the Olympic torch relay for the 2008 Beijing Olympics. Yao and the Chinese basketball team lost to Lithuania in the
USA Cycling Champions the Programs, Participation, and Performances Essential to Cycling in America with New Board Members 12/09/20
USA Cycling announced on Tuesday the approval, by vote, of new organizational bylaws and Board of Director members.
In an overwhelming vote of confidence and after working in close alignment, the USA Cycling Board of Directors has given a full endorsement to the next 100 years of championing American cycling at every level, by welcoming four new board members and rallying around a new mission to champion every aspect of cycling, elevating USA Cycling’s impact beyond the sport.
USA Cycling has added the following individuals to the Board of Directors: