Yao Ming Teasing Allen Iverson about "practice" in his Hall of Fame Speech (2016)

[@fodolocraigo8426]

question to all the haters, when have you given a speech in front of thousands in your non native tongue?

[@williamzhao2521]

I did in Klingon.

[@kylacambly4012]

Its amazing how he sounds so fluent in the language, when he first came to America he couldn't speak it.

[@revenone1077]

@@kylacambly4012 Especially with how different Mandarin is to western languages, its a lot harder than a native English speaker learning French or Spanish for example.

[@melvinsprewel8287]

We all do everyday on social media, we just hide like cowards and throw shade at everyone else.

[@melvinsprewel8287]

But best believe some of us practice in the mirror before replying 😑

[@jamesworthy1373]

my childhood ball players are hall of famers damn time fly by

[@vincentvalenzuela6972]

my names vincent too and I plan on getting rich too, CUZ VINCENTS DON'T STOP

[@beeeyonder]

James Worthy time flying makes me sad too

[@undrgrndrecords]

crazy isn't it, I remember having the iverson rbk's, 76ers hat, and his USA jersey with the braids... talk about a Stan!

[@leonardodavinci8146]

time flying kills me literally :D

[@krishiv04]

James Worthy Time flys!!!!!I remember when Allen iverson was against mj in his last game and now he's in the hall of fame

[@thomaskayang2994]

He's so humble in a funny way. He made everyone laugh and cheer at the same time. Yao Ming, you're the man.👍👏👏👏

[@kennyhi4724]

True. Yao is humble and a gentleman at heart

[@Superbowlnate]

After hearin my song John wall u can have a hall of fame speech too

[@jakejames3067]

*Yao the man

[@michaelbrown7561]

haha, yes he did.

[@gianpark3332]

lol it’s funny how everyone booed him when he got drafted and now he a hall of famer and one of the best rockets players in history

[@danielhussain723]

Scary Sprite clips66 Hakeem is probably greatest of all time though...

[@SANDMAN_7]

@@danielhussain723 hakeem is the greatest rockets player of all time

[@SANDMAN_7]

Hes number 5

[@gianpark3332]

Daniel Hussain i said one of but yeah in my opinion hakeem is better

[@oscara7423]

NBA shawny he said one of the greatest no the greatest calm ur fuckin tits

[@chilisauce9750]

Yao had the best speech for the night. It was hilarious, and very inspiring at the same time. Welcome to the HOF big man.

[@stanchan6172]

I would say both Shaq's and AI's were much better

[@aaronmontgomery6977]

StanChan no way. yao's was the best

[@antoniomezy7718]

i was the 1000nd like

[@devashishmathur]

Shaq's was the best.

[@cloudunderweather9554]

I wish his career was longer, I didn't start watching basketball till 2008. I missed out :(

[@ATLienForLife]

Yao Ming is such a humble guy and a good person. Doesn't matter his race or nationality. When he first got to the Rockets he needed a translator. Now here he is giving a speech, saying it in American English, and then dowsing it with humor. Demonstrating his deep respect for A.I. Yao is such a class act. And so is A.I. for whole-heartedly taking it in the spirit it was meant.

[@Dada-uz2sq]

ATLien u seem to be cool guy, despite your ethnicity. He’s proud of “his race or nationality”; it does matter.

[@ATLienForLife]

@@Dada-uz2sq You missed my whole point. There are people posting things dissing on Yao Ming, judging him harshly, and disrespecting him as a person and a basketball player just because he is from China. To them I say 'As if ANY of that matters as to how good a person he is and how great a basketball player he was.' There are others criticizing him for "not speaking English" good enough. I defended Yao by giving my own personal , first hand observations of his amazing grasp of English from his first years with the Rockets till today.

