7′6″ NBA star center Yao Ming married his long term girlfriend, a female basketball player who stands 6′2″ Ye Li, at the Pudong Shangri-La Hotel in their hometown Shanghai, Monday.

Yao Ming and Ye Li Wedding

Only about 70 family members and relatives attended the ceremony and banquet according to Zhang Chi, press representative for Team Yao, which manages Yao’s career.

Yao sent a message to the reporters who staked out the riverside hotel’s lobby that states that he would give no interviews but also sent them a compact disc of studio wedding photos along with celebratory candy.

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