source (chinese): http://sports.sina.com.cn/cba/2017-02-23/doc-ifyavvsh6019155.shtml Yao Ming is unanimously elected as the 9th Chair of the Chinese Basketball Association. Congrats Yao!
I know Yao gets on Clutchfans every single day so I would like to personally tell him congratulations.
Curious, does this mean he has to divest from his ownership of the Shanghai Sharks. Or do owners of the CBA teams rotate this position? btw: someone can go update Wikipedia with the news. Hasn't been updated, yet. If you are into that.
This is a position appointed by the sports bureau, not a celebratory position among owners. He's withdrawn from the Shark's board and will sell his ownership stakes next year. He is now the Basketball God in China. Hall of fame in the same year, no less.
He was a basketball god to me when he turned around in the tunnel of that playoff game. Congrats, big guy.
He da real MVP on and off the court- in Houston and in China Im blessed to have eaten at his restaurant