[@kennyhi4724]

I respect Yao, because he is a good basketball player with a cool personality

[@ATLienForLife]

@@kennyhi4724 I agree

[@JD-qt2yi]

@@ATLienForLife This didn't age well. He is a communist apologist, Enes called him out. Yao extended an invite to Enes to come to China and see what it's like. Enes called out the Muslim genocide in China right now demanding Yao to show him that too and Yao ghosted him blocking him on Twitter. Yao is a fraud, great basketball player Awful human being

[@stebbiej]

the only little guy to take a D-league team to the finals

[@haoranchen7314]

Lebron kinda did it in2007 as well

[@SDSOverfiend]

+haoran chen Wrong.... No where near D-League FOH... The media tell yall some bullshit and you agree... Gibson, Gooden, Ilgauskas, Jones, Hughes, Pollard, Snow, Marshall, Wesley,..... Solid WELL EXPERIENCED VETS who were key parts to good teams in the past.. Plus the east was weak af in 2007. Indiana was the only decent team that year. Detroit was old and finished. Nonetheless Iverson isn’t the physical powerhouse LeBron is who is playing with a mismatch every night.

[@SDSOverfiend]

steve johnson Stupidity.. Always trying to raise LeBron Status to Mythical.

[@kelechic.jemelumba9981]

Is lebron a little guy

[@fusionworksuniverse]

+SDS Overfiend HUH? What the fuck did they do when Lebron left? They won a whooping 19 games

[@jdcompas]

Rush hour 4

[@viperRX]

LMAO

[@nickyny2847]

jdcompas lol

[@Ensaymadaah]

Lol

[@billytheog4792]

jdcompas lmao

[@TeeDot13]

Lmfao

[@Crazynice619]

This clip is all time great. A mixture of comedy and inspiration. When something simultaneously touches your heart and makes you laugh it’s truly priceless. A great gesture of humility and tasteful comedy by the great Yao Ming.

[@drummajor]

We talking about "practice", and it's still funny this many years later.

[@natemickens88]

Calvin Richmond Those were the true David Stern Years. That’s when nobody practiced.

[@MarcHood-sd5cx]

Not a game..practice 😂😂

[@qwerttzizzi]

I didnt get the joke regarding the first speaker and practice

[@mauricezackery1692]

It's one of those timeless things.

[@ThulsaDoom]

The interview is a lot deeper than most people think or even know. During a press conference, Iverson, was asked about the murder of his best friend. As he grew emotional during his response, a journalist randomly asked him about practice. Iverson looked at him with surprise and replied, “We sitting in here -- I'm supposed to be the franchise player, and we in here talking about practice.” He openly expressed himself about his friends passing and how it effected him only to be abruptly asked about practice. People make it seem like he disregarded practice when he didn’t. The media flipped this to make him seem reckless and careless about basketball. Watch the press conference in its entirety to understand why he gets offended when asked about “Practice.”

[@allanstott3319]

That's such a perfectly clean, well-structed joke. Start-to-finish. And it both simultaneously mocks _and_ doesn't mock Iverson at all. Hahahaha legend

[@mcfowlerman]

Jake McCoy is right but I am going to add this because you are dumb

[@TMthe33rd]

@Jake McCoy is right but I am going to add this more like self-deprecate himself, which is good for him

[@ArnoIdAloisSchwarzenegger]

wow bro you’re like a fucking joke analyser and shit

[@entitledopinion5062]

@@ArnoIdAloisSchwarzenegger and you’re just a copy cat who can’t even be himself so he resorts to being other people online

[@mapledoodle5516]

Not only was it well-structed but it was also well-structured too. The irony.

[@GoGetYourShinebox]

The amount of confidence it takes to do a speech like this even though English wasn't his first language. Props to Yao

[@VODtheMovie]

That's Ming, man, always a jokester

[@flash91vids]

Looter Jr Who elseeee but Yao Minggggg?

[@jakep1979]

Looter Jr that's why he got the meme cartoon face laughing.

[@nathancifuentes2448]

V- Ak47 SHAQ-IIIIIIINNNNGGG

[@MarvFitBikesKicks]

you must know him very well

[@Clifford95998]

More like jokeSTAR 😍

[@MrFoggyG]

Allen Iverson laughing saying... “That’s a good one” 😂

[@captainsimp8864]

@clehooda northside No he said that's a good one you need to read the lips

[@freddiebutler7113]

Love to see brothers get along

[@harrymcsaccins1456]

@MANCHESTER UNITED F.C Your mom's popular in over 240 nations.

