SEE IT: Houston Rockets retire Yao Ming’s jersey during halftime ceremony

Yao Ming became just the sixth Houston Rockets player to have his number retired by the franchise on Friday night.

Yao’s No. 11 jersey was hung from the rafters of the Toyota Center alongside Hakeem Olajuwon’s No. 34, Clyde Drexler’s No. 22, Moses Malone’s No. 24, Calvin Murphy’s No. 23 and Rudy Tomjanovich’s No. 45 in a halftime ceremony during the Rockets’ game against the Bulls.

A 7-foot-6 center from Shanghai, Yao Ming was the No. 1 overall draft pick in 2002.
A 7-foot-6 center from Shanghai, Yao Ming was the No. 1 overall draft pick in 2002.

“Thinking back on the years I spent here, I just think of the entire team, organization and the city as a big…