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skierdude44

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Next NBA Big Man to come from the Far East?

April 20, 2005 at 11:05AM View BBCode

Chinese center Sun Ming Ming will enter the NBA Draft this June. He is almost 7'9", officially he is listed at 7-foot-8 3/4. He is said to be very raw but if a team willing to wait on him to develop takes him they could have a monster on their hands.

Heres the link: http://msn.foxsports.com/nba/story/3549284

hobos

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April 20, 2005 at 02:25PM View formatted

[quote]If Sun is picked in the June NBA draft, his agent Charles Bonsignore hopes he'll go to a team willing to develop Sun's skills and [b]not immediately expect him to be the next Yao Ming[/b][/quote]

Yao really isn't much of anything yet other than a really tall dude...

DougB

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April 20, 2005 at 02:40PM View BBCode

Yao = nothing?

ha ha ha...

Name me 5 centers who are better than Ming. I'll give you a start.

1. Shaq

Good luck on the other 4.

I'm not saying he's #2 but he's got to be considered #2-#6. Which means there are 25 teams that would LOOOOVE to have him.

DeVeau31

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April 20, 2005 at 02:45PM View BBCode

7'9"?

Damn, Bradley was 7'7" and was the most unathletic player I've ever seen and he could still compete. On height alone Ming could be a good player. Now, if he can use his body to his advantage and box out, he will be dominant.

DougB

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April 20, 2005 at 03:54PM View BBCode

Georghe Muresean or however you spell it is still the last man to shoot better than 60% from the field. He was a horrible athlete... but he was 7'7" and that is one thing you can't coach.