Sun Mingming, who is two inches taller than Yao, has attended a training camp in the United States and hopes to be picked in the NBA draft next month, the South China Morning Post reported Sunday.

If the 22-year-old Sun is signed by an NBA team, he would become the tallest player in league history.

Gheorghe Muresan and Manute Bol, at 7-foot-7, are the tallest players in NBA history.

Former NBA player Keith Gatlin, a coach who has worked with Sun, told the newspaper that the Chinese prospect is a 70 percent shooter but needs to work on his agility.

"He really doesn't get much lift and that's something we're looking at to improve," Gatlin said.

Still, Gatlin noted Sun's height means "he pretty much only needs to stand with his arms up in front of the net and he's blocking the basket."

High school guard Gerald Green has hired an agent after applying last month for early entry in the NBA draft.

Green has been projected as a potential thrid round pick to the Portland Trail Blazers.

The 6-foot-8 shooter from Houston's Gulf Shores Academy picked Andrew Vye of Atlanta-based Kauffman Sports Management, Green said in a release Monday.

"I believe their commitment to me as a player and to my career will be consistent," said Green, ranked the nation's top player by recruiting Web site Rivals.com. "They have served in an advisory capacity and always respected the decision-making process of our family."

DraftCity?s latest stop on the road brought them to a private open run at the University of Akron ran by LeBron James.  

LeBron was not the only NBA star participating, as New Orleans rookie J.R. Smith was in Cleveland for a few days and decided to partake.  Draft prospects Louis Williams, Devin Green, and Chet Mason were also in attendance.  The group was rounded out by local current and ex college players, as well as three elite area high school players.

The National Basketball Association announced today that 108 players, including 73 college and high school players and 35 international players, have filed as early entry candidates for NBA Draft 2005.

Underclassmen and international players wishing to renounce their remaining intercollegiate eligibility and enter NBA Draft 2005 were required to submit a letter to the NBA postmarked no later than Saturday, May 14. Players who have applied for early entry have the right to withdraw their names from consideration for the Draft by notifying the NBA of their decision in writing no later than 5:00 p.m. on Tuesday, June 21.

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With the deadline for college underclassmen to declare for the NBA Draft come and gone, Wildcat forward Hassan Adams has decided to remain in college.

Adams will stay in school for his senior season at the University of Arizona.

"He'll be back," confirmed Wildcat assistant Josh Pastner. "That is great news for us."

The man that started it all is now taking the opposite stance with reagards to underclassmen entering the draft.  An accourace that is becoming all to normal these days.

Spencer Haywood successfully sued the NBA more than three decades ago in a case that went all the way to the U.S. Supreme Court, paving the way for teenagers to enter the draft.

?I would say (union director) Billy Hunter made a smart move if he did indeed raise it,? Haywood said Friday. ?He would give the fans what they really want, an age requirement. It would give players time to mature, and it also protects his veteran constituents.?

Former Iowa basketball player Pierre Pierce has made himself eligible for the NBA draft and is negotiating with an agent, ending his college career.

"It is time for me to move on," Pierce said Friday in his first public comments since being charged in February with burglary and assault with intent to commit sexual abuse. "I put my time in over the last four years at the university. I just think it is time."

San Diego State forward Marcus Slaughter has been granted a $1 million disability policy under the NCAA Exceptional Student-Athlete Disability Insurance Program.

The policy with Hartford Life Insurance Co. guards against any serious injury that might affect Slaughter's future earnings. According to the NCAA, only basketball players who have demonstrated professional potential and are projected to be a future first-round NBA draft pick are eligible to participate in the program.

Slaughter, who has two seasons of college eligibility remaining, has applied for June's NBA Draft. He's expecting that he'll receive an invitation to next month's prestigious NBA predraft camp in Chicago.

The $6,000 premium is paid for by the NCAA. Slaughter would be required to reimburse the NCAA if he signs an NBA contract.

"They did their research and saw that he'll be a first-round draft pick either this year or next year," said Dwight Slaughter, Marcus' father.

Keith Brumbaugh, a high school forward who averaged 30 points per game, said Wednesday he is making himself available for the NBA draft.

"I just wanted to test the waters to see if I am ready, see if any teams are interested," Brumbaugh told Houston television station KRIV. Brumbaugh, from Deland, Fla., is in Houston to work with former NBA head coach John Lucas.

Brumbaugh has not hired an agent and has not signed with any college program.

He scored 2,299 points during his high school career. He averaged 12 rebounds and five assists as a senior.

Illinois junior guard Dee Brown, the Big Ten player of the year and The Sporting News' national player of the year, will declare for the NBA draft but not sign with an agent.

Brown will meet with the media Friday afternoon to discuss his decision.

Brown has told the Illini coaching staff that he's 99 percent sure he will return for his senior season, sources have told ESPN.com's Andy Katz. The sources said Brown wanted to see where he stood in the draft by attending a few workouts before the June 21 deadline to withdraw his name from entry.

He is projected as a late first-round or early second-round draft pick.