Found June 30, 2009 on With Leather: Yardbarker Blogger Network
PLAYERS: Yao Ming
TEAMS: Houston Rockets

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So that silly little foot injury that knocked Rockets big man Yao Ming out of the NBA Playoffs may also keep him on the shelf for all of 2009-2010. Reports are conflicting as to how much time Yao is expected to miss. If I had a dollar for every time one of these Chinese sat [...]
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