A tall order but Sun still has his sights set on NBA

JINAN, Shandong province: Height is not always an asset on a basketball court.

Yao Ming dominates the NBA at 2.26 meters. However, another Chinese basketball player, Sun Mingming, stands an astonishing 2.36m but sometimes feels he is simply too tall for the game.

Competing at the National Games for his home province team Heilongjiang, Sun was virtually a non-factor in the side's five preliminary round losses.