I only believed it after looking at the photos! It turned out that someone took a photo to make Yao obviously shorter, and the last one was 2.36 meters tall.

In the world of basketball, the name Yao Ming is known to everyone. He is not only a representative figure of Chinese basketball, but also a superstar in the NBA arena. With his height of 2.26 meters and excellent skills, Yao Ming has a huge advantage in the inside, which makes countless opponents intimidate. However, in the history of basketball, some people even surpassed Yao Ming's height. In their photo with Yao Ming, Yao was obviously "short".

Big Bamboo Bar Bradley

In the NBA, height has always been one of the important capitals for players to compete. Bradley, the player who fans call "Big Bamboo Pole", is an astonishing height of 2.29 meters, 3 cm taller than Yao Ming. While playing for the Mavericks, Bradley had played against the Rockets in the playoffs. The Mavericks coaching staff specially arranged for Bradley to defend Yao Ming, trying to use his height advantage to limit Yao Ming's performance.

However, although Bradley has the upper hand in height, he has difficulty competing with Yao Ming in actual games. With his solid inside skills and excellent physical fitness, Yao Ming has an absolute advantage in the confrontation with Bradley and has achieved a crush on Bradley. However, due to the Rockets' shortcomings in other aspects, they ultimately failed to break through the Mavericks' first-round defense. Although Bradley is outstanding in height, his skills and game experience are still a certain gap compared to Yao Ming, which also limits his development in the NBA arena.

Sun Mingming

In the history of Chinese basketball, Sun Mingming is also a person who must be mentioned. His height reached 2.36 meters, which was 10 cm taller than Yao Ming. However, Sun Mingming's basketball journey was not smooth. He did not receive professional basketball training since childhood, but only started to get involved in basketball later. Due to the lack of systematic training and game experience, Sun Mingming's basketball skills are relatively rough.

Despite this, Sun Mingming still gained some opportunities in the domestic basketball league by relying on his height advantage. However, due to limitations in physical fitness and technical level, his career has not been long. However, Sun Mingming was not discouraged. After retiring, he successfully transformed and became a film special actor, continuing to play to his height advantages in another field and live a prosperous life. Yao Ming and Sun Mingming met and took photos many times in some basketball activities. As giants of Chinese basketball, the two also left many precious moments.

From the examples of Bradley and Sun Mingming, we can clearly see that although height is an important advantage for basketball players, it is not the only factor that determines the success of a career. For basketball players, factors such as physical fitness, technical ability, game experience and tactical awareness are also crucial.