Yao Ming Top Career Plays | Houston Rockets | Rockets Cuts | Ep. 17

Episode 17 of Rockets Cuts features the best plays of Hall of Famer, Yao Ming. Yao vs. Shaq, a perfect playoff game, and everything in between... it's all right here!
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[@dannykimis]

Me Korean and not Chinese As an Asian We here in Korea all proud of Chinese superstar Thank you Mr. Yao Ming

[@TheXuism]

thank you bro. greeting from China.

[@地势堃]

Yes，as a Asian.

[@地势堃]

aaa,as an Asian

[@风暴之灵-d8v]

be proud of 손흥민 too, bro

[@Irfan-qm2jk]

Yao Ming not only belongs to china, but belongs to all of asia.. I'm from Indonesia, and i'm proud of Yao..

[@djm192]

姚明加油！

[@Flyer4EVER7]

Gave you thumbs up even though I don’t speak Mandarin!

[@kennygao3279]

Wow

[@rf-sn7dx]

Daniel Mikesell Send you a “Appreciate you Brodie” from China. 👍

[@mayonaysu7588]

ah yes

[@嘉然今天吃战斧牛-u1h]

Love from China!

[@jonagro558]

I shed a tear when he went down in that lakers series and came back and won that game for us but I knew deep down inside he wasn’t gonna return for the rest of the series and we lost in 7 games 🤦‍♂️ shout out to Yao for being a beast in that paint and his post fade was unguardable 💯

[@josephren2638]

A tear. A

[@lukelarssen7072]

same man, when i think about it i realize that was a long time ago

[@jiaqigan3946]

Same dude, I started watching NBA when Yao started in Rockets, and when he and Tmac retired, I no longer care NBA that much.

[@followthewhiterabbit8561]

@@jiaqigan3946 NBA is a black and white sport. Yao was an anomaly and it will never happen again.

[@ThePlaterism]

@@followthewhiterabbit8561 ok wanker

[@sportfanscenter6602]

One of my favorite player, I started watching Houston Rockets because of him!

[@peterlee6503]

are u. chinese?

[@diaquinone]

@@peterlee6503 Does it really matter?

[@糰子糯米]

我也是，me too

[@donaldtrumpy5914]

me too. I miss Yao

[@RevoZtuns]

Shaq doesn’t admit a lot of people could stop him - but when he said Yao could, that just shows how great he was

[@yuxuan130411]

I think Shaq said He(Yao) couldn’t stop me; but I couldn’t stop him either.

[@syncmonism]

@@yuxuan130411 Yes, I think he accepted Ming as an equal. Shaq has said that he thought that Hakeem was the very best, but I think he's biased, because Hakeem humbled shaq in that famous playoff series. Shaq didn't want to admit that any of the other great centers were even better than Hakeem. But, Shaq has at least admitted that Wilt, Jabbar, and Russell were also better than him (iirc). I think Shaq ranked himself as 5th best centre ever, behind those four. Personally, I think Wilt was clearly the best, but I think you can also make a strong case for both Russell and Jabbar being better than Hakeem as well.

[@890529yuxuan]

@@yuxuan130411 thought this was my reply.

[@toytulog576]

@@syncmonism Yao was just too tall and any muscle actually use force on yao it would be foul.

[@yixie6830]

Hakeem > Shaq > Yao

[@dejamike88]

His size matches his heart.

[@CS-bl2sz]

I love your comment!

[@johnreydelatorre3450]

Scientifically accurate

[@xiaoxuewu8244]

absolutely！

[@ziggyliu23]

great

[@hujoshuafan3168]

I have something but doesn't match my heart in the size😂

[@dw6166]

Most skilled tradition center ever.

[@cobsob461]

Nah Hakeem is

[@followthewhiterabbit8561]

nah, Yao was soft. always was and that was his kyptonite.

[@CJ-jl1cj]

one of the most skilled. all the big men nowadays can't even put in free throws.

