Yao was legit. As far as guys that size he’s probably the best one (we’ll see where Wemby ends up) but Yao’s footwork and touch around the rim was so smooth. I’ll never forget rookie Yao giving prime Shaq problems
@@saraosori14 Turns out it was more than enough. To learn a language you don't need to study every single word but to hear it more often, your brain will figure out what's the context of the word later.
@@saraosori14 if you have 1 bad ear you've still got 1 good ear. If you close your left ear will you hear significantly less? On top of that he easily communicated with shaq and doesn't need him to repeat the words.
@@CallMeShiba I don’t really know why you’re being so defensive over me praising Yao ming😂 i’m not gonna read all that but being deaf in one ear is a huge inconvenience when having conversations period, let alone when you’re trying to learn a foreign language through speaking. It is much more difficult to navigate conversations especially in crowded areas like an arena (interviews, fans, etc screaming cheering). It’s a huge imbalance that affects FAR more than just speaking and conversations. To act like there is no difference between 1 ear and 2 is insanity. 😂
@@kezitoisdope9609 17% of all 20-40 year olds over 7 feet play NBA basketball (allegedly). Anyone 7’5” has even higher chances. Any kid playing basketball will be scouted; 100% chance regardless of skill level. Him being 7’6” puts him at a laughably high chance of being groomed for the NBA. In China specifically any 10 year old exhibiting high growth is immediately recruited into a national basketball academy. Yao was 9, and already 5’5”. While simply being tall will not get an NBA jersey handed to you, of course you have to put the work in, but not nearly as much as someone who is 6’ tall. Those “shorter” players you refer to have to overcome extreme defensive disadvantages, someone who is simply a tall goal tender has a genetic advantage and it’s highly sought after.
Imagine growing up in China watching the NBA finals for the first time and then 6 years later you’re being drafted #1 overall by the same team you watched in the finals. Crazy journey!
For someone who grew up speaking Chinese, his English is next just good, it’s next level. Sure he learned a lot by immersion but is there any doubt in your mind that this dude was super committed to his English studies?
Well he said in another interview, not an American one obviously, that his coach warned him about this American kid, Tyson Chandler, who has a big chance to be a good player in NBA before one of the games. Yao played the game then he was like, yeah I think I should go to NBA.
Basketball is the only sport where being tall is basically all you need to think "i can play this professionally." It's like someone really fast thinking "I can play soccer professionally." One of the easiest sports to play.
True story I rode my bicycle across China. I stayed with a young lady who’s name was one letter different from Yao Ming. So we are in her house talking and she says “Do u know my name?” I said yes You are Yao Ming. She screamed at me “No I don’t play basketball u idiot.” We laughed a good long time.
He’s not just height it definitely helps but Yao definitely could ball dang injuries.
Yao was legit. As far as guys that size he’s probably the best one (we’ll see where Wemby ends up) but Yao’s footwork and touch around the rim was so smooth. I’ll never forget rookie Yao giving prime Shaq problems
I believe Yao learned English by ear just like kids learn to speak. He speaks better than people who learn English from school.
And he has bad hearing on top of that 🤷🏽♀️
@@saraosori14
Turns out it was more than enough.
To learn a language you don't need to study every single word but to hear it more often, your brain will figure out what's the context of the word later.
@@CallMeShiba No shit Shiba, that’s kinda more difficult to do than normal when you’re partially deaf
@@saraosori14 if you have 1 bad ear you've still got 1 good ear. If you close your left ear will you hear significantly less? On top of that he easily communicated with shaq and doesn't need him to repeat the words.
@@CallMeShiba I don’t really know why you’re being so defensive over me praising Yao ming😂 i’m not gonna read all that but being deaf in one ear is a huge inconvenience when having conversations period, let alone when you’re trying to learn a foreign language through speaking. It is much more difficult to navigate conversations especially in crowded areas like an arena (interviews, fans, etc screaming cheering). It’s a huge imbalance that affects FAR more than just speaking and conversations. To act like there is no difference between 1 ear and 2 is insanity. 😂
Growing to 7’5” might give you an idea you can play in the NBA.
😂😂
Tall doesn't mean you're automatically bound to play in the NBA tall doesn't mean good at basketball, There's shorter players and there good too
@@kezitoisdope9609 17% of all 20-40 year olds over 7 feet play NBA basketball (allegedly). Anyone 7’5” has even higher chances. Any kid playing basketball will be scouted; 100% chance regardless of skill level. Him being 7’6” puts him at a laughably high chance of being groomed for the NBA. In China specifically any 10 year old exhibiting high growth is immediately recruited into a national basketball academy. Yao was 9, and already 5’5”. While simply being tall will not get an NBA jersey handed to you, of course you have to put the work in, but not nearly as much as someone who is 6’ tall. Those “shorter” players you refer to have to overcome extreme defensive disadvantages, someone who is simply a tall goal tender has a genetic advantage and it’s highly sought after.
@@JohannGambolputty22 good reply to this dummy
@@JohannGambolputty22fr he trained 10 hours a day too
shaq brought me here
Literally
Same
LITERALLY 😂😂😂😂
Same😂
Lol
Imagine growing up in China watching the NBA finals for the first time and then 6 years later you’re being drafted #1 overall by the same team you watched in the finals. Crazy journey!
This guy is one of the greatest players to ever step on the court
You dont watch much basketball do you?
Me when I lie
Why does he sounds like Barak Obama?
My god he does
Lol omg
😂😂😂
closing my eyes and then.... WTF dude? 😱
Omg hahahah omg damn
Yao Ming my guy man he always been humble and cool
Yao Ming should drop a album 💿 shit would be fire about his career and life legacy
I miss this brother so much!
