Meet The TALLEST Basketball Player Ever (7' 11')

A look at the world's tallest basketball player and other giants that never made it to the NBA.

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[welcometoamerica]

imagine showing up to your kids first middle school bball game and seeing one of these guys on the other team. it would go from "give them hell" to "try and have fun" real quick

[liamc]

Neil Fingleton passed away in 2017 at 36yo. He was one of those rare giants with no medical cause to his height. Just a normal dude but massive. RIP Neil.

[jovanleon]

Olivier Rioux is the anomaly. He's the most normal looking 7'7" freak I've ever seen AND he moves normally, too, which makes him even freakier. He's gonna be great as long as he doesn't get injured.

[stevelau]

Basically shows how much of an anomaly victor wenbanyama is being a mobile 7’4 giant. It is completely unfair to be able to be able to have normal coordination at that size

[ac-vpmh]

This is why 7'4 Victor Wembanyama is such a unique player. Scary height and scary skill.

[brianarbenz]

The tallest player ever up through the 1970s was John Hollinden from Evansville, Ind. His height reached 7-7 as senior at Indiana State at Evansville (now called Univ. of Southern Indiana). It took him several years for his physique to adjust to his constant growth, but he was a fine defensive force by 1981, when he was drafted by the Dallas Mavericks of the NBA. He opted to play in Europe, but tragedy stopped his career; he was in a single-car accident in 1981 just before he was to leave for Europe and lived as a paraplegic until his death 11 years later. He remained inspiringly positive his whole life.

[valid]

Out of context, but Robert Wadlow at 8 was 6ft but then came to an height of being 8’11 died at the age of 22.

[humanbean]

this is why shaq and of course ming are so special. giants without the side effects of gigantism. shaq especially. dude has crazy proportions for being such a beast

[sunset]

" 7-11, we're not taking about convenience store" 🤣🤣🤣

[gugy]

I’m 6’8” and life can be difficult for someone my size. I can’t imagine what this kid is going through.

[Regyoolaguy]

So basically Abiodun Adegoke is a 7'11'' hunchback which means if he had grown to his fullest potential he would easily have been well over 8 feet.

[kylebailey]

Watching these guys dexterity and flexibility makes me feel so blessed to have my agility, these guys move like sloths

[knives]

Olivier has insane potential, his body looks like he can put in good muscle only if he doesn't grow insanely taller and lanky

[johnjordan]

Poor kid, you can tell he’s suffering health wise already. Gives me Andre the giant vibes.

[Max-meol]

i also have scoliosis, but not being able to perform deadlifts isnt the reason hes so thin. you can easily replace those excercises with a "guided" excercise (where your back is pressed against something so it doesnt have any weight on it). the reason hes so thin is something completely different.

[gaiblexx]

I was 6'1 at 13, thank God I'm only 6'4 at 17 now. I couldn't deal with all the stress and injuries being that tall

[ytb]

That's the thing about Yao Ming, he's very tall yet perfectly normal

[erich]

This video the is absolute best evidence why Victor is such a gem. All these other huge guys are slow, stiff, unathletic & awkward. Victor is really something else.

[Tryppy_]

The main reason he's not as good is because his height and weight seriously affects his mobility. He seems to be very slow and gets tired way too easily, he could really be 8ft+ if he got his posture fixed

[bpturbo]

I hit 6f4 at the age of 13, I'm currently 43, still 6f4.