How tall is the worlds tallest basketball player?

Sun Ming-Ming (born August 23, 1983), a Chinese Basketball player, is currently the world's tallest athlete at 7" 9" tall (236 cm). Yao Ming of the Houston Rockets is currently (as of 2009) the tallest active NBA player at 7 ft 6 inches in height (229 cm). * Suleiman Ali Nashnush (1943-1991) was one of the tallest basketball players ever at 8'0½" (245 cm), and played for Libya.