Yao Ming accomplished an incredible amount, ... the aforementioned Manute Bol was paired with Muggsy Bogues — a tiny 5-foot-3 player from Maryland — creating a bizarre image before the ...

At 7-6, Yao Ming is tied for third spot on the list of tallest players in NBA history. ... Boykins was the second-shortest player to ever play in the NBA, only behind the 5-3 Muggsy Bogues. Ad.

Yao Ming (7-6) and Muggsy Bogues (5-3) Noah Graham/NBAE via Getty Images. Height Difference: 27 inches Yao Ming (7-6) and Earl Boykins (5-5) Jed Jacobsohn/Getty Images.

In anticipation of Yao Ming's jersey retirement ceremony Friday night at Toyota Center, his former coach with the Rockets, Jeff Van Gundy, wrote a tribute in The Players' Tribune to the Hall-of ...

Yao Ming is tall. This is something that everyone knows about the former NBA star, and yet it continues to be wildly entertaining to see him being tall next to different people and things.

Getting used to American culture was a tall order for Yao Ming. But it seems his Houston Rockets teammates and NBA fans were the ones who messed up during the soon-to-be hall of famer’s rooki… ...

Need another reminder Yao Ming is tall? Look no further than this pictures circulating of him standing next to tennis studs Roger Federer and Novak Djokovic at the Shanghai Rolex Masters. As a ...

The Cavaliers' Kevin Love and the Bulls' Lauri Markkanen snapped photos with Hall of Famer Yao Ming while they were in China this week, and the shots are just amazing. Love and Markkanen are big ...

Yao Ming delivered a heart warming and humorous induction speech at the 2016 NBA Hall of Fame enshrinement ceremony.Welcoming Yao Ming to the Hall were NBA legend Bill Russell, Bill Walton ...

How Yao Ming subverted stereotypes and brought basketball to millions April 5, 2016 Yao Ming #11 of the Houston Rockets looks on during their opening night game against the Los Angeles Lakers in 2010.

One week of training camp, two practices and an exhibition game were all Yao Ming and the Houston Rockets had to prepare for his debut. Calling it a tall order would be a massive understatement.