![Former NBA Houston Rockets basketball player Yao Ming poses with Filipino fans following a news conference with his Shanghai Sharks Team Sunday, May 5, 2013 at suburban Pasay city south of Manila, Former NBA Houston Rockets basketball player Yao Ming poses with Filipino fans following a news conference with his Shanghai Sharks Team Sunday, May 5, 2013 at suburban Pasay city south of Manila,](https://c8.alamy.com/comp/2N7HM26/former-nba-houston-rockets-basketball-player-yao-ming-poses-with-filipino-fans-following-a-news-conference-with-his-shanghai-sharks-team-sunday-may-5-2013-at-suburban-pasay-city-south-of-manila-philippines-yao-ming-now-the-manager-of-the-sharks-is-here-for-a-couple-of-exhibition-games-against-a-selection-of-philippine-basketball-players-as-well-as-conducting-basketball-clinics-to-less-privileged-childrenap-photobullit-marquez-2N7HM26.jpg)
Former NBA Houston Rockets basketball player Yao Ming poses with Filipino fans following a news conference with his Shanghai Sharks Team Sunday, May 5, 2013 at suburban Pasay city south of Manila,
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Former NBA basketball player Yao Ming of China wears a face mask during the Women's Basketball World Cup group A game between China and Belgium in Sydney on September 27, 2022. – —
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![Former NBA basketball player Yao Ming of China wears a face mask during the Women's Basketball World Cup group A game between China and Belgium in Sydney on September 27, 2022. – — Former NBA basketball player Yao Ming of China wears a face mask during the Women's Basketball World Cup group A game between China and Belgium in Sydney on September 27, 2022. – —](https://hoopshype.com/wp-content/uploads/sites/92/2023/03/1243536284.jpg?w=1200)