After Olympic berth, Yao Ming aims for NBA playoffs

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After Olympic berth, Yao Ming aims for NBA playoffs

Yao Ming has said his next challenge is to fit into the system of his new coach Jeff Van Gundy and help the Houston Rockets make next year's playoffs.

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Yao Ming has said his next challenge is to fit into the system of his new coach Jeff Van Gundy and help the Houston Rockets make next year's playoffs.

Fresh from winning a ticket to the 2004 Olympic Games, NBA sensation Yao Ming has said his next challenge is to fit into the system of his new coach Jeff Van Gundy and help the Houston Rockets make next year's playoffs.

Yao left his hometown Shanghai for Houston only days after leading the Chinese team to the Asian Basketball Championships and bagging the region's only berth to the Athens Olympic Games.

He says his main goal for the upcoming NBA season is to get to the playoffs and try to improve himself under the tutelage of coach Van Gundy.

The 2.25 meter center also says he hopes that by the end of the 82 game NBA season he will be fluent in English, despite an obvious improvement from a year ago when he started his rookie season in the world's top basketball league.

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