everybody loves a tall chinese dude

This week, the American Basketball Association's Maryland Nighthawks announced that they have signed 7-foot-9 Chinese center Sun Ming Ming to a contract. He'll be in uniform for tonight's game against the Brooklyn Cyclones on the campus of Montgomery College-Rockville: Maryland Nighthawks make really big acquisition. 7-foot-freaking-9. That's taller than Yao Ming, people. He was originally passed over in the 2005 NBA draft because of a lack of strength and fitness, and has been playing around in basketball's minor leagues the last two years. Now the Nighthawks have the world's tallest professional basketball player: Sun set to shine for ABA Nighthawks. More here: 7-foot-9 player joins ABA club. Yeah, but is he any good?

According to the article, Sun has an appearance in the upcoming Rush Hour movie (aka the franchise that will not die), probably for the role director Brett Ratner originally wanted Yao Ming for—a reverse-homage of the Bruce Lee vs. Kareem Abdul-Jabbar fight in Game of Death. Ratner couldn't get Yao, so I guess he went with the next tall-ass Chinese dude he could find. Someone make it stop...