[@BA-tp5en]

Yao is better

[@theo-paintingminiatures3541]

Hakeem is the best by far but Yao i believe was the second, extremely agile for his height

[@barryma7065]

Imagine a centre bully prime Dwight every single game

[@Mattonwatt]

haha exactly

[@milkteamusic688]

Dwight was bulling any other center at that time

[@barryma7065]

@@milkteamusic688 Yeah Dwight was a problem back in the days

[@legendofnoob]

Yeah, Dwight was bullying people with no skill just his physical ability, Yao taught him there's levels to this shit. Too bad he never learned.

[@峨眉峰-i3m]

吃饭睡觉打魔兽 eat-sleep-bully Dwight

[@禾-q8b]

When I was a kid, I thought centres shall be good at freethrow because of Yao.

[@JKLifting]

An then there was Shaq..

[@shiyu7060]

GENOCIDE2099 And don’t forget Wilt Chamberlain.

[@pavolhanzel5242]

in international ball they usually are

[@RozexBang]

@@shiyu7060 wilt didn't shoot free throws half the time, (well he did but back then the rules were different) he would miss on purpose, run in and dunk it which was allowed back then, (later made rules because of this)

[@slashbxe2832]

when you are bigger it is harder to shoot thats why centers usually dunk more/score in the paint you will barely see them shoot threes, shaq only got 1 three in his entire career hes broken more backboards than shoot threes

[@passtheMscPT]

t Mac and Yao, I miss that old time

[@李禹阳]

good old days

[@aka8099]

李禹阳 哥们儿，你这散装英语

[@hkuliangchen]

@@aka8099 人家这是正宗英语好吧

[@stevenyu1314]

AKA尼采 你真没啥水平，以后少评论

[@steveliu2719]

AKA尼采 哥们 你教教他吧

[@zackbrady6797]

Yao: Big Ben? Wallace: Call me little Benny

[@钱煜-h1e]

I really LMAO

[@spiritlee830]

Lmao！！

[@yleng8030]

😂

[@许胖]

LOL

[@gabriel.hongkong]

When Shaq, the most dominant center in history, tells you Yao Ming is great, you better believe it.

[@syncmonism]

Shaq himself admits that Wilt, Hakeem, Jabbar, and Russell were all better centers than himself. Have you not heard of Wilt Chamberlain?! Nobody in their prime has ever dominated so much on both ends of the court. Even if he had retired after his first season, he would still hold both the highest rebounding AND scoring averages EVER. That's right, nobody except Wilt himself has ever surpassed the rebounding OR scoring averages he tallied in his ROOKIE SEASON. Jordan's best ever season? Still didn't score as much as Wilt as a rookie. Russell or Jabbar's best rebounding season? Still not as much as Wilt's rookie season. Wilt also had the most blocks ever, but they never officially recorded those in his playing days. Russell is probably second overall in blocked shots, but he also played during the same time period as Wilt.

[@tyrrant1374]

@@syncmonism weak era, if you saw some of the matches you can't be comparing them to MJ

[@vellstraus1555]

@@syncmonism i agree with dude above me,weak era.don't get me wrong he still beast even if he played in todays game but in that era theres not advanced like MJ era or even nowadays era

[@absvd6114]

@@syncmonism Well u cant compare players from different era, the game is way different back then than today

[@seyahtan24]

He's in the HoF for a reason. Lots of 7'5 guys out there but there is only one Yao Ming. Truly skilled for his size.

[@skinnymon123]

Idk abt 'lots' of 7'5 guys out there, but i get ur point

[@RozexBang]

He's 7'6 BTW, and yeah the reason he was so good is because like shaq, even with that height and weight they both were quick when it came to under the rim

[@DavidSmith-fw3if]

Lots? LOL. Maybe a few hundred?

[@ishowslow9217]

​@@DavidSmith-fw3ifhundred?, less

[@ryanxiao4643]

Yao is a player worthy of all the respects by all means

[@Sharie0909]

OMG those good old time, I was in high school in China and skip morning class to watch NBA.

[@priscillaemerald987]

When Yao pulls the Dream Shake... the inner Rocket fan in me teared up in nostalgia and pride.

