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We love the Dodge City Legends' motion offense; the one in which their center sets picks at the top of the key. Because it's important to keep the tallest player in the history of organized basketball as far away from the basket as you can at all times. You've probably heard of Sun Ming Ming, a native of China who, at 7-foot-9, makes Yao Ming look like Porky from the Our Gang comedies. Sun has been in the U.S. for a couple of years now and was just signed by the Maryland Nighthawks of the American Basketball Association. He isn't very athletic and has only been playing the game for five years (hello, New York Knicks!), but he's recovering quickly from recent health problems and hopes to one day play in the NBA.
Nighthawks coach William Rankin expects Sun to be able to play about 28-30 minutes a game; his debut comes Saturday. That will also be Rankin's debut with the Nighthawks — he was hired about a week ago from a junior college team. "When I interviewed for the job, I asked, 'Do we have a 7-footer?"' Rankin recounted. "And (Doyle) laughed and said, 'We have someone who's almost an 8-footer."'
We love watching the video above because it reminds us of Nerf basketball in our room on rainy afternoons, and of course this. Oh, and if Sun is looking for a little female companionship, the Connecticut WNBA team has possible dating material.
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wow. he moves pretty fast for a big man
Was that "Peeking Into Second Story Windows" tag used somewhere else? In a Mike Tirico post maybe?
Oh my god, that poor, poor girl. She is HUGE. That sucks.
The last shot he made in that video was a 15 footer. Why would he ever take a shot farther away than 4 feet? He can touch the rim standing up.
"Throw it DOWN, big man!"
- Bill Walton
nice "no-call" on the moving pick at the 1 minute mark.
Oh, i'm sorry, Dick Bavetta was the referee, carry on.
I take it moving picks are allowed in the ABA?
If this was the 90's the Bullets would have already signed him to a 3 year deal.
who throws the world's tallest man a bounce pass into the post?
"It's Not Easy"?
Are they even implying this sasquatch that makes Muresan look like a figure skater is Superman? Blasphemy!!!
What are they doing teaching the dude to nail the lay-up? He should use his Chinese power to super fun happy crush the opponent defense.
Wait, wait, not so fast. I can see into the interns' restroom from here.
Do you know this is how FDR met Eleanor?
Shouldn't he have an immediate strike against him for having that song in his video? Its like a closer running onto the field with "Loving You" blaring from the speakers.
That woman is a whole lotta Rosie.
Next year, he will be beating out Paul Shirley for the last roster spot on the TWolves
Seymour.
She wants him so badly she wears his first name on her jersey.
With respect to the ABA girl -
Yes. Tall girls are awesome.
I like how they show the team practicing the "everyone-touch-the-ball-passing-to-the-big man-and-dunk-play," then they show it in slow motion during an actual game.
That's the stuff that gets you. Excuse me...I have something in my eye.
When I am rich enough, I would like to make Sun into a carpet for my study.
Is that the same dude who saved a dolphin with his Gadget arms a couple months ago? I'm not even joking. Look it up. Seriously though, if you can clean a live dolphin's intestines without cutting it open, you're basically assured a top 10 pick. Ask any GM. Kiper said the same thing about WRs.
Billy Crystal: "Guys, I got it we can make a sequel to 'My Giant' it will be set in China instead of Romania. Come on it will be a huge hit. I'm still relevant."
Anyway, I'd be teaching this guy the sky hook and having him do the Mikan drill all day. Never have him take a dribble.
Watching him throw the outlet pass was pretty sweet.
something about the five for fighting song made that hilarious to me.
Unc- asheville has a 7'7" guy that makes Sun Ming Ming look like a good athlete
Oh my god, that poor, poor girl. She is HUGE. That sucks.
My thought was, "My, that tiny girl is the balls for guarding her. Go 5'4 girls!"
(Disclosure - 5'4 is 8 inches taller than I am, and therefore a giant.)
You're 4'8? If we ever meet at a Deadspin Pants party, may I please, please, pick you up and say something like, "Don't worry little villager, I will not harm you."
If those two breed, they girl'd give birth to an Escalade.
