North Korean giant drawing NBA interest At 7 feet 9 inches, Hun also has basketball skills

From: The Milwaukee Journal Sentinel | Date: March 16, 1997| Author: CHRIS BROUSSARD | Copyright information

He would look down at 7-foot-7 Gheorghe Muresan, tower over 7-2 Dikembe Mutombo and dwarf 6-10 Vitaly Potapenko.

Ri Myong Hun is that big.

The North Korean is 7 feet, 9 inches tall and supposedly the owner of solid basketball skills. Hun, whose full name is pronounced Ree MEE-yong Hun, wants to play in the NBA. "I believe that he will play here at some time. The question is when," said Michael F. Coyne, Hun's Cleveland-based representative. Hun, who would be the tallest player i...

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