The great thing about being tall in basketball is that you’re so close to the rim. Layups are easy. Dunks? Effortless.
It also increases your chances of making basketball a career.
But there are pitfalls. You can’t get dunked on. Not in the social media era. It will go viral. Fast.
Central Florida signed Tacko Fall, at 7-foot-6, is reportedly the tallest high school basketball player in the country. In (Orlando, Florida) Liberty Christian Prep's victory over Lakewood Tuesday night, Miami commit Anthony Lawrence – Tacko’s AAU teammate – dunked all over the 7-footer.
This ain’t right (courtesy of Uncle Drew Productions):
It was a rough night for Fall. He also had to deal with Chavez Davis and his unique defense (courtesy of Andrew Graus):