[@alithebeastboy8183]

MrFoggyG 1500th like

[@justafanintexas7913]

I'll bet someone had to explain it to the Georgetown "graduate" eh?

[@Elite90s]

I love Yao Ming man, so sad his career was so short. He and Shaq was the definition of true centers.

[@brendonjohnlopez5028]

yep . whats funny?, centers nowadays taking 3s

[@drod5415]

Andre Drummond is a true center

[@hidecurran]

@@brendonjohnlopez5028 i mean people like KAT and Jokic are still insanely good players that are super fun to watch so i don't see the issue

[@mukhtaarashraf3740]

@@drod5415 there are others; gobert, okafor, zubac jarette allen

[@derrickcarmouche8780]

Hakeem the dream "unbeatable"

[@Treycoyne12]

The fact that we won’t get to see Kobe up there kills me

[@quinceyb921]

Aahh fuxk

[@dickcheney2407]

You just had to cut the onions 😭

[@BenniekdaReal]

Yeah man I was waiting on that one. Frfr. Crazy.

[@LK-th5be]

@@cantspelltriumphwithouttru4277 your name summarizes you

[@chilesuicmez]

as a matter of fact, we CAN see Kobe accepting his HOF speech, like tupac or MJ or gorillaz, he can be made into a hologram, OH! you mean the real biology of kobe, well yeah you cant. hes bigger than that tho.

[@jaayflo6112]

Iverson is the fucking man ‼️‼️

[@brianscalabrine5184]

2001 Iverson > 2016 Curry

[@PinoyAbnoy]

muggsy bogues > iverson and curry

[@rx5136]

+PinoyAbnoy Are you fucking kidding?? Iverson is so much better then bogues

[@ngicara5372]

+PinoyAbnoy 😂😂A whole lie

[@jabaarivisbaloz7669]

+Brian Scalabrine L

[@chethammer]

To have a sense of humor in your native tongue is hard enough, but to be able to do it in your second language and make is seem natural, that's an art form.

[@Supernova12034]

he had a lot of practice

[@NotWlzzyyyyy]

@@Supernova12034 only if AI could catch on to that

[@kennyhi4724]

Fact

[@jp-sn6si]

haha americans thinking speaking a second language is an art form hahaha

[@jp-sn6si]

@Marc Dumont i think over half the people on the planet are bilingual, i just thought an american reaching for superlatives to describe someone bilingual was kind of funny.

[@Hoops_Fan]

"Not a game, not a game, not a game. We talkin' about practice here, man".

[@check5000]

Hoops Fan 😂😂

[@yopappy6599]

"I'm 'posed ta be da franchise player and we talkin bout practice"

[@bambamjesus5067]

Hoops Fan not A game, not THE.

[@onlyone23km]

“I mean, how silly is that?”

[@Realwaltersobchak]

Maybe if he went to practice he’d have a ring lol

[@shootermcgavin2589]

Allan Iverson is the coolest guy ever.

[@notramax3554]

Shooter Mcgavin who?

[@nickplayzz6457]

A pimp named slickback he’s a basketball player

[@feinegrafik]

A pimp named slickback *Mclovin

[@chilesuicmez]

*Allen

[@brianalits6987]

Who the fuck is allan?

[@leeh9420]

Yao Ming was a gift to the NBA. A quiet all-time great!

[@onlyone23km]

Translation: Oh, don't laugh. I haven't made my joke, yet! A few seconds later...... "Because I need more practice than him!" Now you laugh.

[@TooManyGlitches]

onlyone23km in the 4th row is Scottie Pippen(applause the name drop)

[@MustyStafa]

They were cheering, not laughing

[@seamusblake6824]

I made you get 1000 likes

[@welhynole4082]

Mustafa Sharef no they were laughing. Because the first person to speak had a really strong accent. It was 2 jokes in one sentence

[@JackYoung28]

onlyone23km I think the first joke went over your head

[@taron.y]

That was awesome. I was so happy to see A.I. get so much love at the ceremony...

[@dondonnelly5278]

The timing....the delivery...well done Yao Ming 😂👏👏👏 Credit to Allen for the ability to laugh at himself. And to Yao for learning English. Cannot imagine learning Chinese. Spanish was hard enough and that is so similar to English.