[@yaxifromeast1989]

Go,clutch city,,,back then no one in Houston was taller than Yao

[@yayuzc]

If Yao plays in the NBA today, he would be a great 3-point shooter as well (which no one can block that...) and also dominate both ends.

[@chileungyuan8672]

不需要射三分咯，有姚明在內線的統治力及先今世代有內線技術形中鋒的式微，姚明場場拿三十多分不在話下，火箭有姚明就不需要順應潮流

[@yayuzc]

Chileung Yuan 当然当然，只是说如果需要的话，他的三分肯定也是无敌的，别人根本帽不到😂

[@王頔-i7f]

@@yayuzc 按照姚明的手感来说，开发出三分不是问题，而且姚明有很好的高位策应能力，非常符合现代篮球的打法，而且站在高位也不用担心每次都要沉底要位消耗过多的体力，而且为了适应快节奏的攻守转换，姚明就不会增重到那么大，导致脚骨无法支撑

[@nuozhoutang3347]

哈登突分到三分线外的姚明， for threeeee bang！

[@kennyz9958]

sure, he got that soft touch

[@MLitey]

The amount of bullying and damage he endured I respect him even more after watching this he’s a beast

[@taikoboda]

A true warrior. Nothing comes easy for him, it was a brawl every time he gets the ball.

[@happymadison9832]

Underrated. One of the greatest big men ever. Needs more recognition.

[@dumplingdimsum4337]

Yao can shoot, pass, post up, and most important, he can shoot free-throws

[@qicheng802]

A big man named shaq disliked this comment

[@Earthonlineplayer1]

Shaq:Free-throws？😢

[@mikejordan3158]

Love Yao Ming, and Rockets that time.

[@Ec11223]

Scola and Yao had such a good team work. Yao basically got it all, accuracy, size, height, strength, footwork.

[@TMthe33rd]

For a guy who doesn't like to dunk, he sure dunks a lot

[@simontheman4337]

It probably wasn’t dunk for him. LOL

[@SeedOilFitnessOfficial]

When you are 7'5 with a monster wingspan, it aint hard

[@SacrificeBreedsSuccess]

@@SeedOilFitnessOfficial Shawn Bradlely is taller and couldn't finish at the rim like Yao. Yao had significant lower body strength, not many centers could back down Mcgee,Ratcliff, Mourning, Wallace, Howard, O'Neil and finish over them. Shaq himself raved about his strength

[@tilio9380]

When you can put it in just by tip-toeing, it ain't really a dunk at that point. 😂

[@LucidSinCara]

he would have won a championship, there's no doubt

[@maoshunliu9258]

Yao s teammates aren't good enough

[@CringleDingle]

2009 was the year. If Yao hadn't been overworked every single summer, he wouldn't have broken his foot and would've won a chip

[@HectorRodriguez-vz3fx]

Yao was garbage

[@TheDaftPumpkin]

​@@HectorRodriguez-vz3fx hall of fame says otherwise

[@TMthe33rd]

@@HectorRodriguez-vz3fx that garbage is laughing at you while sipping his wine at the Napa valley

[@marlonallansupetran7120]

Mcgee looks like a shooting guard when he's playing defense on Yao!

[@moygenji5495]

hahahahahaha no he looks like a baby

[@josephrivera5255]

And we all know McGee is very tall too

[@Frank-cu9ur]

@@moygenji5495 You know even though I double checked, I still cant believe that man with that size is Mcgee.

[@yuzhan481]

Mcgee, the best player in the Shaq Fools

[@rockycheng7929]

hahahaha get outa here mate, lmao

[@zonzileung4728]

we admire him not just because of what he is capable of, also because of how humble he is. great as a player also as a man.

[@timbershakes1469]

We want more videos like this. Steve Francis, T-MAC and the Beard could be great

[@sportfanscenter6602]

I missed T-Mac too!

