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FILE - This April 1, 2009, file photo shows Houston Rockets center Yao Ming, top, of China, shooting over Phoenix Suns center Shaquille O'Neal (32) in the first quarter of an NBA basketball game, in Phoenix. Yahoo! Sports is reporting that Yao Ming is retiring from basketball. The 7-foot-6 Houston Rockets center, plagued by lower-body injuries in the second half of his career, has informed the league office that his playing career is over, the website reported.(AP Photo/Paul Connors, File)
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Houston Rockets center Yao Ming wears a protective boot on his left foot as he looks up at the scoreboard during the Rockets' 100-93 home win against the Washington Wizards on Dec. 27. Yao is out with a stress fracture in his left ankle. (Associated Press)
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FILE - In this file photo taken Nov. 7, 2010, Houston Rockets trainer Jason Biles, left, works on the left foot of center Yao Ming, of China, before the Rockets' NBA basketball game against the Minnesota Timberwolves in Houston. Ming, 30, will miss the rest of the season because of a stress fracture in his left ankle. The Rockets announced the decision Friday, Dec. 17, 2010, a day after the injury was found in an MRI exam. Team physician Walter Lowe said surgery is the usual treatment for such an injury, which has sidelined Yao since Nov. 10. (AP Photo/Dave Einsel, File)
