Former Chinese professional basketball player, Sun Mingming is your man if you want to make Yao Ming look short -- who as it happens makes Shaquille O'Neal look practically small, who in turn makes rest of the humanity look tiny -- that's Sun Mingming for you ladies and gentlemen.
There can be no dispute whatsoever about Sun Mingming's real height. He was measured by the Guinness World Records as 7 feet 8.98 inches or 236.17 cm, which makes him the tallest professional basketball player of all time in the world.
The real height of Sun Mingming is
7 ft 9 in (236 cm)