 | China's Yao Ming and Greece's Antonis Fotsis fight for position during action Saturday, Aug. 27, 2006, at the World Basketball Championships in Saitama, Japan. click to open  |
 | Greece's Theodoros Papaloukas (L) charges the basket past China's Yao Ming (R) and Yi Jianlian (11) during their match at the world basketball championships in Saitama August 27, 2006. click to open |
 | Greek Lazaros Papadopoulos (L) catches a rebound in front of China's Yao Ming (R) during their eight-finals match of the World Basketball Championship, in Saitama, suburban Tokyo on Aug 27, 2006. click to open |
 | Houston Rockets center Yao Ming during training in Shanghai, China, Friday, June 23, 2006. Yao Ming said his chances of playing for China this summer in the world championships are '50-50' as he continues to recover from a broken left foot. The 7-foot-6 Yao is in Shanghai for rehabilitation after surgery to repair the fifth metatarsal bone in his foot. click to open |
 | Spain's Pau Gasol of the NBA's Memphis Grizzlies, left, guards China's Yao Ming of the NBA's Houston Rockets during a preliminary game in Helliniko, Greece Sunday Aug. 15, 2004, during 2004 Olympic Games. click to open |
 | Spain's Paul Gasol(R) goes high to shoot as he is challenged by China's Yao Ming(L) in the Athens Olympic Games August 15, 2004. Spain defeated China 83-58. click to open |
 | China's Yao Ming(R) embraces Spain's Pau Gasol after Gasol was hit on the nose during their preliminary Group A Olympic basketball game at the Helliniko Indoor Arena in Athens, Aug. 15, 2004. Spain won the game, 83-58. click to open |
 | Houston Rockets' Chinese center Yao Ming click to open |
 | Houston Rockets' Chinese center Yao Ming click to open |
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