I’m in Houston this week and the big news is Yao: his health, his toe, his Reebok rep, his performance in the preseason. In Houston, the fourth-largest city in the United States (and boy, does it drive like it: it feels like L.A. with a Texas accent), all roads lead to Yao.

Press clips up soon, but the best all-Yao-all-the-time source I’ve found is the Houston Chronicle, where basketball writer Jonathan Feigen keeps his finger firmly on the Yao pulse.