Wednesday, July 18th, 2007 at 1:55 pm  |  178 responses

Links: Who Is Mr. Ping Ping?

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by Lang Whitaker

Yesterday I linked to this story about the world’s tallest man meeting the world’s smallest man, which I enjoyed on several levels — that odd looking giant (wearing adidas), the tiny man with the oddly fastened bow tie.

Well, the story swept through the SLAM Dome, particularly resonating with my coworkers Leah and Vanessa from XXL Magazine. And while we all liked the tall guy, I just can’t get enough of Mr. Ping Ping.

Leah and Vanessa briefly confused Mr. Ping Ping with Nelson de la Rosa, the little man who served as the Red Sox good luck charm during their championship year. I immediately went de la Rosa’s tribute website, Mahow.com, to show them the difference in the two men, and discovered de la Rosa passed away last year. Respect.

As for Mr. Ping Ping, there’s not a lot of information about him on the internet. Beside the story I linked to earlier, I found this story, which basically just repeats a lot of the same information. And there’s this video, but we don’t even get to hear from Mr. Ping Ping on the video.

Anyway, I like Mr. Ping Ping. I like what he stands for and the way he attaches his bow tie. I like the way he’s standing in this photo, hands on hips, as though he’s expecting something to happen but he’s not quite sure what. But mostly I like his name: He Ping Ping. And Mr. Ping Ping cracks me up every time I hear it.

So now we need to make sure his name stays out there, and I think the best way to do that is by appropriating his name for an NBA player. Which is where you guys come in.

Put some thought into this. It doesn’t have to be the shortest player in the NBA, doesn’t have to be the weirdest player. Just needs to be an NBA player who best embodies the spirit of Mr. Ping Ping. Whoever comes up with the best suggestion with the best argument for why your guy should be Mr. Ping Ping will win something from the pile of loot behind my desk.

You have a few days, or until I pick a winner. Get to it…

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  • AJ$

    Mr. Ping Ping = Steve blake + Flava Flav + Yao Ming = Andrew Bogut. Da end mutha f*ckaz!

  • Mattsta

    Rasheed Wallace. He’s waiting for something unexpected…The Ref to change his call.

  • http://slamonline Peter

    TIM DONAGHY !!!

  • http://slamonline Peter

    STERNBOT is Mr. Ping Ping.
    Imagine him in that tuxedo.
    Enough said.
    I am curious if you consider this suggestion,even though he is not an NBA player.
    But honestly,doesnt he PLAY the NBA ?
    >>> Dress Code,Playoff-seeding and all of that…
    Respect and hollah
    PETER

  • Jose

    Tim Duncan i mean look at him.tim’s always got a positive face on,like nothin’s goin wrong.but he sometimes has those looks like he don’t know whats goin on.I dont kno, he just has that remsemblence.

  • i’m_back!

    that is Amare Stoudemire in a midget’s body. He just looks he’s standing there saying, you ain’t getting near me, and have a damn good time trying to move me…i do what i want

  • FabuLouS

    I think he looks a lil like Yao Ming after he was punched on the top of his head a few times ,, it made him just a FEW inches shorter :d ;)

  • Mitch

    Its gotta be David Stern with the big nose and in a suit.

  • Shabab

    Ronnie Price. The face and demeanor fits

  • SG3

    Mr Ping Ping is Earl Boykins

  • Luke Pinto

    I think Adam Morrison b/c he has that fuzzy little mustache like ping ping head and he overcame great odds to make it to the NBA. He is diabetic like me and it’s a great challenge to overcome.

  • http://hotmail.com Aaron Roos

    Probally Spud Webb That just got a free facial dunk on his head after a trip to the clothes department.

  • Andrew Malek

    Earl Boykins…Mr. Ping Ping’s a sick nickname for a small dude who can ball… Mr. Clutch anyone??

  • Ben

    Muggsy Bogues – Mr Ping Ping, the short, was once with the tallest as when Muggsy was with Manute Bol.
    http://www.nature.com/ng/journal/v38/n6/images/ng0606-605-I1.jpg

  • Tómas

    woooooow…. this guy…. Ping Ping is Ming Ming because he is clearly not very good at the talking thing..

  • eli

    TJ Ford… a shorter guy in NBA terms, he’s got the same ears as Ping Ping, and this pic says it all:

    http://www.windfallclothing.ca/Raptors-005248.jpg

    gotta be TJ

  • J-Dawg

    its yao ming’s mini me

  • Eric E

    Barnes all the way, Matt” Ping Ping” Barnes never quits and is always in the middle of the play.

  • http://slamonline.com big shot al

    Mr. Ping Ping is awsome. I think that Cavs SF LeBron James is Mr. Ping Ping, I can see the spirit of LeBron and Mr. Ping Ping are the same

  • http://slamonline.com big shot al

    Tyronn Lue is just like Mr. Ping Ping. They are the same in heigth (short) and in spirit

  • http://asquad07yahoo.com squad

    TYRONE HILL. period.

  • http://www.nba.com/gallery/photos/portraits_19.html Milo

    I kno ping ping got his suit form the same taylor as joakim noah and there roughly the same colour, one is bald one has a MOP. One is All one is Small. they could pass for Family distant relatives..AND THE BOW TIE IS PRICELESS and I got proof http://www.nba.com/gallery/photos/portraits_19.html Notice the look in eaches eyes..same clair I actually think PING PING looks a little more confident in his pic tho thats just me you give him the bulls draft hat and. Ping Ping will give Boykins a run for his money on a JUMP BALL..!

  • http://slamonline.com/online/2007/07/oden-and-durant-pick-me-contest/ Noah

    Tony Parker because every season Tony Parker is among the leaders in points in the paint, even though the other players on the list are seven feet tall. Parker is short (compared to other players in the NBA) but he does not let this bother him. Parker stares his taller defenders right in their faces (like Mr. Ping Ping stared in the face of the tallest man in the world) and is not intimidated at all. He goes right at them. Also, Ping Ping sounds like a pin ball machine, and like the ball in the pin ball machine Parker enters a land (the paint) where he gets pushed and shoved around, but night in and night out he racks up the points (just like the pin ball) and shows that he is not scared to glare down his defenders and then spit in their face with a picture perfect tear drop.

  • http://SLAM DAVID

    NATE ROBINSON OF THE NEWYORK KNICKS SHOULD BE COMPARED 2 MR. PING PING

  • http://SLAM DAVID

    NATE ROBINSON OF THE NEWYORK KNICKS SHOULD BE COMPARED 2 MR. PING PING. SHORT!

  • BRANDON

    yi jianlian or yao ming or even steve nash.

  • http://Yahoo Rosa

    LOL !!! :)

  • http://Yahoo Rosa

    :) ^_^

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