[@alvinabrenica5911]

I admire how yao ming shows his humbleness in this event, he even tried to make everyone laugh with his joke... Hands up to Allen Iverson and Yao ming for showing how Chinese value good manners.

[@JD-lb8np]

I love how he never got a fade or changed his style up. Just played ball good.

[@ebscoHOSTpub]

i dont know if its a dig or a compliment but I laughed so hard but stood up and clapped too. Respect

[@iangiesler509]

Love Yao for making this joke, love AI for taking it like a champ and laughing 😂

[@Kimoharoun]

It was honestly a compliment. He said iverson should have been first which i agree. Iverson was a better nba player than Yao.

[@MyronMagnus]

He wasn't Lying...98% of players needed more Practice GOAT A.I. 😂

[@InsidiousSwede]

Gotta love Yao Ming! Great basketball player, better person!

[@garyjohnson7626]

Yao was NOT a great basketball player his numbers over his career is garbage NBA just put him in because of his Race simple as that his stats are no where worthy of hall of fame Greats

[@mrp8231]

@@garyjohnson7626 I was just thinking that like what did he do😂

[@garyjohnson7626]

@@mrp8231 yao Ming dont have no stats worthy of hall

[@djdevyn1967]

@@garyjohnson7626 it was for his impact on the game internationally, he did more than enough to deserve a HOF position don't boil it down to his race

[@ricocheteraw90sthebestdecade]

@@djdevyn1967 he didn't impact the game like Shaq or Hakeem did...it is because of his race ... first seven foot Asian man who can ball a lil bit....dude not top 10 all time in blocks

[@mitcheltheman1366]

Man Iverson is never gonna live this down. lol

[@anthonyhutchins2300]

And the context is completely misunderstood too lol. Although lets be real... AI probably did skip his fair share of practices.

[@genecase9464]

Probably not but I bet he's making a pretty good living off of it now with those comercials. They help keep his name in the lights!

[@paulattaboyatreides6414]

What an awesome era of basketball, these guys were like superheroes when I was growing up in the early 00’s

[@josephhoneyblue3847]

These you g guys today have no idea (nor respect) for how great this era of the NBA was 🤦‍♂️

[@a3090102735]

What a great moment

[@sammylogic1313]

I don't know a basketball fan who hate Yao Ming is impossible this dude is a legend.

[@jumpyjo28]

Scottie already knew what was coming 0:26 🤣😅

[@xmaxfactorx]

Yao Ming deserved a ring.

[@spamwithrice]

Sm00th TV if only his legs didnt give up on him...he would've got to the finals at least

[@raj8294]

Sm00th TV so does AI

[@DaK1ller]

Sm00th TV he did

[@jamvan1000]

Lord Faggot69 Imagine a Ming and Harden pick and roll.

[@a55tech]

they would've smacked the lakers. went to game 7 w/ no Yao no TMac

[@dwightpartlow6923]

One of the most likable players ever! Class act!

[@kennyhi4724]

Exactly. Classy player.

[@dwightpartlow6923]

@@kennyhi4724 Shaq loves him.

[@larryburton9369]

Thank you for this video nothing but respect to all of them 😊

[@corylyonsmusic]

I remember watching him in the NCAA tourney at Georgetown and rooting so hard, he quickly became my favorite player at the time along with Ray Allen at UCONN...man, I'm old.

[@corylyonsmusic]

@AWelsh Celt lol, I just feel it coming quickly

[@samie5856]

*I love seeing athletes maintaining humble relationships*

[@danieltatum4988]

YaoMing actually has a very good American accent compared to when he first came into the league

[@robjay8508]

Savage

[@ChairmanMeow1]

man I hate injuries. Yao was getting better every year.

[@sammurphy3343]

Yao deserves the recognition he gets today. Whether his career was short he was at the highest level of performance throughout his entire, but short career.

[@tonytran7382]

💥AI actually loves that one, you can tell he was genuinely enjoy it from Yao!!!

[@shadapakap]

"Because I need more practice than him." (does the Yao meme face)

[@mavrosantetokounmpo6394]

gay

[@annaelisavettavonnedozza9607]

Hahaha

[@donsolos]

I always forget that's his face from the meme lol

[@troy5150]

@@donsolos I never knew that was based off him lol. Even funnier now.

