Friday, June 19th, 2009 at 3:45 pm  |  15 responses

Yao Ming Knows Nothing of These Cleveland Rumors

Word on the street is that Cleveland’s Chinese minority owners want Yao, but he’s not so sure: “Rumors of a possible move to Cleveland have swirled since a group of Chinese investors signed an agreement last month with the Cavaliers to become minority owners. The move is expected to boost the team’s popularity and marketing opportunities in China, where Cleveland star LeBron James is very popular. ‘This is all an unknown,’ Yao said in the interview, a transcript of which was posted online Friday. ‘I’ve already been with Houston for such a long time, I still have much affection for this team,’ he said. ‘Moreover, this past season we were very successful, and that let me see some hope.’ Cleveland has not publicly expressed interest in Yao, who has one guaranteed year left on his contract with Houston, including a player option for the 2010-11 season.”

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  • Ken Posted: Jun.19 at 4:03 pm
    They’d have to trade the entire team to make this work. Not even a good rumor.

  • Josh D Posted: Jun.19 at 4:08 pm
    I Know Nothing of These Cleveland Rumors either

  • niQ Posted: Jun.19 at 4:14 pm
    Never heard of such a rumor but, Lebron and Yao does sound interesting.

  • yao_sucks Posted: Jun.19 at 4:23 pm
    name says it all

  • Tarzan Cooper Posted: Jun.19 at 4:43 pm
    eat the head

  • Naiym11 Posted: Jun.19 at 6:24 pm
    Uhmmm…yeah to-the-right!!!ain’t gone happen.

  • Chendaddy Posted: Jun.19 at 7:18 pm
    Hahahaha EAT … THE … HEAD

  • Teddy-the-Bear Posted: Jun.19 at 8:49 pm
    What he forgot to mention were the LeBron to Houston rumors that LeBron doesn’t know about… oops did I just say that?

  • Gerard Himself Posted: Jun.19 at 9:21 pm
    yup, Finals are over, rumors is all we have right now. And 99% won’t happen.

  • thesubwayconnection Posted: Jun.20 at 12:27 am
    Yao is better than Z, but there’s no way this happens.

  • basicallyinthenba21 Posted: Jun.20 at 10:05 am
    In OH, we hear all about this rumor (as well as the Cavs trading magic beans for Jamison and the 5th pick, or Shaq, etc). I don’t think it is as much trading for Yao as waiting til next summer and trying to sign him. Personally, I think that he wouldn’t work for the Cavs. He would take up too much of LBJ’s operating space and he would probably be hurt by the late playoff rounds anyways.

  • twahc Posted: Jun.20 at 11:37 am
    if yao stays injured free…

  • Anton Posted: Jun.20 at 11:48 pm
    How come we don’t hear of real potential trades like Iverson?

  • nate the great Posted: Jun.21 at 3:05 am
    yeah i agree with anton, i want some real possibilitys, not stupid rumors.

  • matt Posted: Jun.22 at 11:30 am
    wade already wants to go wherever lebron goes. cleveland cant afford lebron, wade, yao, and williams

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