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Houston-American agent to confirm reports of Yao Ming Center of Houston Rockets all-star retiring, saying Yao has scheduled a press conference July 20 in Shanghai to reveal his plans.
John Huizinga said Saturday he was "not in a position" to say whether Yao NBA announced that he planned to retire.
"I am not in a position to do it," Yao's agent said in an interview by telephone. "It is going to be a press conference on 20 July. Which means it is time to highlight is going to make a statement, did not think it appropriate for me to say anything before he does. "
Yahoo! Sports reported intention of Yao retire. Neither the NBA nor missile response reports due to the lockout.
7-foot-6 Yao to an extreme by the leg and foot injuries late in his career, and missed a regular-season over 250 for six seasons. He played only five games last season before breaking his bcidkth effort in left ankle.
Yao was hoping to return to Houston, even though his contract had expired after last season. He received earlier this year injury could force him into retirement.
Huizinga was says what Yao was about to expose on 20 July, only that Yao "is entitled to make its statement on its own terms, at the time."
"I take care to get in trouble," Huizinga said. "I just think the highlight has the right to do so in the way he wants to do it. That applies to all kinds of things in my opinion has the right to. I just want it to be able to handle this the way he wants. "
Word of Yao's retirement triggered frenzy in China. Thousands of fans flooded online forums on the new industrialisation. One wrote: "it is China's top athlete ... A shame to lose such a sports icon. "the most popular online portals of China, sina.com, sohu.com, headlined the news of a possible retirement on the homepages of Yao stands out.
-Time all-star Yao has averaged eight points and 19 rebounds, 5.7 in eight seasons. He also became a global icon, connect the NBA China throughout Asia.
Huizinga intensive programmes of interest among the Yao, but also said Yao deserves the right to control how they discovered.
"The guy worked very hard, he is set up with many, many took for many people," said Huizinga. "I think he wants to run this part of his life as he wanted to run it. I understand that other people won't feel it. Don't like it, but I'm not going to be able to change it. "
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