The Next Yao Ming?

NBA scouts are scouring China for another giant with the skills of last season's sensational rookie. This 6-ft. 11-in. teenager just might be the one

The Chinese giant was so dazzled by the lights of Las Vegas that he didn't notice the furtive glances of the tourists gathering around him. Trying to unwind after a few days of intense training in August, the basketball sensation had just taken a ride on the roller coaster atop the Stratosphere tower--he was lucky there wasn't a maximum height limit to get on--and now he was gazing out over the gaudiest stretch of urban landscape in America. He marveled at the brightly illuminated replicas of the Eiffel Tower, the Manhattan skyline, the dazzling fountains of Rome. "Las Vegas is the...

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