Basketball lovers will surely remember Yao Ming as one of the most outstanding players in the NBA. In the United States he only played for the Houston Rockets, a club he defended for eight seasons. However, his fame would transcend the world of sports thanks to a memorable meme.
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It is that the Chinese pivot is remembered for starring in one of the pioneering memes. A photograph of him -taken in 2009- with a peculiar laugh went viral back in 2011 through the then incipient social networks.
His iconic gesture was accompanied by the phrase “bitch please”, which was used to express ridicule or a certain contempt in a certain daily discussion.
What happened to Yao Ming’s life?
As we already mentioned, in the NBA he was only a player for the Houston Rockets and had previously played for the Shanghai Sharks. He retired from professional activity in 2011.
Little was known about him since his retirement, until in 2019 he became president of the Chinese Volleyball Federation, a position he holds to this day. He is 41 years old.
How tall is Yao Ming?
Former Chinese basketball player Yao Ming is 2 meters and 29 centimeters tall.
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