7-foot, 1-inch gymnast

The Phoenix Suns Basketball team drafted Alex Len from Ukraine, the #5 pick overall.

Alex is a very agile 7-foot, 1-inch centre, 255 lbs.

… Len said he was in gymnastics from age 8 to 11. According to his bio in the NBA draft media guide, he chose the sport because he liked Jackie Chan movies.

“My high school (basketball) coach saw me in the gymnastic gym and he took me to the basketball gym and gave me the ball and said `Shoot it,”‘ Len said. “I shot it and made it and he said `You belong here.”‘

NBA.com – Len moves from gymnastics to top pick of Suns

Thanks Jeff.