MEXICO - Chinese basketballer Sun Mingming arrived in Mexico on Tuesday as
the latest signing for Fuerza Regia, a team from the northern Mexico city of
Monterrey, Sergio Ganem, the team's owner told Xinhua.
Sun, 2.36 meters high, is the world's tallest player, and will join the
Northern Zone National Professional Basketball League. His new one-year contract
makes him the first gigantic Asian player to join a Mexican basketball team.
Sun had previously played in United States minor league team the Grand Rapids
Flight, but never managed to follow the footsteps of compatriot Yao Ming, who
plays for the Houston Rockets in the National Basketball Association.
Sun will give a press conference on Wednesday in Monterrey, which is 1,000 km
north to Mexico's capital, Mexico City. Fuerza Regia's manager, George Torres,
took the team to the northern league's semi-final in 2006. The Northern League
has 20 teams from 14 of Mexico's 32 states.
The League's eighth season begins on September 6, but teams begin preparing a
month earlier.
