Who is the tallest nba player
Top 10 Tallest Players In NBA History
when an average person stands next to a
basketball player they often feel like a
dwarf the average NBA player is six feet
seven inches tall but when those six
seven guys stand next to these guys on
this list they also feel belittled here
are the top 10 tallest players in NBA
history
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Boban Mariana vish seven feet four
inches
Boban Mariana vich is one of the most
popular role players in the NBA today
even though he looks like a bouncer in
front of a Russian mob club bo bond
became a fan favourite because he's the
biggest kid on the court you can often
see Bo bond smiling and cracking jokes
on the bench or fetching balls when
nobody else can do it
unfortunately he spends most of his time
on the bench as he's averaging less than
10 minutes per game in action and it's
not because Bo bond can't play when he
was coming to the NBA he was regarded as
one of the best centers in Europe with
multiple regional MVPs and all
Euroleague first team selection because
of different rules in European
basketball bo bond was able to stay
parked in the paint and dominate the
game from the inside in the NBA's pace
and space era he's constantly forced to
run after smaller players which doesn't
play into his strengths if he played 20
or 30 years ago he would probably be one
of the best centers in the league today
he's not playing much but which other
centers can claim that they kicked Keanu
Reeves ass in John wick three sim
Bhullar 7 feet 5 inches sim Bhullar is a
Canadian professional basketball player
and the first player of Indian descent
that played in the NBA and as you might
have guessed sim Bhullar is really tall
standing at 75 and with a listed weight
of 360 pounds after two years in mexico
state he declared for the 2014 NBA Draft
where she went undrafted
but because the owner of the Sacramento
Kings fee BEC ranadivé is also Indian
the Kings picked him to play in their
summer league team mostly for marketing
reasons however simav entually made the
roster on a 10-day contract he played in
three total NBA games in three total
minutes
Pawel pulled Colson 7 feet 5 inches
similarly to sim Bhullar hobble pulled
Colson was another guy that didn't play
much in the NBA but because of his short
stint with the Mavericks and his height
of 75 he's a member of our list
pavel started his career in the russian
second division and also played in italy
before declaring for the NBA Draft in
2004 he actually got drafted pretty high
but the 21st pick by the Utah Jazz who
traded him to the Mavs on draft night he
ended up playing six games for Dallas
for a total of 28 minutes and four
points he's still a professional player
and plays in Russia Chuck Nevin 7 feet 5
inches alike is 275 NBA counterparts
Chuck nebat had a significantly longer
NBA career however his minutes average
looks similar to those of Bhullar and
put coals him even though nevets stayed
on the NBA rosters for nine seasons he
played it only 155 games with the
average time of five minutes on the
court despite the lack of playing time
he was a very popular player in his
playing days as many people wanted to
stand in his presence and feel really
small which is a virtue of all players
on this list never won the title with
the Lakers in 1985 despite not playing a
single minute of the postseason
regardless of that he's the tallest
player ever with a championship ring
which is a quiz worthy fact to remember
Sean Bradley 7 feet 6 inches standing at
7 6 Bradley was the third tallest player
to ever run on the NBA hardwood and
instantly became a household name it's
hard not to notice a 7 6 guy but Bradley
was also a decent player a premier shot
blocker
he once blocked 14 shots in an NCAA game
which is a record that stands to this
day Bradley was also attempting to swat
anything near the rim but unfortunately
for him this also turned him into a
poster boy for being posterized due to
his size in somewhat nerdy looks he was
a target for most athletic wings who
wanted to get a 7 6 guy on a poster
Bradley was drafted in Philadelphia but
left the biggest mark in talents or he
played for nine seasons he was averaging
8.1 points 6.3 rebounds and 2 and a half
blocks for his career and remained a
known figure among
basketball fans worldwide you may also
remember him from Space Jam where he
starred alongside Michael Jordan and was
one of the players whose talents were
stolen by the Monstars llame seven feet
six inches
Yao is the best player on this list the
biggest Asian basketball star of all
time and one of the biggest ambassadors
of the sport and literally now means
parents were one of the tallest people
in China both former basketball players
under the socialist regime of Mao Zedong
they were almost forced to marry and
produce offspring his mom was 6 feet 3
inches tall and his father was 6 7
Yao was a government project in the
making since before he was born and he
was expected to be tall however nobody
really thought Yao was going to be seven
six young Yao was pushed to play
basketball and even though he wasn't any
good at first and didn't like basketball
countless hours of training and his
freakish height enabled him to dominate
the Chinese league he was selected
number one overall in the 2002 NBA Draft
by the Houston Rockets and instantly
became a global phenomenon because of
his height and over a billion Chinese
fans
Yao was immediately one of the most
popular players in the game but a horde
of reporters following his every giant
footstep but it wasn't all just height
and height which some people soon
realized the AO could really ball and
was extremely skillful for a player of
his dimensions with an array of post
moves and a silky smooth jump shot he
became one of the best centers in the
league if not the best when he was
healthy
unfortunately he was rarely healthy and
