In the star-studded sky of the Chinese men's basketball team, Yao Ming's as high as 2. The burly figure of 26 meters is undoubtedly the most striking existence. His unique height advantage has been vividly demonstrated on the basketball court, making him an extraordinary basketball superstar.
However, behind these glittering stars, there is an even taller and mysterious figure. He surpassed Yao Ming by 10 centimeters tall and reached an astonishing peak height of 2.36 meters.
Whenever he walked side by side with Yao Ming, the huge body would make Yao Ming's size seem small. Because it was so eye-catching, the player's name was even ignored for a while.
He is Sun Mingming, a promising star of Chinese basketball who was once expected to be. Although Sun Mingming's basketball career failed to achieve brilliant results, he finally chose to retire and obtained a happy life on the road of life afterwards.
Now, looking back on his bumpy life journey, we have to admire his perseverance and courage to pursue happiness.
Sun Mingming's life after retiring
Time flies, and in the blink of an eye to 2022, the family of three is happy. Sun Mingming, who has been retired for many years, now lives a peaceful and happy life. He and his wife Xu Yan respect each other like guests and love each other, and their love crystallization - a lovely little daughter is the pistachio of the family.
In the photo, the little princess's big black and bright eyes flashed with an innocent look, and the little round face was full of immature smiles, which made people feel pity. Her lively and lovely appearance reveals the innocence of a child and warms this small family.
Although he has moved away from the professional arena, Sun Mingming's love for basketball has not diminished in the slightest. He founded his own basketball club, which not only operates a wide range of businesses, but also provides professional and comprehensive training services, which can be described as his favorite career after retiring.
Sometimes he is also keen to participate in folk competitions, and he can easily get a considerable appearance fee of 50,000 yuan every time, which has become another major source of income for him. In addition, Sun Mingming often appears in film and television variety shows, and he towers into the sky 2. The 36-meter figure has undoubtedly become a highlight and highlight of the show.
Juvenile growth history
Sun Mingming was born into an ordinary rural family in northeastern China. His parents were hard-working farmers, and if there were no unexpected episodes, Sun Mingming might have worked and worked hard all his life like them.
However, fate opened up a very different path in his life.
In the third year of junior high school, Sun Mingming's height suddenly increased rapidly like a spurting sun, and soon surpassed all his peers around him. This "unique" height has attracted the attention of campus physical education teachers.
With a unique vision, the experienced coach judged that Sun Mingming had the potential to become an excellent basketball player, so he did not hesitate to recommend him to the county's sports team and personally guide him in basketball training.
Since then, Sun Mingming's life has embarked on a new journey to pursue his basketball dream.
At the age of 15, Sun Mingming was already 2 meters tall, and this amazing height made him skip a grade to join the Heilongjiang Provincial Sports Team and began to receive professional basketball training. Despite this, his physical fitness and fundamentals were seriously deficient, which became a stumbling block in his later career.
During the training process, Sun Mingming often ended early due to physical exhaustion, and the coaches were all anxious about his condition.
In 2000, Sun Mingming was selected to join the youth echelon of Heilongjiang Province, and his height has climbed to 2. 23 meters, which attracted the attention of Zhang Weiping, chairman of the Chinese Basketball Association.
But Zhang Weiping didn't buy it, he thought that Sun Mingming's flexibility was far less than Yao Ming's, and his basic skills were even more poor.
However, out of consideration for the national team to reserve talents, Zhang Weiping deliberately set up the "Olympic Hope Team" in 2002 and hired Sun Mingming, hoping to shape this tall guy into "Yao Ming II".
Since then, Sun Mingming has officially embarked on the arduous road of professional basketball. Although he is full of energy, he inevitably feels a little hesitant and pressured in the face of rigorous training and heavy expectations.
However, he never gave up on his dream and still gritted his teeth and moved forward.
Difficult career
In 2003, Sun Mingming visited the United States with the "Olympic Hope Team" and received training there. This is up to 2. The 36-meter "giant" quickly attracted a lot of interest from many scouts in the NBA.
Some people even asserted with high morale that as long as Sun Mingming can overcome himself and play his due strength, he is expected to become a high-profile "official NBA player".
