YaoMing|11

　　Position:C

　　Born:Sep12,1980

　　Height:7-5/2,26

　　Weight:296lbs./134,3kg.

　　From:China

　　2004-05

　　Statistics

　　PPG18.3

　　RPG8.40

　　APG0.8

　　EFF+20.60

　　RankedthirdinNBAfieldgoalpercentagein2004-05witha.552average

　　three-timeNBAAll-Star(2003-05)

　　AmongNBAleaders,rankedseventhinfieldgoalpercentage,13thinblockedshotspergameand15threboundingaverage(2003-04)

　　Through2003-04,hasyettomissagameinhisNBAcareer

　　NamedstartingcenterforWesternConferenceAll-Starteamforsecondconsecutiveseason(2004)

　　RanksthirdinRocketshistoryincareerblockedshotspergameandeighthincareerblockedshots

　　Hascompiled60careerdouble-doubles

　　Earnedfirst-everWesternConferencePlayeroftheWeekhonorson3/8/04

　　Scoredacareer-highandRocketsindividualseason-high41pointswith16reboundsandacareer-highsevenassistsvs.Atlantaon2/22/04

　　Scored22pointswithaRocketsindividualseason-highandcareer-high20reboundsvs.Detroiton12/6/03

　　Blockedacareer-highsevenshotsvs.Miamion11/11/03

　　VotedTheSportingNewsRookieoftheYearbyNBAexecutives

　　EarnedunanimousNBAAll-RookieFirstTeamhonorsafteraveraging13.5pointswith8.2reboundsand1.74blocksin82games(2002-03)

　　Reachedthreeblocks26times,asHoustonhelda22-4recordinthesecontests(2002-03)

　　StartedatcenterfortheWesternConferenceinthe2003NBAAll-StarGameafterrankingfourthoverallinAll-Starballotingwith1,286,324votes

　　NamedWesternConferenceRookieoftheMonthforDecember2002

　　NamedWesternConferenceRookieoftheMonthforFebruary2003

　　PostedthehighestfieldgoalpercentageinNBAhistoryoverasix-gamestretch,making31-of-35shotattemptsforanaccuracyof88.6percentfrom11/9/02-11/21/02

　　Scored20pointsonaperfectnine-for-nineshootingagainsttheLALakerson11/17/02