Former Chinese professional basketball player, Sun Mingming is your man if you want to make Yao Ming look short -- who as it happens makes Shaquille O'Neal look practically small, who in turn makes rest of the humanity look tiny -- that's Sun Mingming for you ladies and gentlemen.
There can be no dispute whatsoever about Sun Mingming's real height. He was measured by the Guinness World Records as 7 feet 8.98 inches or 236.17 cm, which makes him the tallest professional basketball player of all time in the world.
The real height of Sun Mingming is
7 ft 9 in (236 cm)
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| Sun Mingming standing tall and proud with The Rock -- who was 6 feet 3 inches tall in his prime but now has lost half an inch in height due to developing some curvature in his upper back, due in part to becoming extremely muscular. [Sun is looking actually 7'10" here but that is mainly because of the camera angle.] |