Yao is the most well rounded giants size wise everything fit his body
Did you guys notice his English its like African American accent
Yea
Nigga what? he just got a deep voice 😭
@@soop3r872 and i think because he is surrounded by afroamericans nba players
Shut up
he doesn’t at all, he still has his chinese accent he jus has a deep voice 🤦🏽♂️
the first game he saw was from the team thst he became a LEGEND❤
Deep Ah voice
he sounds like an asian barack obalma
when I see yao Ming all I see is his meme face.🤣him and shaq is a treasure
His english got good over the years
It’s actually amazing compared to relying on translators 24/7
He speaks good English I was prepared to sound out words 😂
Bro that’s not even funny
Bruh, not every asian speaks brokenly -_-
😂 fr
so stereotypical, dam
@@tyleristhemc he was born in china moved here to be in the basketball draft
His english is very good this is the first time I heard him speak english
I was NOT expecting Yao to be so well spoken in English. Props to the Great Wall of Yao
Man idk why I love yao😂
Yao ming always looks like he been drinking and haven't have sleep in days😂😂😂😂
也是因为姚明，nba在中国才有这么大的热度，德艺双馨的天才真实拉近了两个国家之间的距离。
This is the voice I’d expect mike tyson to speak like
He didn’t have a choice he was bred for the nba
His English is hall of fame
I mean, being 6’6 at age 13 is probably also a good indicator that the NBA is in your future.
Yao's english has really improved. Only if Yao and the Francis really got to flourish.
yao ming yao ming yao ming yao ming yao ming yao ming yao ming
As someone who learned four languages and lived all around the world; his English is incredibly good.
The Asian ppl in H-town have Asian/Texan accents. It’s a trip to hear😂 .You English sounds good
“i realized i could potentially play in the NBA when i didn’t stop growing”
For someone who grew up speaking Chinese, his English is next just good, it’s next level.
Sure he learned a lot by immersion but is there any doubt in your mind that this dude was super committed to his English studies?
I was waiting for him to say Knowwhatimsayin 😂
"Huston Lokets" 😂😂😂
Manu Ginobali said when he first heard he got drafted by the Spurs, he thought it was a language barrier mistake. LoL
Mingbama!!!!
He has a damn near perfect American accent when he speaks English.
First time i heard him talk and im baffled
What a cutie
I did not expect him to sound like that
His English so good
His voice is so deep 😮
Yoooooo I remember as a kid he did not speak this well 😂😂😂😂😂😂😂
You are such a beautiful man
First time I’ve seen this guy talk
I thought a black man was speaking For yao at 1st🤣🤣🤣
He got that H Town accent
Well he said in another interview, not an American one obviously, that his coach warned him about this American kid, Tyson Chandler, who has a big chance to be a good player in NBA before one of the games. Yao played the game then he was like, yeah I think I should go to NBA.
Dang Yao Ming got good English
Bruh sound like ah brother😂😂
"Opened his eye."
I'll let you write the joke.
Basketball is the only sport where being tall is basically all you need to think "i can play this professionally."
It's like someone really fast thinking "I can play soccer professionally."
One of the easiest sports to play.
bro his voice is almost like shaq dang:0
WOW!!! The NBA was able to open yao mings eyes!!! What an inspiration!!!!!
No way you said that 💀
Damn he's voice I thought it gone be Chinese not shack damn😂😂
to think there is more hoopers out there that we didn’t get to see bc they are foreign
Miss Yao on the Rockets.
Same here.
My boy is a Chinese African American
Came over here with tmac in the early 2000s 😂😂
He has a normal voice unlike other 7 footers whose have a very deep and fat voice
I didn’t know he can speak English really good
It was a do it or else kind of a situation
Julius babao to ahh 😂😂
Damn Ian know he talked
He’s stoned out of his gourd
HA!!! Opened my eyes
He speaks
He is so amazingly fluent in English. Did he opt start to learn when he started playing with the NBA, or did he learn English before that?
When he went to NBA. He even needed a translator on the field and in daily life during his rookie season
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Chinese Barrack Obama voice 😂
Jit sounds like Morgan Freeman
Yao Ming since when u started coming to hood son come get yo tall ass a plate
He was literally bred to play in the NBA tho lol…
When did he sound like an wise old black man from Mississippi?
Man, you were averaging 40+20 in CBA finals, you ain't never gonna be "just a normal player" to be honest lol.
Man English is too tier now wth
When he realized that the Chinese government “insisted” that his parents(basketball/Olympians) have a baby…he was literally bred to become an NBA star
Undertaker's voice
Damn I had no idea he spoke English lol
True story
I rode my bicycle across China. I stayed with a young lady who’s name was one letter different from Yao Ming. So we are in her house talking and she says
“Do u know my name?” I said yes
You are Yao Ming. She screamed at me
“No I don’t play basketball u idiot.”
We laughed a good long time.
Yao Ming was watching the forgotten 90s era of garbage basketball 😂 he saw Ewing’s footwork
Daddy Yao wish he was my Uncle
it was actually the harlem globetrotters
You can tell listens to Rap and Hip-Hop and hangs around black people with his lost chinese accent😂😂
Accent on point
When you are Chinese but born with a black soul 😂
sup homie it’s tony
Deym. Hes fluent in english
Bigger stronger better version of wemby
Chinese government literally put both his parents together to birth him.... he had no choice lol
Yao had more shot than shaq
He speaks good English but his Chinese accent is still obvious
Yao sounds like a black man😂
Why does he sound like obama with a hint of a chinese accent. 😮
bruh shaq qas right 💀
Is that the finals where the oj chase happened? Rip Juice.
He started with talking perfect English and then his Chinese started showing 😅
He sounds black bro 😭
“Money Sitting Tall YOA MING 🦾”
it was either playing for the NBA or picking Coconuts