[@icemanjr.5819]

@@troy5150 Really? Cause it look just like him

[@nikobellic924]

thank you for posting this

[@noluckbeat1003]

AI: y'all got practice? McDonalds: nah practice machine broke AI: understandable, have a great day

[@joshloach9016]

NoLuckBEAT 100 😂😂

[@jfietz3299]

The McPractice Machine

[@sunnyboy8644]

ahhahah LOL

[@psykomystro]

Top 10 comments on YT of all time!!! Lol...

[@justinwilhite617]

w

[@JohnCena963852]

I really miss the time these players were still playing. Such a wonderful NBA era to me.

[@seanslawns]

We tombout practice….is the greatest sound byte in the history of the world

[@MamboItalian5]

Yao Ming should've went into stand-up comedy

[@nouser5774]

Brandon Pet Stand-up? He's taller than me when he's sitting down!

[@DaGr8Depression]

Noah Kruser Lmfao.

[@MamboItalian5]

True, and I bet Yao Ming's Wang is probably longer than my arm.

[@Tee-OhBee]

Brandon Pet it's kind of weird you're thinking about Yao Ming's wang

[@yazminkhanmarshall416]

Tee OB lol

[@deusanti]

One of the Greatest NBA players in the history of all NBA, Iverson!

[@jmgonzaga101]

Yao’s smile is infectious af 🤣

[@Aih1616]

Nice one Yao

[@seansartor]

That’s NBA love right there. The Brothas loved Yao Ming !

[@BTIsrael]

Yao wasn’t soft, that’s why they respected him.

[@kennyhi4724]

Respect

[@RobertoCruz61588]

Respect to Yao

[@muhammadfarhan581]

As a 90s kids growing up on '00s its good to see AI and Yao got into hof first ballot. But it still bothers me the fact that both retired ringless

[@stevegerry7254]

Pound for pound, inch for inch, the greatest athlete l have had the privilege of watching.

[@InMotionForAMillion]

Yao or AI?

[@mukhtaarashraf3740]

Well if you talking about "athlete" lol.. Clearly you havent been watching a lot of sports

[@StarryStarryNocturne]

Uh, did all the guys lol-ing miss the "pound for pound, inch for inch" part of the sentence? Yao was inarguably the *most* athletic athlete of all of others in his size class. Got up and down the court, playing heavy minutes while being a team's key component on offense and defense at his size. Could spin, dream-shake low-post defenders out of their socks that were quicker than him at 7'7 and hit fade aways with as much ease as he could dunk over them. Not to mention is the best free throw shooting 7-footer in NBA history. Pound-for-pound, inch-for-inch, Yao *is* the greatest athlete of his size.

[@trapmuzik6708]

@@StarryStarryNocturne stay off the drugs bro most ridiculous thing I've heard on the net

[@StarryStarryNocturne]

@Trap Muzik You say that like there exists a list of players in Yao's size class that were just as good or better athletes. To suggest that someone needs to be on drugs to call Yao the best athlete of his size? You must know something everyone else doesn't. Care to list the names on that list that nobody else in the world knows about? Also you might want to apply for a scouting job in the NBA because clearly someone hasn't been doing their job getting these amazing 7'5 300+ pound and above players with great finesse low-post games, fadeaways, soft shooting touch from 15-feet out down to the free throw line, that could also backdown and dunk on strong, defensive stalwarts of his day like Ben Wallace and make a HOF big-man like Shaquille O'Neal feel personally challenged every single game and call him a Top 6 center of all time, all the while having the stamina to play 34-37mins up and down the court as a primary offensive option and a team's defensive anchor. They must be growing like trees in your world. We've been so deprived.

[@ImportAntClips]

Damn Scottie in the back knew the joke already he was laughing

[@TheGoman21]

ImportAntClips He was cheesing early.

[@TheCab2345]

Just rewatched. He sure was! Good catch.

[@thuaners]

hes good at anticipating the defense and jokes! :D

[@BrockMak]

I think even Gary Payton, who sat behind AI, knew as well.

