A 7-foot-4 adult is rare. A 7-foot-4 14-year-old is unheard of.
Enter Zhang Ziyu, a teenage girl from East China’s Shandong Province, after a video of her notching 42 points, 25 rebounds and six blocks in an under-15s tournament game went viral.
In the highlights, Ziyu towers over her helpless opponents, easily securing uncontested rebounds and scoring wide-open layups.
Commenters quickly compared Ziyu – who was 5-foot-2 in the first grade and 6-foot-9 in sixth grade, according to the Global Times – to former NBA star and fellow Chinese basketball player Yao Ming, who was 7-foot-6.
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SOURCE: New York Post, David Lazar
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