Houston Rockets All-Star center Yao Ming is confident that he'll be ready for the start of the regular season after a team doctor said his surgically repaired foot has fully healed. Yao missed last season after undergoing complex surgery on his left foot. Team doctor Tom ...

The Indiana Pacers acquired point guard Darren Collison and forward James Posey from New Orleans Wednesday in a four-team NBA trade that also includes New Jersey and Houston. The Pacers also said they sent Troy Murphy to the Nets, who sent guard Courtney Lee to Houston. To complete the deal, the Rockets sent swingman Trevor Ariza to New Orleans. The ...

Yao Ming will have a chance to play for the NBA Houston Rockets in China in a pair of NBA exhibition games set for October, the US league announced on Wednesday. The Rockets will face the New Jersey Nets, the former team of Chinese star Yi Jianlian, in matches on October 13 at Beijing's Wukesong Arena, site of the ...

NEW YORK (Reuters) - China's Yao Ming and the Houston Rockets will play two pre-season games against the New Jersey Nets in Beijing and Guangzhou, the National Basketball Association said on Wednesday. Yao, a seven-time NBA All-Star who missed last season after surgery on his left foot, will headline the NBA's fifth set of pre-season games in China. The ...

The Houston Rockets will play two exhibition games in China against the New Jersey Nets, giving Yao Ming a chance to return to his home country. The NBA announced Wednesday that the teams would play Oct. 13 in Beijing at the Wukesong Arena, site of the 2008 Olympic basketball ...

LeBron James, the two-time NBA Most Valuable Player who left Cleveland for Miami in July, will make his debut for the Heat at Boston on October 26 in the NBA season opener, the league announced Tuesday. James joined pals Dwyane Wade and Chris Bosh on the Heat roster and was joined by Lithuanian center Zydrunas Ilgauskas, another former Cavaliers star ...

TORONTO (Reuters) - The Toronto Raptors continued to rework their roster acquiring the rights to Australian center David Andersen from the Houston Rockets in exchange for a second round draft pick in 2015, the teams said Wednesday. Taken with the 37th overall selection by the Atlanta Hawks in the 2002 draft, Andersen spent most of his career in Europe before joining ...

BEIJING (Reuters) - China's Yao Ming says he might end his basketball career next year if the injury to his left foot does not heal properly by the end of the NBA season, state media reported on Tuesday. The Houston Rockets center, who missed last season after surgery on his left foot, also confirmed that he was was unlikely to ...

BEIJING (Reuters) - China's Yao Ming thinks it will take at least one injury-free NBA season before he can even start thinking about regaining his best form for the Houston Rockets. The seven-times All Star, who has been out of action since sustaining a left foot fracture in the Western Conference semi-finals against the LA Lakers in May 2009, is ...

Free agent center Brad Miller has agreed to a three-year, $15 million contract with the Houston Rockets. The 7-foot Miller averaged 8.8 points and 4.9 rebounds for Chicago last season. Miller played in Sacramento from 2003-09, including three seasons playing for current Houston coach Rick Adelman. Agent ...