They were the tallest and shortest players in NBA history at the time, with 28 inches difference between them. While all eyes are now on Canadian teenager Rioux, Gators coach Todd Golden is fully ...

Yao Ming is the tallest player to be elected to the Naismith Memorial Basketball Hall of Fame. The 2002 No. 1 overall ... of an NBA player was 6'6.3", the shortest average of the previous 39 ...