7ft6*. Everyone knows Yao is a 'telephone box' rebounder though, people his size typically are. He gets the rebounds that come to him, but lack of mobility stops him from being a very good scrapper in that respect. Thabeet coming into the draft was feared to be a 'telephone box' rebounder. The real fear now is that he's just plain shiet
Lopez is better. Here is why: http://hoopchalk.com/2013/04/16/why-cant-brook-lopez-rebound-he-boxes-out-too-much/