<div class='quotetop'>QUOTE </div><div class='quotemain'>Charlotte Observer - While he is far from ready for the NBA right now, Sun Ming Ming of China has an advantage that no other person in the world can claim - he's 7 feet and 9 inches tall. Yes, that's an eight inch advantage on Shaquille O'Neal.Sun was discovered just more than two years ago in China and had not played organized basketball before that. With the help of his agent, Sun declared his eligibility for the 2005 NBA draft and moved to Greensboro to train.Scouts knew immediately Sun was not ready. Weighing between 350 and 370 pounds, he labored up and down the court. He wants to join Yao Ming -- his 7-5 countryman -- in the NBA. But, there's a long way to go.In 14 games through June 4, Sun has played only 95 minutes, averaging 0.6 points and 1.1 rebounds per game. Yes, Sun can dunk without leaving the floor, but that does not help enough.In his scouting report on eurobasket.com, Sun is listed as the seventh-tallest person in the world."He's just huge," said USBL's Cagerz center Eric Williams, who is 6-10. "It's funny, all my life, people have said, `Man, you're tall.' He's the first guy I ever told, `Man, you're tall.'"</div>http://www.realgm.com/src_wiretap_archives...n_aims_for_nba/
I don't see a guy like this succeeding in the NBA. Yao Ming, Shawn Bradley and Geoge M were all monsters, and the common variable was that they could not run. Same with Maunt Bol. Yao Ming so far has been the only guy of that size to really be successful, and I don't see an even taller player doing more
<div class='quotetop'>QUOTE </div><div class='quotemain'>In 14 games through June 4, Sun has played only 95 minutes, averaging 0.6 points and 1.1 rebounds per game. Yes, Sun can dunk without leaving the floor, but that does not help enough.</div>If he averaged that in China then I cannot see him even being a backup in the NBA. Like KMart said, most people who are that tall don't usually do well in the NBA. Height is important but it isn't everything and people shouldn't start over hyping players just because there extremely tall.
He was working out and trying to make a possible jump to the NBA last year. Scouts said he had the skill level and coordination of an average 6th grader and he was extremely slow. He didn't know what he was doing. He will never make it to the pro's, and if he does he will ONLY get it because he is 7'9'', but would probably spend a lot of time in the D-League.
I am agreeing with everyone else that he just wouldn't make it in the NBA. To big, slow and inexperienced, he would be way to much of a liability on the defensive end. I think he would spend more time in foul trouble on the bench than on the court, because he wouldn't be quick enough to rotate around to get a clean block, and would end up fouling more than not. Also it would be way to hard to teach him correct positioning and where he would need to get to on offense. The only reason he will ever make it to the NBA is for the publicity, and that would only last for the first week of the season. Headlines would read something like "come watch the 7'9 monster," and then after a week people would realize how terrible he is.
yeah this guy is horrible. practice makes perfect though. i wouldn't mind having someone 7'9" on my team. he wouldn't even need to jump to block a shot. hahaahaha it sucks that he didn't work on his game like yao ming did when he was young.. give the guy a break though, at least he's working at it.
<div class='quotetop'>QUOTE (TheAnalyst @ Jun 12 2006, 05:30 PM) <{POST_SNAPBACK}></div><div class='quotemain'>He is really 7'8 and 3/4.</div>And I bet T-Mac isn't 6'8''. He is probably closer to 6'7''. Yao is probably 7'4'' or 7'5'' not 7'6''. What people don't realize is that everyones listed height in the NBA is with there shoes on.<div class='quotetop'>QUOTE (regularguy @ Jun 12 2006, 05:32 PM) <{POST_SNAPBACK}></div><div class='quotemain'>yeah this guy is horrible. practice makes perfect though. i wouldn't mind having someone 7'9" on my team. he wouldn't even need to jump to block a shot. hahaahaha it sucks that he didn't work on his game like yao ming did when he was young.. give the guy a break though, at least he's working at it.</div>Yeah, but at the same time, just 1 summer ago scouts said his skill level was equal to a 6th grader, and he is in his 20's, averaging less than 1 point and 1 rebound per game in China. He is not an NBA talent.
I bet you he will be like the next Manute Bol. He was a big guy but, barely any bone to cover his huge body.
It says he is in the 350-370 area so he probably isn't just skin and bones. I don't know what the body weight for a 7'8 or 7-9 is supposed to be, but that doesn't seem to light, or like skin and bones to me.
Pavel Podkolzin is a solid 7'6" and has no basketball skills to speak of. Size does not a player make. It's how you use the size.
Well it seems that the only promise he's showed is his height, I mean .6 ppg at that kind of a height, he should be unstopabble in the paint. Hustling up and down the court? It's not like the court is a cross country course. He looks like he's the next Ha Seung-Jin (Portland bench player who barely ever plays) not the next Yao.
This guy is a waste of time....he's too big...i've given my opinions on stuff like this a thousand times. He will never pan out.
That video was pretty interesting to watch. Definatly looks like he has alot of work ahead of him, I dont see him making it to the NBA, but it definatly has to be awkward living daily life being that tall. I mean the players out there on the court with him are considered tall to normal people and he dwarfs them. Just the fact that he can dunk without leaving the floor just says it all. The positive he has going for him is that, like Yao, although he is tall, he also has some weight on his body and isnt lanky like many of the big man projects we see. I dont see him becoming a succesful NBA player, but I find it an intregiung story to follow..
I've watched him before. There's no way he's making it to the big stage. Someone said that speed doesn't matter. Wrong. Watch how big guys like Shaq are run ragged against a team like the Suns (that's why they don't have any true big man that plays serious minutes). He had a surgery to remove a tumor in his brain, and that's supposed to help his stamina, but I'll bet that he couldn't last 10 minutes. He really is a guy who won't score more than 19 points in a game.And people say that he can dunk without jumping. The reality is a lot of athletic guys could easily block him, because, although he'll be a foot taller than them, then can jump really high. He has a non-existent vertical, even less than Yao's.I'm sure he's a great guy and all, and he must work really hard to get to the level he's already at, but I'm afraid it's not going to happen.
<span style="font-family:Arial">I know this topic is old, but I need to comment on it. I have been watching a few Sun Ming Ming games, he's a terrible basketball player. I don't think he could average double digits on a competitive high school team. I feel bad for the guy, considering he wants to play extremely bad. The problem is, it will NEVER happen.</span>
Oh Well.. mabye he will become a actor (since he's going to be in Rush Hour III)who knows, I kinda feel sorry for him.
