Brunei actor played against Yao Ming

By Zhang Jin (Chinadaily.com.cn)
Updated: 2009-08-10 16:56

BANDAR SERI BEGAWAN, Brunei: Bruneian Chinese actor Wu Chun said he was interested in investing in a basketball club, as he recalled a match against Yao Ming in their teens.

"It (Investing in a basketball team) is a pretty good idea, and perhaps one day I will buy one," the businessman-turned actor told China Daily in an interview on Aug 9, without elaborating.

Wu, 30, is an ardent fan of basketball legend Michael Jordan. He still remembered the result of the game between Brunei and China at an Asian tournament for teens in the Philippines.

"It was 126:28, we lost," he said. "I was 14 or 15 then." Wu played against China's two most powerful giants - Yao Ming, now NBA Houston Rockets center, and Wang Zhizhi, a former NBA player who is now the center of Bayi Shuanglu Rockets of China.

"The Chinese players were so tall, and all rebounds were theirs," Wu said.

During the match, a much smaller Wu had to confront Yao, because Wu was already one of the tallest of his team. No record on the three's heights at the time was available. Read More…

Source: ChinaDaily.com.cn