Big Gator! CHOMP! CHOMP!........................
I remember those days when I could just drop the ball in the basket like that. The coaches were astounded. Then I started to shrink.
Put a dress on him and tell him to go beat up Caitlin Clarke!
When he goes pro he’s going to be riding a lot of airplanes. Poor guy.
We’re gonna have to beef him up so he doesn’t get pushed around in the paint.
Is his name Barron?
In college basketball terms the Gators have a tall team, they started a 7’1 guy at center last year who will sit out this year due to a badly broken ankle and have 6’11 transfer center coming in, there is a picture of him standing next to both, he towers over both of them.
This kid surprisingly is not on scholarship at the moment he is on the team as a walk on, he’s a real project that doesn’t show a lot of basketball skills, evidently, he’s not been playing basketball all that long.
He does show some basic athletic ability, if he works hard and has good coaching, he’s got a chance because of his size ot be real factor.
Shoe size?
It’s always startling to see a kid this tall, but seems to me this phenomenon is becoming more common.
In the same way as when a White Buffalo calf is born.
It gets attention, but is no longer as rare as some celestial event.
When you’re that tall, it effects every aspect of your life.
He probably feels that he lives among Lilliaputians. (sp).
Luckily, this fellow looks to be in proportion, not Megalo.
Gives Gator fans something to be hopeful about after yesterday evening’s elimination from the College World Series. (Maybe having to play two games in one day was a factor—that wouldn’t have happened except for bad weather on Tuesday.)
Teach him the sky hook. He’ll be a star.
But can he play basketball, or will they Rioux the day they signed him?
Once he hits the courts in college, he'll be playing against NBA prospects who will be all over him.
He'd better hit the gym and start putting on some muscle or he's going to be dead meat and plagued with injuries.
Wow, he would even make my niece’s sons look short. They’re a junior and senior in high school, 6’7” and 6’6”.
Wow, he has some athleticism as well as the freak height. Will need to bulk up for the rigors of the NBA, let alone the NCAA, but he will have a huge payday in the not to distant future.
Raise the basket to 15 feet and the short guys will get an equal advantage.
Looks like the ball of his foot is about 1" off the floor in the pic below:
1981-1982 Biola College, now University, featured 7’8” George Bell on their basketball team. Long time ago in the NAIA.