[@vinceblas606]

@@BrockMak i didn't recognize him, i thought it was some guy

[@NewYork81983]

this is crazy to see him perfectly deliver these jokes with such comedic timing, in a non-native language

[@___carlo___8018]

Made me laugh ! Haha 👍

[@NBAWorldd]

Yao Ming is awesome. He also indirectly helped make Basketball crazy popular in China. Which is dope for the sport.

[@NBAeverything17]

Practice*

[@Oshieez]

Americans spell it differently.

[@PistolKev]

+dup carter "were"

[@LATIGRE]

Yeah we talkin about practice man not the game!

[@dupecarter315]

+Osama Bin Laden grammar police

[@bad_vibes_4_you290]

+Rupert Carter we're* ok buddy

[@Slim900]

“Cus i needa more practice than him” 🤣🤣

[@thisisjohn316]

I love this. Yao was a great one. And his native tongue is Mandarin. 你说最好 👍🏼👍🏼

[@nolimitjay_3133]

0:41 allen was getting a kick out of it

[@derrickdavis5836]

If Yao ming and tracy wouldve had two good healthy season we wouldve won a chip

[@28bdizzle28]

Yah you might have gotten a bag of Doritos.

[@derrickdavis5836]

@@EP74994 lmao ehhh thats debatable.

[@MiCrOsO1JaH]

Yao was a tower bro.... gravity has its ways of messing with big men unless you just physically in shape at that height to withstand everything that comes your way. But all in all, they just like Malone and Stock, came in during a era where the greats were all over the place, not taking anything away from the Great Wall him self though! #Respect

[@robbymulvany2109]

The Rockets would have NEVER beaten the Spurs during that era

[@xxxmetalslugga5349]

The 90s was the time that was the perfect rockets team

[@ScottieDrippen]

A healthy Yao Ming is a top 10-15 center for sure

[@023achilles]

We talkin' bout PRACTICE. Not a game! NOT a GAME. Practice. We talkin' bout practice.

[@ark9833]

Oh man, that was fantastic 👏

[@wisethabrain1100]

Biggest respect bars I ever heard!!!!!!

[@gretageti5166]

Yao- big smile eyes closed 😁 and Scottie Pipen- always smiling back there, AI -so adorable

[@KongBeats_]

coz Scottie knows the punchline already. 🤣

[@PoochieCollins]

@Greta : you're adorable, if that's you in your display pic XD

[@Kendell062]

You cannot honor Allen Iverson without mentioning "practice" or tell his story. It is one of the best sound bites in sports history.

[@lg3385]

"I'm the franchise player and we in here talking about practice" AI was 💯

[@susanthompson7371]

I loved Yao Ming’s speech !! He was funny & heartfelt ❤❤️❤️❤️🏀🏀🏀🏀 I also loved his game!!❤️💪🏽

[@gabrieliligan1416]

Pippen is already smiling before the punchline, i think he knows it's going to be hilarious 😂

[@clocksheep1301]

0:33 Yao: y’all ain’t got no idea how hard Imma dunk next

[@kratos8873]

A TRUE GIANT of a man, not solely because of the obvious but more so because of how humble he is!

[@wesmyone9562]

They'll never let AI forget about this "practice" incident😅

[@jiggs509]

WesmyTheGamer NEVER. He’ll never live that down.

[@wesmyone9562]

@@jiggs509 Clearly, the man done explained himself plenty of time, but they just won't leave it alone😅

[@wesmyone9562]

@1misanthropist Good god😅

[@doctormarbles24]

@@wesmyone9562 It's probably a bittersweet thing for Iverson. Many people don't know but he was drunk when he said that. Or was coming off being drunk either one. His best friend died either earlier that day or the day before and he was angry that his coaches were talking about him not practicing while a man he called his best friend lay dead in the street.

[@wesmyone9562]

@@doctormarbles24 I get that, but still, every interview they have to bring it back, it has to be annoying, at some point, it'd be for me, though😅

[@user-dn6qp8gu6c]

funny thing about time is that you can laugh about your past mistakes once you get through them. Cheers to my childhood heroes. :-)

[@jammzy2959]

He didn't make a mistake. His best friend died. He was devastated and they wanted to talk about something frivolous like practice. The only mistake made was the press for selective editing. When I saw the full statement, my mind was blown. He is amazing to have enough humor to laugh at a lie that pretty much started the end of his career.

