Yao Ming seems like a great guy. He is the only 7'6" basketball player in the history of the game who can actually shoot, dribble and make fairly quick (for his size) moves to the hoop.

Whether it was the towering dominance of Yao Ming, the scoring brilliance of Tracy McGrady, or James Harden’s MVP reign, the Rockets have had some unforgettable talents. Each season had its own ...

Tracy McGrady's fourth season with Houston was off ... He scored over 40 just once, and co-star Yao Ming was inactive for the final 10 victories. So who stepped up for Houston?

but it was the athletic and versatile Tracy McGrady, who led the league in scoring (and would later be one of Yao’s teammates), that looked like the prototype NBA player of the future. Ming took ...

When Tracy McGrady made that first 3-pointer ... When he moved to Houston, center Yao Ming and McGrady were a star-crossed pair that flirted with playoff success, but couldn’t break through ...

Perhaps Tracy McGrady’s only regret was his body failing ... the All-Star appearances and the perfect running mate in Yao Ming. But the human body, especially one pushed to its limits for ...

Tracy McGrady single-handedly closed out the Spurs ... The rest were heading for the exits. Then, Yao Ming followed McGrady's miss on a layup, Scott Padgett stole an inbounds pass and went ...

Yao Ming followed up his rookie year with a superb ... The Rockets no longer had Steve Francis but had scoring machine Tracy McGrady as a replacement. Yao had an even better second appearance ...

Tracy McGrady feels it, too ... But it is there, as clear if not as quantifiable as the certainty Yao Ming is tall and Jeff Van Gundy is short. Among the Rockets, there is a feeling that anything ...