10 Things You Didn't Know About Tacko Fall

he is the MBA Center for the Celtics and has become a fan favorite in Boston at seven foot six he's the tallest player in the NBA right now and third tallest of all time he is taco ball and here are some amazing facts that you probably didn't know about it set multiple records at the Draft Combine since there was no Draft Combine when yo Ming George Nissan and Manute Bol were getting to the NBA and those are the only players at taco balls I level it's logical that taco broke some combine records at 7 feet and 7 inches and shoes he's closer to the Sun than any other drafty in combine history he also has the longest wingspan measuring 8 feet and 2 inches which is four inches longer than the previous record set by Moe Bamba in 2018 tallest person and the longest wingspan combines for the longest standing reach which is 10 feet and two and a half inches in tacos keys and that enables him to grab the 10 foot rim with his fingers without jumping his parents aren't tall unlike earlier mentioned and ia or George Morrison who both had short parents but through extremely tall because of pituitary gland disorder taco suffered no such thing they say that the apple doesn't fall far from the trees in the case of taco fall it fell a bit further in terms of height his parents are of average height and so are his siblings the only tall person in the family is his sit State uncle so there is some kind of genetic lineage still nobody expected him to be one of the 40 tallest humans on the planet illegally in the States and almost moved back to Senegal fall was granted a visa to stay in America but that visa was only valid if he attended Christian life Academy in Texas because it was the only school he listed on the visa application however after a short while fall decided to move from that school due to stability issues and had search to transfer to a different school from the moment he signed out of Christian life Academy Taco stay in the United States became illegal as his visa was no longer valid for the same reason all other schools rejected him when he tried to apply as they didn't want to deal with an illegal immigrant for a while taco believed his American adventure is over before it really began but then a couple named Mandy and Davis wetstein took top in and signed him up to Liberty Christian preparatory school into various Florida if they hadn't done that taco would have to return to Senegal and the basketball world would miss out on this amazing physical specimen his personal trainer was Hakeem Olajuwon when he first got to Houston and enrolled in a basketball camp one of his first coaches was none other than Hakeem Olajuwon the best African born player ever and one of the best centers of all times Hakeem taught him some post moves and footwork and inspire young taco to try to make it to the NBA and made him believe it was possible despite the late start Taco didn't start playing basketball until he moved to the United States at age 16 when you are over seven feet tall a natural human reaction is to ask how tall you really are and do you play basketball I'm sure taco has answered this a million times but he never actually played any basketball at his home country of Senegal only after the brother of Senegalese basketball player Mamadou India advised taco to take the same route ball started to consider basketball as a career choice following his advice taco packed his suitcase with the little clothes he head and boarded his first ever flight the destination was Houston where he made his first basketball steps after a few years fate would have it that seven foot five and ia and taco play against each other during the 2015 NCAA season and the clash of two young giants received national headlines fall scored in a 95th percentile on his SATs when we first heard about the high school player who could dump without jumping two things stood out first was obviously as height and the second one was his glasses Kareem looked like on the court was it because of style or because his eyes were scratched taco was simply short-sighted and this is partly because he's a big bookworm if he weren't in the NBA there is no doubt he would be extremely successful academically fall came to the USA from Senegal at the age of 16 and didn't know almost any English eight months later he was speaking like he was born and raised in the States in just a few months later he took his SATs and scored in the 95th percentile if you don't think that's impressive try going to another country learn their language and be in the top 5% in their school system within two years and all of that while you're trying to make it as a basketball where he wants to be an engineer when his basketball career is taco new that he's in America because of his athletic ability and that basketball was his golden ticket in life still he didn't want to rely strictly on basketball and very maturely realized that it may or may not happen despite his size so taco applied himself academically maybe even more so than on the court he always had a passion for computers and technology and often day dreamed of becoming an engineer one day it just happened that mba career got in the way of his engineering dreams which we can all agree is a pretty decent substitute gig his mom saw him play after seven years taco and his family didn't have a lot of money and when they sent him to America he left with sandals on his feet and didn't even possess basketball shoes tacos main goal with basketball was to support his family and he did everything in his willpower to learn the sport and make a living since he came to America he didn't have enough money for a return plane ticket to Senegal so he just stayed in the States the same was true for his parents and his mother hadn't seen him in seven years from the time he left until his senior year at Florida the first basketball game of her son she ever watched was in March of 2019 and inspired by his mom taco was one of the best players in UCF history he was the Conference Defensive Player of the Year in 2017 without the defensive three-second violation that is only applied in the NBA it was much easier for taco to defend in college he would primarily be deployed under the basket where he used to terrorize opposing ball handlers with his ten foot standing reach and eight foot wingspan after he blocked 2.6 shots per game and altered probably three times more taco won the ACC Defensive Player of the Year award in 2017 you can't teach height and scoring against such a mountain of a human was a tall task for most players going against him taco reigned supreme in the paint and opposing players had to think twice before stepping into the lane fall led UCF to their first ever NCAA tournament win the University of Central Florida is not known for its great basketball program and it only appeared in the March Madness five times in the entire school history with taco at the helm UCF Knights achieved the historic feat in 2019 after they qualified for the tournament for the first time since 2005 they finally notched their first victory beating VCU in the first round Taco played an excellent game and led the Knights with 13 points 18 rebounds and 5 blocks in the next game they played against the favorite Duke in Zion Williamson in the most eagerly awaited matchup of the season taco was excellent again with 15 points on 7 of 10 shooting and for the most part it looked like the Knights will produce the biggest upset of the season and kick Duke out of the tournament however in the last second effort Duke won the game at the buzzer [Music]

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Length: 7min 26sec (446 seconds)

Published: Fri Jul 03 2020