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In all of Yao’s selections, there were significant cultural marketing arguments built around growing the NBA as a brand. As a rookie, Yao Ming didn’t have a substantive on-court case to be an All-Star. Here’s a year-by-year analysis of how the 2017 All-Star methodology would have impacted Yao’s legacy: 2003 All-Star Game