his feet and knees couldn't support his
large frame at the brutal NBA pace which
forced him to retire at the age of 30 he
averaged 19 points nine rebounds and 2
blocks per game and was inducted into
the Hall of Fame in 2016 he will be
remembered as the biggest and the
greatest Asian player of all time and
the only guy who makes Shaq looks small
Slavko varnish 7 feet six inches
Slavko varnish is a mountain Agron
basketball player who had a long lasting
basketball career that stretched over 20
years with his height of 7-6 it's easy
to conclude why he started a
professional career at the age of 7
when he signed for Turkish FS Pilsen
with the emergence of Yao Ming who got
drafted the year before the next rolled
the dice on it and drafted him with the
39th overall pick in the 2003 NBA Draft
they soon realized he's not Yao and
varnish didn't end up playing a single
minute for the Knickerbockers as they
waved him at the middle of the season
after he cleared waivers the Trail
Blazers had signed him to a 10-day deal
he got the opportunity to play in one
game for them for a total of three whole
minutes in case you were wondering
didn't score but due to his height he
scored a place on our list
taco fall seven feet six inches another
member of the 76 Club joined the NBA
this year of course we're talking about
taco fall he plays for the Boston
Celtics taco was born in Dakar Senegal
in 1995 moved to the USA at the age of
16 it was at the time when social media
was booming so if you're a hoops fan the
chances are that you heard about tacos
some seven to eight years ago when he
was a high school junior grabbing the
rim with his feet planted firmly on the
ground even though many Scouts doubted
that he would ever become an NBA player
taco drew extreme interest from colleges
and ended up at the University of
Central Florida where he stayed for a
full four years
tacos pretty raw basketball skills
improved over time and became one of the
best defensive players in college
basketball the one AAC Defensive Player
of the Year in 2017 and helped his
school win the first game ever in the
March Madness tournament fall declared
for the 2019 Draft where he set up
records for Heights wingspan and
standing reach at the Draft Combine
however he didn't get picked in the
draft instead the Boston Celtics signed
him to a 10-day contract which enabled
him to play summer league for them where
he did good enough to make the roster
for the season on a two-way contract
Paul made his debut for the Celtics on
October 26 during a game against the New
York Knicks and became a fan favorite in
Boston
we often chant his name to get him some
playing time
Manute Bol seven feet seven inches every
time I'm in a jam I always find a
loophole
I got a crime record longer than men
useful rapped big L in his hit record
MVP while my new bull wasn't an N VP on
the floor
he was often mentioned in rap lyrics and
start on the front covers of magazines
what he lacked in quality a nude had in
quantity standing at 7-7 he was the
tallest player ever at the time he got
to the lead and that's what propelled
his status in pop culture born in South
Sudan which is on average the tallest
country in the world but the average
height being over six feet I knew was
the tallest of the tall and it wasn't
just the Manute was tall it was the way
he was built as well that visually
prolonged has already extremely long
limbs and it weighed only 220 pounds
which made him stand out even more and
also diminished his impact on the core
it was often bullied by physically
stronger opponents as most centers in
power forwards weight from 240 pounds
upwards but it wasn't exactly very
skilled either and he averaged a mere
two point six points for his career
however despite a lack of production on
offense bol was one of the best shot
blockers the league has ever seen and
that's why he was able to stay in the
NBA for 10 years but 624 games play the
average three point three blocks per
game which is the second highest block
average ever and is the only player who
has more blocked shots than points in
his career a great humanitarian off the
court he will always be remembered by
NBA fans as the jolly big giant and a
metaphor for extremely long fangs Jorge
mera saw seven feet seven inches when
you're tall enough to peek over bathroom
stalls the chances are that you'll
become either an NBA player or make
people really uncomfortable from time to
time
Jorge Muresan did both Chris Webber told
this bathroom prank story when he was a
mere Asante made in Washington and
described George as one of his funniest
teammates a Romanian Center born in
Transylvania didn't project to be tall
as his mother was five seven and his
father was just five nine about because
of a condition with his pituitary gland
young George kept on growing until
finally got to 7-7 which made him the
tallest NBA player ever
along with Manute Bol who was even his
teammate for a short stint pretty Rahn
awkward when he first came to the league
at the age of 22 URIs on didn't get much
playing time in the first two seasons
however when he became a permanent
starter in his third year Jorge turned
into a solid contributor averaging 14.5
points 9.6 rebounds and 2.3 blocks while
leading the league in field goal
percentage this earned him the award for
the most improved player in 1996 he led
the league in field goal percentage the
following year until a back injury
sidelined him for the whole 97-98 season
and all but one minute of the next one
after his recovery and acting debut
alongside Billy Crystal and my giant
nearest Sun finally came back in the
1999-2000 season but he was only able to
play 30 games for the Nets before
calling it quits because of the foot
knee and back issues which are common
for basketball players of that stature
he remained a fan favorite in Washington
where he still lives today with his
family