[@Dj-Parralax-Aphelion]

T-Mac 🤙🏽

[@kopiluwaksingapore7542]

in his prime Yao Ming absolutely unstoppable

[@swagpeach9850]

If Yao didn't retire so early he'd be bullying centers today. Imagine KAT against this guy😂😂😂

[@yilongliu2353]

i always wonder that is it that the era has changed, so that there s not any dominating big sized players, or is it the opposite.

[@tonychen3368]

Karl would lose an 1 on 1 match.

[@BorisKOUKA]

Well someone as tall and good as him can't play too much without hurting himself. What he did is already a miracle.

[@spicybeeframennoodle]

3 details I loved in these highlights: 2:28 - Yao's dream shake on Shaq showing amazing footwork and agility for someone his size 2:38 - Yao getting absolutely walloped on the back of the head by Shaq but still finishing the layup 3:40 - Yao's crazy lower body strength to bully even Alonzo in the post

[@shuanghao8665]

2:28 I think Shaq said good shot after.

[@yifulei681]

@@shuanghao8665and Yao replied ‘thx my brother’ LMAO That’s from Hall of Fame speech.

[@kainoskairos]

can you believe that arguably the next best fadeaway shooter in NBA history after Michael Jordan was a 7'6, 300 pound center in Yao? His fadeaway was unstoppable.

[@melbourneking7497]

Oh Yao Ming, how we missed you and the golden age of all Chinese NBA fans. Those days has been long gone and will never returned. 😭

[@giotok1142]

Just love it when he block C. Anthony twice ….. epic

[@alessiodallbona747]

We miss centers like him! This were great Houston years with Yao and McGrady...most favourite team ever!

[@israel870]

Yao uno de los mejores pivot de la historia!

[@yayuzc]

Imagine if not Capela or Howard but Yao partners with Harden... probably a few championships already...

[@JLau910]

or you combine present day harden with the first year we had dwight ... woulda been great

[@kailiu1064]

stupid assume

[@kevinmiller9760]

@@JLau910 Happy Dwight met serious Kobe, Serious Dwight met happy harden, Serious Harden met old Chris.

[@hqq1510]

@@kevinmiller9760 君英文本当上手

[@nomooon]

@@kevinmiller9760 but now serious harden reunite with mature Westbrook!

[@CHNView]

从最开始的小巨人，到老姚，再到现在的女兆日月，这是多少球迷的青春和回忆。这里面几乎每个镜头，我都能想起当时和小伙伴们一起看球的情景。人总是这样，过去了才明白当时的珍贵。哎，也不知道我们的下一个姚明在哪里。

[@zhuzi_2037]

现在应该期待的是下一个 KD, 现在时代不同了

[@haitaotang2127]

Kevin love and Magee look like a child with Yao

[@raferkong5637]

Good memories

[@angelhd7446]

🎶Yao Ming Yao Ming Yao Ming Yao Ming. Yao Ming, Yao Ming. 🎶

[@sportfanscenter6602]

要命，要命，要命，要命！

[@minhzhong4183]

How could you singing with keyboard...

[@hongdacai7333]

2：34 nice move Yao thx my bor shaq: you speak english ? Yao: shaq you never talk to me of course I speak english

[@hectorlopez1069]

He was fun to watch. He can do everything as a basketball player. He was incredible as a 7'6 center from China.

[@michaelp9061]

He was one of the greatest centers in the nba.

[@Stangman303]

Yao Beast/Legend 💪🏼

[@jaybalckstorm1149]

yao is amazing

[@WilloAkak]

Fun fact is that he was suffering from foot injuries before he even got drafted. They say he was much more agile before. Ironically his biggest weakness was being 7'6 which led to many injuries and being less quick.

[@dangerzone9747]

Yao would average 31 pt / 17 reb / 5 ast / 8 blk in today's NBA.

[@KyleShoeBoi]

Wow he stopped Shaq multiple times and even scored on him multiple times. I'm lucky I was old enough to actually see him play in the NBA when I was a kid. I remember buying Gatorade with his picture on it.

