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Sun Mingming (Chinese: 孙明明; pinyin: Sūn Míngmíng, born August 23, 1983) is a Chinese former professional basketball player. He was the tallest professional basketball player in the world and was measured by the Guinness World Records as 2.36 m (7 ft 9 in) tall and weighing 168 kg (370 lb).
The Flight made international news in 2007 by signing 7-foot-9-inch (236 cm) basketball player Sun Mingming, still known as the tallest athlete in the world. The Flight helped to set the record for single game attendance against the Elkhart Express in 2007 as over 5,200 attended the game, many to see Sun.
This is a list of the tallest players in National Basketball Association history. It is currently topped by the 7-foot-7-inch (2.31 m) Romanian Gheorghe Mureșan, taken by the Washington Bullets as the number 30 overall pick in the 1993 NBA draft. [1] As of 2024, twenty-eight players have been listed at 7 feet 3 inches (2.21 m) or taller.
The team signed the noted Chinese basketball star, Sun Mingming, in 2008. [ 1 ] In July 2015, the team announced its participation in the inaugural season of Japan's professional basketball league which debuted in 2016, competing in the first division. [ 2 ]
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The Nighthawks finished the 2005–06 season with a record of 25–10. They also signed 7' 8¾" Chinese player Sun Mingming, the largest player ever to play professional basketball in the US. In the playoffs, they faced the Montreal Matrix in the first round. They won 145-114, advancing to the second round.
7-foot-9 Olivier Rioux, world's tallest teenager, set to become tallest college basketball player ever. Liz Roscher. June 20, 2024 at 3:22 PM.
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 ...