Plans from China NBA star, Yao Ming, to retire feared would make the NBA in the country's popularity slumped.
The loss of Yao Ming, who is now strengthening the club's Houston Rockets, is expected to make a lot of Chinese spectators left the popular spectacle of this American.
Subject pullback Yao Ming will be an additional burden for the NBA, which has crushed the players and club feud ahead of the start of the season 2011-2012.
"Why else watch the NBA (without Yao Ming)?" wrote someone from China via Sina Weibo account. In a poll conducted Weibo, 57 percent of respondents said they would stop to enjoy the NBA.
Yao Ming had just will officially announce his decision at a press conference next July 20. Presence during the nine seasons in the NBA proved to boost the popularity of the NBA in China, either through the sale of souvenirs as well as television.
However, a foot injury will likely end the career Yao Ming, who is now aged 31 years.
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