NBA draft 2005 / Undrafted Height 2.36 m Nationality Chinese Pro career 2006–present Weight 168 kg | Listed height 7 ft 9 in (2.36 m) Name Sun Mingming Career start 2006 Listed weight 370 lb (168 kg) Role Basketball Player Spouse Xu Yan (m. 2013) | |
Similar People Gheorghe Muresan, Ye Li, Yao Ming, Manute Bol, Kenny George | ||
7'9" GIANT Sun Ming Ming 1 by Stan Atamanchuk
Sun Mingming (Chinese: 孙明明; pinyin: Sūn Míngmíng, born August 23, 1983) is a Chinese professional basketball player and actor. He is currently the tallest professional basketball player in the world, and was measured by the Guinness World Records as 7 ft 9 in (2.36 m) tall.
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- 79 GIANT Sun Ming Ming 1 by Stan Atamanchuk
- Sun Ming Ming The worlds tallest basketball player
- Early life
- College career
- In the US
- In Mexico and Japan
- Return to China
- Personal life
- References
Sun Ming Ming: The world's tallest basketball player
Early life
He was born in a small town near in Bayan County, Harbin in Heilongjiang Province, China. He has two siblings: a brother and a sister. He did not start playing basketball until he was 15 years old.
College career
Sun attended and played basketball at Ventura College, a community college in Ventura, CA. He played basketball there for only the 2005–2006 season, before moving on to play professional basketball.
In the US
Sun played with several American minor league teams, including the USBL team Dodge City Legend, the ABA team Maryland Nighthawks, and the IBL team Grand Rapids Flight.
In Mexico and Japan
Later Sun played in the Mexican league with Fuerza Regia and in Japan's bj league with Hamamatsu Phoenix.
Return to China
In 2009 he returned to China to play for the Beijing Ducks in the Chinese Basketball Association (CBA) Sun later become a member of the 2012 CBA Finals and 2014 CBA Finals championship winning teams.
Personal life
In the summer of 2005, Sun discovered that he had a benign tumor attached to his pituitary gland. Because he had neither health insurance nor enough money to pay for the more than $100,000 in medical bills, his sports agent, Charles Bonsignore, started a fundraiser to raise the necessary money. The tumor was successfully removed on September 26, 2005.
On 4 August, 2013, he married Xu Yan. They are recognized by Guinness World Records as the tallest living married couple with their combined height of 13 ft 10.72 in (423.47 cm).