The Year of the Yao

Directors: Adam Del Deo
James D. Stern
Release Date: 16 September 2004

 

Cast:

Yao Ming
Charles Barkley
Frank Deford
Steve Francis
Michael Irvin
Ernie Johnson
Cuttino Mobley
Shaquille O’Neal
Colin Pine
Glen Rice
Kenny Smith

 

Despite facing the odds against cultural and language barriers, the pressure of representing a nation of 1.2 billion, as well as facing Shaquille O’Neal, the NBA’s most dominant player, 7ft 6in Chinese basketball phenom Yao Ming succeeds in his first year in the NBA by finding friendship and support in his American translator, strength in the wisdom of his traditional Chinese values, and confidence in his own abilities. Through it all, Yao Ming became the most recognizable figure from China since Mao Tse Tung and a hero to millions around the globe.

 

 

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