[@ryanokkkk]

想大姚啊

[@sportfanscenter6602]

我也是，其实放在当下的NBA，姚明防守端依然强悍！

[@yuanyao5824]

我们国家队再出一个大姚这样的球员真不知道啥时候了 现在这帮打球的基本功都太次了

[@maxt1854]

@@sportfanscenter6602 大姚是真的很强 但是大姚可能会不适应现在NBA的打法了，可能会像霍华德一样没有用武之地

[@qimingzhang3940]

国难思良将啊

[@wenshuaitang403]

@@yuanyao5824 现在的感觉，就像是能出一个阿联都是奢望了。

[@chairmanzia3556]

He never recovered from a fractured metatarsal or something, a foot injury, always hard to recover from those. Shaq never had foot related injury....or at least that severe.

[@RozexBang]

@Stanley Wong that's part of the reason shaq fell off majorly and had to quit basketball

[@manny2fs]

I miss True centers in the nba

[@peter83810]

A man among boys. The most complete center during the 2000s in my book.

[@victorkong1832]

Pride of Asia

[@alvin081988]

HE could've won 1 Championship if he was Healthy

[@xingxiaoxiao2634]

大姚，你在打球的时候大家都齐心协力为你加油，那时候所有人都抛开意识形态的问题欣赏最纯粹的运动，那时候中美关系也没有像现在这么差。那些年过去了，我很怀念它，也很怀念你。

[@1438Thejames]

Jeremy lin got a ring. But yao won't. What a shame.

[@AIR-CRAFT-CARRIER]

Great man great legend

[@RANDOMGUY-wz9ur]

I can keep watching this all day. This man is a legend.

[@samuelsholder2789]

9 great baseline turn move

[@azzurama]

i know Yao is big, but watching this still make me thinking “damn he’s really big”

[@ryuichixiao4338]

I miss the age with YaoMing，I started to watch NBA because of YaoMing, He is my youth.

[@sergeylapin3440]

True, so true. Same here.

[@haoziweizhi9677]

+1

[@程凯-j2g]

true，I am Chinese

[@JD-xr3gi]

he's the full package. as a 7'6 center, while his main duty was to protect the paint and rim, also to grab as many boards as possible, he can also shoot, he can dribble, great foot work, post-up, great passing skill. what else you can ask for?

[@testadizzy95]

Sadly he doesn't have endurance. Him and T Mac both.

[@wilkyching8167]

@@testadizzy95 Tmac has just revealed the reason a day ago.

[@akos4336]

当时看姚明总觉得有些软，但是后来在NBA是越来越硬气。现在想来，姚明是多么难得的一个球员啊。看看现在的球员，真的差了十万八千里。那时候的姚明真配的上巨星称号。

[@figll20]

When I watch the Lakers now, felt that McGee was really tall and long. Seeing how short he is compared to Yao. Wow

[@chrismendez1770]

i Can watch this All Day 🏀🔥🤙🏻

[@apolloyang1036]

As a Chinese high school kid back in 2004-2005, it was Yao who led me into the crazy world of NBA, since then I surrenderred myself to this sport, Thank you Yao, and thank you Rockets for bringing so much wonder to my life. Although I even fucked up my first college entrance exam simply because I spent so much time on watching Rockets games. Never regretted for one second. Perhaps that's the magic of this game, right?

[@osvisuals12]

Only man to make Shaq look short

[@yuqingxue1495]

I believe I watched every Yao Ming's highlight video, this one is the most comprehensive one. Yao is my hero. Thank you for creating.

[@elpollo7738]

Minute 7:49 the KING LeBron can't stop Yao Ming power jajajajajaj

[@StayAKTV]

Too bad we never got to see the harden/yao era. Yao would’ve had 10 years in the league by the time Harden made it to Htown and i’m sure his ceiling was still going up.

[@skalawitz]

If given the opportunity, I'd ask the basketball gods why they let Yao injured several times. He could've been nasty in late 2000s and retired after maybe 13 - 15 seasons instead of 9.

[@shameerbaloch7538]

I had so much fun watching him, he had so many moves like hakeem did, if he and mcgrady were not hurt they could have one at least 3 rings i felt.

