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Meh, who cares. He won't be shit.I think the average height of professional players is around 6'2. They're developing a 7'1 15 yr old atm who's projected to be 7'5 in 2023.
I remember reading an article about basketball swelling in popularity when Yao first joined the Rockets, and how just a single province of China that year had 21(!) 7-footers at a major high school camp. Mindblown. I thought it was only a matter of time before we started seeing these Chinese giants striding across the NBA floor.
Turns out: Yao was a real outlier. You can't manufacture basketball greatness with height.