7-foot-5 from China is No 1 NBA draft pick Posted by Scott Manning on June 27, 2002 | Comments (0)

The Houston Rockets' marathon courtship of Yao Ming came to a happy ending Wednesday night, when they made him the No. 1 overall pick in the NBA draft.

The 7-foot-5 center from China is the first foreign player who never played high school or college basketball in the USA to be the top pick.Full Story...