Dang he is tall. His dad is like 6'7 and his mom is 6'3 and they both played on China's Olympic team back then i heard. Good point dexter. One of a kind!
Well, what do you expect? Shaq is naturally gonna be shorter than a 7-5 guy, but, who players better?
well yao plays better. shaq plays bigger. big difference yao only on few occasions has been able to play really big. Mostly because of his inexperience, and his lack of current upper body strength. shaq has been using his bulk his entire career. naturally, he is very fast for his size, and can get decent elevation. but, his strength and momentum are staggering. but, skills wise, yao is far superior. yao did good that meeting against shaq. But, he can only keep par, or improve slightly (moreso if shaqs health diminishes at the rate its going) unless he can really commit to a vigorous weight lifting plan.