I think the Sex Cannon would like to climb that girl's moutain.
I am 90% positive this clip has already been featured on Deadspin. Is it rerun season? I don't know where else I would have seen it, including the "It's Not Easy" song. I don't spend a great deal of time on the YouTubes.
Sun Ming Ming: Twice The Ming, Half The Talent
The softer side of Sun Ming Ming
No, Yes, no, no.
Andie - I have this pic from college, (I was a coxswain in the crew team), with the center of our women's basketball team who was 6'5. It is a GREAT picture.
I also have a more recent picture of me with this LA radio personality, "Big Mike" and a guy who play for Golden State Warriors in Vegas.
(The funny part? I rarely ever date any guy under 6'0. TSB is 6'2, and he's one of the shortest in a while.)
Lady Andrea (have you been practicing your royal wave?) - for some reason I can't stop laughing at that comment.
TSW - If I am ever at a deadspin pants party, will you welcome me most regally to munchkin land?
I knew Sun's name was familiar: Anatomy of a Giant!
And with that 1" vertical, he's 7'10". BFD. The JewFro kid puts Ming Ming to shame. That motherfucker would still be elevating at the 1:30 mark of tape, and the music would be much, much better.
Because this has nothing to do with the ABA and everything to do with awesomeness....
Rainbow Bridge: Barbaro crossed there..Meet with God..He is a beautiful rainbow..A horse who can fly. My Sentimental Friends. My Love, Dee Mirich
Dee Mirich, 40; Merrillville, IN, U.S.A.
posted on 2007-02-01 10:32:07
"That's a HUGE bitch!"
Wait, Rainbow Bridge?
You mean Barbaro is a secret character in Super Mario Kart? That's so awesome.
I dated a girl who was 4'10 and my wife is 6'2, so I've had the best of both worlds, as it were!
Ha, Ha.
TSW was a "Coxswain"
Look at the size of that Chinaman!
You know, I hate to be the first one to say this, but she's pretty hot for a 7'2" woman. I'd expect a 7'2" female professional basketball player to be less giraffe like and more...Grimace-like.
Whatever, I'd hit it.
Short women poaching the tall men is definitely one of my top 3 pet peeves. : )
Glad I could amuse you today, BBB.
My thought was, "My, that tiny girl is the balls for guarding her. Go 5'4 girls!"
She's not guarding her; she's being sucked up by Margo's Hoover vagina attachment.
Mac... they said you escaped. I knew you wouldn't leave without me. I was waiting for you. Now we can make it, Mac; I feel big as a damn mountain.
Andie - Not my fault. Tall men love the tiny women, and I have a whole laundry list of reasons why the majority short men NEVER want short women.
(Seriously... short men treat short women like they have a plague. Reason #32 is that I think short women remind them they THEY are short.)
(Plus, men with small hands can hardly palm "the girls", and that is important.)
damn, Dr. Venkman, beat me to it.
Since no one else said it, I will:
Who wants to sex Ming Ming?
TSW- if you are 4'8", what size are "the girls"? Are they actually B's that look huge proportionally? I mean, a 5'0" dude with an average penis would probably look much bigger than a 6'0" dude with the same size. I don't know where I am going with this. I need to take a couple plays off.
My 6'6" buddy married a 4'10" girl.
I know it's not your fault, I just don't understand why the tall men love the tiny women. Not that short women aren't awesome and pretty and stuff, but it's a pretty large trend, you know?
Seriously... short men treat short women like they have a plague
TSW, tell me more about where that idea came from... It's the exact opposite of what I've always thought (and done). I'm on the less tall end of the spectrum, and the last 3 girls I've dated have been under 5'2" - To (kinda) steal a quote: "Not that tall women aren't awesome and pretty and stuff, but..."
BALLINNNNNNNNN
HPZ has never seen my blog I guess.
Big.
This was amazingly bad coaching.
What the hell are you using a guy who is almost 8 feet for picks?
Seriously, what a waste.
I wonder when he'll learn to say "run a zone D" in English?
I swear to GOD I can coach in the ABA.
TJH
When does he get a Billy Crystal movie?