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Yao Ming was born on September 12, 1980, in Shanghai, China. [13] He is the only child of 6-foot-7-inch (2.01 m) Yao Zhiyuan and 6-foot-3-inch (1.91 m) Fang Fengdi, [14] both of whom were former professional basketball players. [15] At 11 pounds (5.0 kg), Yao weighed more than twice as much as the average Chinese newborn. [16]
The tallest player inducted into the Naismith Memorial Basketball Hall of Fame is 7-foot-6-inch (2.29 m) Yao Ming. Yao, Ralph Sampson and Arvydas Sabonis are the only players 7 feet 3 inches or taller selected to the Hall of Fame. Yasutaka Okayama, a 7-foot-8-inch (2.34 m) Japanese basketball player picked 171st overall in the seventh round of ...
Former Houston Rockets star Yao Ming has stepped down as head of China’s struggling national basketball league. An eight-time NBA All-Star, Yao had been leading efforts to commercialize the top ...
HONG KONG — In China, she’s being called the “female Yao Ming.”. In a video that quickly went viral this week, Zhang Ziyu, a 7-foot-3 basketball player from Shandong province, can be seen ...
7 ft 7 in: Romanian basketball player who was 231 cm (7 ft 7 in) in 2017–18, aged 17. [277] born 2000 Manute Bol: South Sudan: 231 cm: 7 ft 7 in: Tied for tallest player in NBA history. 1962–2010 (48) Ralph Madsen United States: 229 cm: 7 ft 6 in: Billed as 7 ft 6 in (229 cm). [278] 1897-1948 (51) Yao Ming: China: 229 cm: 7 ft 6 in
Standing taller than any WNBA player ever, she’s been called a “cheat code” and “unguardable” by social media users and compared to Yao Ming, China’s retired 7-foot-6 basketball legend ...
At 7-foot-3, China’s teenage basketball star Zhang Ziyu looks to have an exciting career ahead of her, ... social media users have already compared her to NBA legend Yao Ming, who was just three ...
Yao Ming - Houston Rockets. Yao Ming is a former Chinese professional basketball player who played for the Houston Rockets. Ming stands at 7 feet 6 inches and was the tallest player [15] in the NBA during his career. Ming was born in Shanghai, China and was selected by the Rockets as the first overall pick [15] in the 2002 NBA draft. He reached ...