THE SIX KINGS Posted May 30, 2005 Share Posted May 30, 2005 Sun working out with ex-NBA player Gatlin Associated Press HONG KONG -- A 7-foot-8 Chinese basketball player hopes to follow in the footsteps of Houston Rockets center Yao Ming. Sun Mingming, two inches taller than Yao, has attended a training camp in the United States and hopes to be picked in the NBA draft next month, the South China Morning Post reported Sunday. If the 22-year-old Sun is signed by an NBA team, he would become the tallest player in league history. Gheorghe Muresan and Manute Bol, at 7-foot-7, are the tallest players in NBA history. Former NBA player Keith Gatlin, a coach who has worked with Sun, told the newspaper that the Chinese prospect is a 70 percent shooter but needs to work on his agility. "He really doesn't get much lift and that's something we're looking at to improve," Gatlin said. Still, Gatlin noted Sun's height means "he pretty much only needs to stand with his arms up in front of the net and he's blocking the basket." Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Shotgun Messiahs Posted May 31, 2005 Share Posted May 31, 2005 How tall was Wilt? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ursa Majoris Posted May 31, 2005 Share Posted May 31, 2005 Basketball is increasingly becoming a freak show. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Azazello1313 Posted May 31, 2005 Share Posted May 31, 2005 How tall was Wilt? 827102[/snapback] i think he was 7', or 7'1" Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Big Country Posted May 31, 2005 Share Posted May 31, 2005 i think he was 7', or 7'1" 827456[/snapback] He was 7'1'' Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
jackshi17 Posted May 31, 2005 Share Posted May 31, 2005 (edited) He was 7'1'' 827512[/snapback] And he weighed over 275 lbs http://www.hoophall.com/halloffamers/Chamberlain.htm Edited May 31, 2005 by jackshi17 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Big John Posted May 31, 2005 Share Posted May 31, 2005 Other tall NBAers: Manute Bol 7'7" George Murisan 7'7" Shawn Bradley 7'6" Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Chargerz Posted June 1, 2005 Share Posted June 1, 2005 Dang! I always thought Chinese people were short. This is getting f*cking ridiculous!!! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
jackshi17 Posted June 1, 2005 Share Posted June 1, 2005 Dang! I always thought Chinese people were short. This is getting f*cking ridiculous!!! 828004[/snapback] When I first came to the Far East back in the early sixties, whenever I was in a crowd or on a bus/train I could always see over everyones head. I am 6'1". Now most of the high school kids are as tall as I am or taller, boys and girls. We have people over here that are living proof that what the doctors have been saying for years about eating healthy. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Azazello1313 Posted June 1, 2005 Share Posted June 1, 2005 Dang! I always thought Chinese people were short. This is getting f*cking ridiculous!!! 828004[/snapback] i'm sure a lot of them still are. but when you've got a country with a billion people, your odds of turning out a lot of freaks go up. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
CaptainHook Posted June 3, 2005 Share Posted June 3, 2005 I stoood right next to Manute Bol at St. Elmo's Steakhouse here in Indy a few years ago. Ridiculous tall. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
geeteebee Posted June 7, 2005 Share Posted June 7, 2005 Maybe this guy successfully tried this. He started out 5'7'' like the rest of them and after a few sessions on the stretching machine, poof, he's now 7'8''. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Azazello1313 Posted June 7, 2005 Share Posted June 7, 2005 Maybe this guy successfully tried this. He started out 5'7'' like the rest of them and after a few sessions on the stretching machine, poof, he's now 7'8''. 833942[/snapback] dang it, you beat me to it Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
polksalet Posted June 8, 2005 Share Posted June 8, 2005 Other tall NBAers: Manute Bol 7'7" George Murisan 7'7" Shawn Bradley 7'6" 827716[/snapback] A mandingo, a romanian and a mormon Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Big Country Posted June 8, 2005 Share Posted June 8, 2005 A mandingo, a romanian and a mormon 834413[/snapback] walk into a bar........ Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Chargerz Posted June 8, 2005 Share Posted June 8, 2005 A mandingo, a romanian and a mormon 834413[/snapback] walk into a bar........ 834871[/snapback] Very good!! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jimmy Neutron Posted June 10, 2005 Share Posted June 10, 2005 Dang! I always thought Chinese people were short. This is getting f*cking ridiculous!!! 828004[/snapback] Ya end up with some interesting outliers against the mean of a population of over a billion people. I bet China's got some of the shortest midget wrestlers too. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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