[@yehenry2281]

ring is an eternal pain for Yao

[@大乱斗骚套路]

OMG! Gasol, Kaman, Mcgee, Howard...He makes those 7 footers looks so small. LOOK AT THIS 6:39

[@LuisZhu]

YAO MING is the Best Center ever. When I saw Luis Scola in the video, I just realized that he is still playing basketball even now, how I wish Yao could be on the court longer.

[@RozexBang]

Perhaps that's arguable tho because there's shaq, wilt, russel, and more, but yeah hes def top 5 if he played longer

[@alexanderking3343]

One of the best all-around center of NBA history, undoubtedly.

[@user-eg3fr1or7x]

5:09 best move !!

[@memeking58]

2:28 This fade away kills me！

[@nofungrachman805]

This should be the moment Shaq mentioned at his HOF speech. After the fade away Shaq told Yao that's a nice move, and Yao replied to him: Thanks my brother.

[@chaoranma7346]

NOFUNG RACHMAN you speak English?

[@johnmartin6016]

Yao Ming!!! H-Town babeee

[@mancavesportstv]

Yao Ming was a great smooth operator. He wasn't a power center like Shaq. That's why I love Yao. And, he could shoot from anywhere.

[@sportfanscenter6602]

@@mancavesportstv Agree，the only problem is he didn’t shoot 3 points. But it doesn’t matter at all, since he is so dominated in the paint.

[@HalberdWhy]

6:30 i'm so glad that swing didnt hit and end duncan or scola's career..

[@KitymdCeltics]

His height, power, skills. One of the most talented Big Man ever.

[@taotaozhang4568]

If you only watched this video, you would think Yao was the greatest... WHICH HE IS :D

[@Baegitte]

I remember playing NBA Live as the Rockets and having Yao and TMac felt like a cheat code!!! LOL Yao with like 30 ppg, 20 rpg

[@WutTheDeuceGaming]

2:28 OOF. He had such a beautiful post game. Sucks he had to have injury problems, he was a great player. Those Shaq matchups were always fun to watch 7:23 OOF again.

[@李锦棋]

god knows how much i miss Yao

[@priscillaemerald987]

Also, people forget how athletic Yao Ming was despite of his size.

[@tony1duan]

That footwork

[@iAmEdwinHamilton]

Yao had that “it” factor. Injuries sidetracked a couple of rings for that guy... I saw his game grow exponentially each year and he had that real desire to win...

[@Lil7672]

agree, yao got that spirit of a champion and works like one too, The younger gen kids in china don't have that desire anymore

[@weilman1133]

I started watching NBA because of Yao

[@Soaring-Wind]

Dont understand ppl called yao soft. That was the time teams actually played defense! He dunked on the super centers like shaq, the admiral, big ben… Today’s nba is soft~

[@jefferytseng1139]

Love his games ~ overloaded national team during his Prime otherwise he could have had a much longer career ~~~one of the best center ever !

[@wangas2323]

I wish Yao and Mcgrady never got hurt. They had some invincible plays

[@blitzfire723]

I've always thought Yao was soft (Thank you video games and Stephon Marbury clips) but seeing clips of him battling Shaq changed my mind. He isn't a power center. He is technical one. With that height and agility, he definitely deserved his Hall of Fame spot. Even if Shaq got his induction at the same time Yao does, Yao isn't overshadowed. :)

[@ericqin123able]

I remember when we watching Houston it’s like watching Chinese National team.

[@kyboy502dunn4]

I love yao ming if he had someone to teach him the game to use his size he would be a top 10 center all time that's easy buckets all game long

[@coldboiz4991]

yao “the GOAT” ming

[@avereplay]

I miss Yao

[@chenyl0525]

I have never never seen a center that shoots outside the paint as well as Yao. Truly one of a kind ☝️

[@DiAoyUdAoprOtEctOr]

From center-frenzied to no-center-at all, Houston Rockets sure changed alot.

[@ManicMK]

Damn injuries, I loved watching him play