Question: How tall in meters is the player that was he first overall pick in the 2002 NBA draft by the Houston Rockets?

<P0-S0> The 2002 NBA draft was held on June 26, 2002, at The Theater at Madison Square Garden. <P0-S1>  In this draft, National Basketball Association (NBA) teams took turns selecting 57 amateur college basketball players and other first-time eligible players, such as players from non-North American leagues. <P0-S2>  The draft was broadcast on TNT at 7:30 PM (EDT). <P0-S3>  The NBA announced that about 42 college and high school players, and five international players, had filed as early-entry candidates for the draft. <P0-S4>  The Chicago Bulls and the Golden State Warriors both had a 22.5 percent probability of acquiring the first overall pick, but the Houston Rockets, with an 8.9 percent probability, won the NBA draft lottery on May 19. <P0-S5>  The Bulls and Warriors were second and third, respectively. <P0-S6>  As punishment for salary-cap violations during the 2000–01 season, the Minnesota Timberwolves forfeited their first-round draft pick. <SEP> <P1-S0> The Houston Rockets are an American professional basketball team based in Houston, Texas. <P1-S1>  The team plays in the Southwest Division of the Western Conference in National Basketball Association (NBA). <P1-S2>  The team was established in 1967, and played in San Diego, California for four years before being moved to Houston. <P1-S3>  In the Rockets debut season, they won only 15 games. <P1-S4>  However, after drafting Elvin Hayes first overall in the 1969 NBA Draft, they made their first appearance in the playoffs in 1969. <P1-S5>  After Hayes was traded, Moses Malone was acquired to replace him. <P1-S6>  Malone won two MVPs during his time in Houston, and he led the Rockets to the conference finals in his first year with the team. <P1-S7>  He also took the Rockets to the NBA Finals in 1981, but they were defeated in six games by the Boston Celtics. <P1-S8>  In 1984, the Rockets drafted Hakeem Olajuwon, who led them to the 1986 Finals in his second year, where they lost again to Boston. <P1-S9>  In the next seven seasons, they lost in the first round of the playoffs five times. <P1-S10>  They won their first NBA championship in 1994, led by Olajuwon, who won Finals MVP. <P1-S11>  They repeated as champions the next year, and Olajuwon won Finals MVP once again. <P1-S12>  To date, the Rockets have not advanced to the finals again. <P1-S13>  The Rockets missed the playoffs from 1999–2003, and did not make the playoffs again until after they drafted Yao Ming in 2002. <P1-S14>  Since then, the Rockets have had a winning season in all but two of the next 14 seasons and, led by James Harden, advanced to the conference finals in 2015. <SEP> <P2-S0> The 2002–03 NBA season was the Rockets' 36th season in the National Basketball Association, and 32nd season in the city of Houston. <P2-S1>  This was their final season playing at the Compaq Center. <P2-S2>  The Rockets won the Draft Lottery, where they selected 7'6" Chinese sensation Yao Ming with the first overall pick in the 2002 NBA draft. <P2-S3>  In December, the Rockets acquired James Posey from the Denver Nuggets in a three-team trade which sent Kenny Thomas to the Philadelphia 76ers. <P2-S4>  This season was also head coach Rudy Tomjanovich's last as he would step down following the season due to health issues. <P2-S5>  With Yao teamed up with captain Steve Francis, they gelled their first season together, being named as starters for the 2003 NBA All-Star Game. <P2-S6>  On January 17, 2003, Francis gained national media attention, scoring a career-high 44 points in a home game against the Los Angeles Lakers. <P2-S7>  The Rockets would go on to finish the season with a 43–39 record without clinching a playoff spot, although they improved on last season, where they won just 28 games. <SEP> <P3-S0> Yao Ming (; born September 12, 1980) is a retired Chinese professional basketball player who played for the Shanghai Sharks of the Chinese Basketball Association (CBA) and the Houston Rockets of the National Basketball Association (NBA). <P3-S1>  He was selected to start for the Western Conference in the NBA All-Star Game eight times, and was named to the All-NBA Team five times. <P3-S2>  At the time of his final season, he was the tallest active player in the NBA, at 2.29 m . <P3-S3>  He is the only player outside of the United States to lead the NBA in All-Star voting.