Who is this retired Chinese professional basketball player from the Houston Rockets of the National Basketball Association that is one of the tallest players in China along with Mu Tiezhu and Sun Mingming?
Yao Ming
Yao Ming
Yao Ming (; born September 12, 1980) is a retired Chinese professional basketball player who played for the Shanghai Sharks of the Chinese Basketball Association (CBA) and the Houston Rockets of the National Basketball Association (NBA).
 He was selected to start for the Western Conference in the NBA All-Star Game eight times, and was named to the All-NBA Team five times.
 At the time of his final season, he was the tallest active player in the NBA, at 2.29 m .
 He is the only player outside of the United States to lead the NBA in All-Star voting.
Mu Tiezhu
Mu "Iron Pole" Tiezhu (; literally meaning "Mu Iron Pole"; June 1, 1949 – September 14, 2008) was a prominent Chinese basketball player and coach.
 At a height of 228 cm (7 feet 5.75 inches) and a weight of 160 kg, he was one of the largest and tallest players in China (Yao Ming and Sun Mingming both being similar or taller).
Wang Zhizhi
Wang Zhizhi (, pronounced ; born July 8, 1977) is a retired Chinese professional basketball player who most recently played for Bayi Rockets in the Chinese Basketball Association.
 He also played in the National Basketball Association for the Dallas Mavericks, Los Angeles Clippers, and Miami Heat. Chuck Nevitt
Charles Goodrich "Chuck" Nevitt (born June 13, 1959) is a retired American professional basketball player, known primarily for his great height.
 At 7 ft 5 in (2.26 m), he played the center position throughout his nine-year career (1983, 1985–1990, 1992, 1993) in the NBA, and remains one of the tallest players ever in NBA history.
 During his career, Nevitt played with the Houston Rockets, Los Angeles Lakers, Detroit Pistons, Chicago Bulls, Fulgor Libertas Forlì (Italy), and San Antonio Spurs.
 He usually sported jersey #52. Sun Mingming
Sun Mingming (, born August 23, 1983) is a Chinese professional basketball player and actor.
 He is currently the tallest professional basketball player in the world, and was measured by the Guinness World Records as 7 ft tall. Kenny Smith
Kenneth "Kenny" Smith (born March 8, 1965) is an American retired professional basketball player who played in the National Basketball Association (NBA).
 He played in the NBA from 1987 to 1997 as a member of the Sacramento Kings, Atlanta Hawks, Houston Rockets, Detroit Pistons, Orlando Magic, and Denver Nuggets.
 Nicknamed "The Jet", Smith was an All-American at the University of North Carolina and a two-time NBA Champion with the Houston Rockets.
 Smith is currently a basketball analyst, and has won several Emmys for his work on "Inside the NBA" on TNT.
 He also works as an analyst for CBS/Turner during the NCAA Men's Division I Basketball Tournament. Sun Jun (basketball)
Sun Jun (Chinese:孙军, born June 22, 1969 in Changchun, Jilin, China) is a retired Chinese professional basketball player and an assistant basketball coach of the senior Chinese national basketball team.
 At 1.98 m (6'6"), he played at the small forward position. Gong Xiaobin
Gong Xiaobin (; born November 23, 1969 in Jinan, Shandong), is a retired Chinese professional basketball player, who enjoyed an outstanding career in the Chinese Basketball Association (CBA).
 At 2.03 m (6'8"), and 104 kg (230 lbs.)
, he played at the power forward and center positions.
 In 1990, he was chosen as one of China's 50 all-time greatest basketball players. Mike D'Antoni
Michael Andrew D'Antoni (born May 8, 1951) is an American-Italian professional basketball coach who was formerly a professional basketball player.
 He is currently the head coach of the Houston Rockets of the National Basketball Association (NBA).
 While head coach of the NBA's Phoenix Suns, he won NBA Coach of the Year honors for the 2004–05 NBA season after the Suns posted 33 more wins than the previous season.
 He coached the New York Knicks starting in 2008 before resigning in 2012.
 He was hired by the Lakers after seven games into the 2012–13 season.
 D'Antoni, who holds American and Italian dual citizenship, is known for favoring a fast-paced, offense-oriented system.
 On June 1, 2016, D'Antoni was named as the new head coach for the Houston Rockets. Zhou Qi
Zhou Qi (, pronounced , ; born January 16, 1996) is a Chinese professional basketball player for the Houston Rockets of the National Basketball Association (NBA).
 He previously spent his professional career with the Xinjiang Flying Tigers of the Chinese Basketball Association.