I went to the roast of Yao Ming Thursday night in Houston and took alot of photos and video. I’ve got so much of it, it’s going to take me a couple of days to go through it all and pull out the best parts and publish it on this site.

However, I have posted some of the photos. If you want to see more photos from the event, click here or on the photo below of Yao and Clyde Drexler sitting next to each other at the event. Once you click on it, you’ll be taken to a page where you can check out more photos. Click on the Next button to see the next one in the sequence.

You can also find some of the photos that Raymond posted in the forum by clicking here.

I also had a chance to have a conversation with Yao and his agents Bill Duffy, Bill Sanders and ESPN The Magazine writer Ric Bucher. I’ll fill you in on some of the major takeaways from that conversation sometime Friday because I’ve got to get some sleep.

I will tell you one thing, though. Yao said his specialists in Houston said his progress is going great, that his healing is one week ahead of schedule, and that the fracture in his foot can no longer be seen in the images that were taken of it over the past day or two!

But don’t get your hopes up. That doesn’t mean it’s healed completely yet. There’s still no way that Yao will be able to play in this year’s NBA playoffs even if the Rockets make the NBA Finals. But it does give you comfort that at this rate of recovery, playing in the Olympics is not going to be an issue.

Okay, I’m too beat to continue any further. I’ll write more on Friday or Saturday.

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