Sun Mingming is undoubtedly excited about such a prospect. In the United States, a fertile ground for basketball talents, he is eager to show his skills and shine.
In fact, with the guidance of local professional coaches, Sun Mingming's skills and tactics have indeed made great progress, which makes people see his vigorous development potential.
However, just when everyone had high hopes for him, an unexpected fact hit Sun Mingming hard. People were surprised to find that his height had exceeded 2.36 meters, more than 10 centimeters taller than Yao Ming! This astonishing phenomenon immediately attracted widespread attention, and some people wondered whether Sun Mingming was suffering from a "pituitary tumor" that caused growth hormone disorders.
After a careful examination by a senior doctor, Sun Mingming was finally diagnosed with the condition of "pituitary tumor". If left unchecked, the tumor would seriously threaten his health and even lead to respiratory and heart complications that would kill him.
Faced with this bad news, Sun Mingming's heart was undoubtedly full of panic.
In order to save Sun Mingming, Zhang Weiping and the American coaches spent a lot of money to carry out the most advanced surgical treatment for him today, and finally succeeded in removing the tumor and curbing his height growth, which was fixed at an astonishing height of 2.36 meters.
After the operation, Sun Mingming returned to training, but regrettably, he still missed the door to join the NBA. As a result, he could only work hard in the United States, playing for many minor league teams, such as the Dodger City Legends, Maryland Nighthawks, and the Flyers, but his results have been mediocre.
In this way, Sun Mingming has been in a foreign country for several years. In 2006, he finally returned to his homeland with enthusiasm and joined the Chinese men's professional league CBA.
In the Beijing Shougang team, Sun Mingming is the first taste of professional competition. However, it is sad that although this is a bigger stage, his physical defects and lack of ability still seriously restrict his performance on the court, and people can only hope to quench their thirst.
In this way, Sun Mingming has been fighting in the CBA for several years, but he has not been able to realize his dream of turning into a phoenix. In 2012, he regrettably announced his retirement from the basketball arena, causing an uproar among fans across the country.
People are all sorry that this player with outstanding body has not been able to achieve success in his sporting career, but at the same time admire his perseverance and fighting spirit. The bad news of retirement undoubtedly hit Sun Mingming hard, but he was not discouraged, but resolutely chose to open a new chapter in his life.
Family life is happy again
After retiring, Sun Mingming lived a calm and peaceful life. In 2009, when he first joined the CBA and was hospitalized due to injury, he happened to meet a lovely child who came to do rehabilitation care.
She is Xu Yan, the goalkeeper of the famous women's handball team in her hometown.
Xu Yan is tall, 1.87 meters tall, and has been selected for the national handball team to prepare for the Olympic Games.
At that time, the two were in the prime of their youth at first sight, and their personalities quickly sparked a spark of love and ignited a colorful love life.
After four years of dating, the two tied the knot in 2013 and held a grand wedding. The wedding was a sports and entertainment event, attracting the attention of many celebrity media, and the well-known host Zhang Bin personally presided over the grand ceremony.
What is unbelievable is that although Sun Mingming has not made much achievements in his basketball career, his income is increasingly stretched, and his mother is still seriously ill and needs expensive medical expenses, this grand wedding was successfully held as scheduled, and it is inseparable from the support and funding of many relatives and friends.
After getting married, the tall couple started a different and interesting life. At home, they often encounter various troubles of "superiority", such as hitting the top of their heads from time to time, and the size of the furniture cannot be satisfied, but these have become an interesting scenery in life, adding a little funny and interesting atmosphere to their lives.
Soon after, the crystallization of their love was born - a cute little angel. Although Xu Yan had hoped that her children could inherit their love for basketball, seeing her daughter's immature appearance, Sun Mingming finally gave up her plan to push her into this cruel competitive environment.
For this tall couple, as long as their daughter can live an ordinary life, it is their greatest wish.
Although his performance in basketball career failed to reach the peak of glory, Sun Mingming made a decisive transformation after retirement, bravely tried a new stage in life, and finally achieved his own achievements in another field.
Now his life can be described as a happy family and a successful career, and he has realized the perfect unity of the two major pursuits in life.
After retiring, he participated in film and television performances to earn income, and at the same time founded a basketball club to pursue his basketball ideals, which can be described as the best of both worlds.