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First of all, I'm not buff enough. I got pushed away from the basket. And even when I didn't, I couldn't get anyone to throw me a pass.

Yao Ming

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Yao Ming
Age: 44
Born: 1980
Born: September 12
Autobiographer
Basketball Player
Entrepreneur
Shanghai
China
Ming Yao
Couldn
Anyone
Buff
Away
Basket
Didn
Baskets
Firsts
Pushed
First
Throw
Enough
Pass
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