[@benkeel2966]

Iverson was amazing. Simply amazing.

[@stebbiej]

my favorite part of the night

[@jabaarivisbaloz7669]

nobody cares

[@stebbiej]

+Boyd Robertson nobody cares that u still a Virgin

[@jabaarivisbaloz7669]

The puss I'm getting feels good

[@jackreynolds9598]

Iverson is one of my favorite players and he's quite possibly the greatest personality in NBA history.

[@JayzoTheNextKobeBryant2.0]

My Legendary Childhood GOAT Allen Iverson AkA The Answer AkA The Greatest of All Time King of Crossovers

[@newlinnerevents9864]

Look man, we are talking about practice. Here talking about practice. This interview will forever play in my head 😂

[@interestingcommentbut....7378]

What a classy joke man I was like “oh no” after everyone cheered for the set up but the punchline was tasteful. Haha!

[@DeelyStanimals]

Listen to that reaction after the practice line. To be able to draw that kind of reaction in your non native tongue is tough... and he nailed it lol.

[@oliverbleuyoutube]

why did this warm the fuck out of my heart

[@shivaneepatell]

We talking about practice..

[@nirvaanmisra9688]

Get out of here

[@sabitmatai7809]

How silly is that 😀😀

[@aaronsantibanez9135]

BOOOOOOO NO ONE LIKES YOU

[@dante6562]

@@aaronsantibanez9135 ?

[@Z-isuckatgaming]

YOU SUCK!!!👎🏽

[@MrJamesCleveland]

This is awesome. So well delivered.

[@Professional_Dirtbag_Hippie]

I really wish Yao could have stayed healthy. He was so good, just couldn’t stay on the court in the last few seasons

[@eldiablo2044]

This was masterfully delivered. It was so funny because everyone including Allen thought it was the beginning of a hearfelt speech.

[@dianemccloud5990]

I love Yao, and truly loved watching him play.....

[@gsisemore]

Ming Yao was goated.

[@2tonedurag347]

Allen Iverson and Yao Ming would of been the greatest duo

[@KeyonCollier321]

Great set up.

[@waynehowells6301]

Speaking from the heart and recognizing talent and respecting the game as true athlete’s that those two will always be and I have to say it long live AI. Best to the hole game with Tribble all day. Peace.

[@zjz19900621]

Though Yao has retired, his meme will live forever...

[@jasbrar7301]

Yao is a great icon of basketball and NBA. He was the first Chinese player to get to the big time and inspired an entire generation of Chinese kids

[@Neptune-fc4pv]

If you are a Chinese speaker you would know how much funnier Yao Ming is in Chinese language. He got many jokes. He is literally Chinese Shaq.

[@mz610]

AI hasnt aged in 35 years.

[@abevillanueva1974]

Yao really speaks good English! Nice jab on himself using Allen's remark on "practice". But, most of all I always felt Yao had the biggest smile that makes one just want to smile for no reason!

[@andydoufreisn2973]

This guys hilarious love him

[@Frank_San_Nicolas]

For a good 5 straight years AI owned the NBA Kobe was more like the villain

[@ilyasa.mehkri7831]

not really kobe was never the villain people saw iverson as more of a thug anyways, both were great friends

[@murburyempire3643]

@@ilyasa.mehkri7831 they didn't see him as a thug! That's what they was trying to betray him to be!! Big difference!! He was the first NBA player to wear his braids in crazy styles & have tattoos all over his body!! But now a lot of NBA players are tatted up with dreads or braids!! So why they don't think the NBA players today are thugs?? They tried to control him because they pay him & he wasn't with that!! He stayed real to himself & they had to respect it!! This is why they came back years latter to give him his just due!! Because all the thing they criticized him for in the past!! A lot of NBA players today were & do the thing that they criticized A-I for!! So now there trying to clean up there shit!! Because they know they were wrong!!

[@WalkingWallet]

@A M Kobe was also 6'6, imagine if AI woulda been that height.... also, Jordan partied as well 🤷🏾‍♂️