7'9'' Sensation

Sun Mingming a Chinese basketball player just finished his best season of his pro career, helped the Hamamatsu Phoenix to a first-place finish in the Eastern Conference of Japan's professional basketball league. (7.7 ppg, a total of 280 Rebounds) His season highs came against Niigata Albirex BB, with 19 points and 13 rebounds in 33 minutes played.

In 2005, The china native went to the U.S. to train for a possible career in the NBA. He was not selected in the draft.

The story on Sun was that he lacked stamina and aggressiveness. Later in the 2005 summer little did he know that he had a benign brain tumor pressing against his pituitary gland. The tumor caused over production of growth hormones resulting in a condition known as "acromegaly" that causes various parts of the body to sustain abnormal and unstoppable growth. Sun grew an extra four inches. Thankfully the tumor was removed in September 2005.

Sun's career is stamped all over the world map. He has played with several minor league basketball teams including the Maryland Nighthawks of the ABA, (American Basketball Association) the Grand rapids Flight of the IBL (International Basketball League), and the Dodge City Legends of the USBL (United States Basketball A journeyman that he is in 2007 he played for the Mexican professional team Fuerza Regia before playing in Japan.

As for now the 7'9" sensation wants to be able to play for atleast 10 more years. Being compared to the Houston Rockets Center Yao Ming, 7'6" and current NBA's tallest player. Sun needs to improve his speed and overall agility as the NBA requires a lot of speed. But can you just imagine if Sun can give your team a solid 15-25 minutes off the bench how much it would improve your defense in the paint.

To read more about this Sun Mingming, you can go to his personal website: www.sevenfootnine.com