SHANGHAI – Anthony Davis somehow grew another inch in the past year – he’s now 6-foot-11 – yet he had the same general reaction many do when he met Yao Ming for the first time in person Saturday, on the rooftop of the Ritz-Carlton in Shanghai.
“He’s very tall,” Davis noted of the 7-6 Yao. “I thought I was tall, but he’s very tall.”
The three-time New Orleans Pelicans All-Star joined Yao and fellow 7-foot-plus Hall of Fame center Dikembe Mutombo for a half-hour special that will air on NBA TV. The upcoming 30-minute show is appropriately titled “Centers of the Universe.