Growth matters when it comes to a sport game like basketball. The basket is located at a level of three meters from the floor. Some players have to go all out to hit the ball, and others just need to raise their hands. ..
has the highest basketball players in the world, , in the history of the NBA.
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Ralph Sampson Growth 224 cm
Ralph Sampson ( USA) opens the top ten tallest basketball players in the world in the history of the NBA.Its height is 2 meters 24 centimeters. During his career in the NBA, he took part in 456 games, which scored more than 7,000 points, made over 4 thousand rebounds, over a thousand broadcasts, about four hundred interceptions and seven hundred and fifty-two block shots. In September 2012 he was taken to the Basketball Hall of Fame. After completing his sports career, Sampson became the coach of the Richmond Rhythm team.
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Rick Smits Height 224 cm
Rick Smits ( Netherlands) is ranked ninth in the top of the highest basketball players in the world. The growth of the former professional athlete is 2 meters 24 centimeters. He played in the National Basketball Association in the "Indiana Pacers" in the position of the center. Because of his great growth, Rick Smits has had problems with a heightened load on his feet since childhood. During his career in the NBA, they periodically appeared constantly and did not give full play to win the season after season. As a result, it was because of these problems that Rick Smits was forced to retire after losing to the Los Angeles Lakers in the 1999-2000 playoff finals.
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Mark Eaton Height 224 cm
Mark Eaton ( USA) with an increase of 2 meters 24 centimeters is ranked eighth in the list of the highest basketball players in the world. The athlete became popular not only due to his growth, but also a good game of defense. Eaton has NBA records according to the average number of block shots per season( 5.6) and for career( 3.5).
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Pavel Podkolzin Height 226 cm
Pavel Podkolzin ( Russia) - the highest Russian basketball player, playing at the center position. The height of the athlete is 2 meters 26 centimeters. Currently, he is in favor of the basketball club "Sakhalin".He is the champion of the Super League( 2014-2015) and the owner of the Cup of Russia( 2014-2015).
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Chuck Nevvit Height 226 cm
Chuck Nevvit ( USA) is ranked sixth in the list of the highest basketball players in the world. The player's height is 2 meters 26 centimeters. It is considered the highest basketball player who won the MBA title in the whole history. In total, the NBA played nine seasons. Despite nine years spent in the National Basketball League, went to the site in only 155 games, spent on the field and played a total of 826 minutes, which is approximately 18 complete games.
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Yao Ming Height 229 cm
Yao Ming ( PRC) ranked fifth in the list of the highest basketball players in the world. The height of the Chinese is 2 meters 29 centimeters. At the time of appearances in the NBA was the highest player in the championship. In the past, Ming's parents were professional basketball players. The growth of the father was just over two meters, and the mother had an increase of 1 meter 90 centimeters. Yao made his debut in the Chinese team at the 2000 Summer Olympics in Sydney. In 2004, during the Olympic Games in Athens, the athlete carried a Chinese flag at the opening ceremony, he said he "fulfilled his old dream."Yao Ming is one of China's most recognizable and wealthy people, a number of large companies signed contracts with him. About his first years in the NBA was filmed a documentary, and he himself co-wrote an autobiography. In July 2009, Yao Ming bought his former Chinese club Shanghai Sharks.
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Sean Bradley Height 229 cm
The fourth place in the ranking of the highest basketball players is Sean Bradley ( West Germany, USA).The height of the athlete is 2 meters 29 centimeters. During his entire career, he played in three NBA teams: the Dallas Mavericks, New Jersey Nets and the Philadelphia Seventi Sixers. Until 2005, he appeared in the NBA.From 1987 to 1991he was in favor of Emery High School. This is one of the most talented players in basketball. During his performances for Emery, the team twice became a state champion and set a record in the ratio of victories and defeats 68-4.Sean thrice became a member of the match of all stars and twice received the MVP award for the season. In the last season for the school player scored an average of 25 points, 17 rebounds and 9 block shots per match. Several sports publications called him among the All-American team. Especially Sean managed a match in the match McDonald's All-American( 12 points, 10 rebounds and 6 block shots), which earned him the title of MVP team of the West.
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Slavko Vranesh Growth 230 cm
Slavko Vranesh ( Montenegro) opens the top three basketball players in the world in the history of the NBA.The height of the athlete is 2 meters 30 centimeters. Vranesh started his sports career in Serbian "Zheleznik" in 1997.A little later he moved to the Turkish team "Tofash", for which he played in 2000-2001.A year later he returned to Montenegro, where he played for three seasons for "Buduchnost".In 2003 he nominated himself for the NBA draft and under the general number 39 was chosen by the club "New York Knicks".In early January 2004, signed a 10-day contract with another NBA team Portland Trail Blazers, but in the season, as in the NBA, took part in only one match. Since 2013, he is in favor of the Serbian team "Metalac".
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Manute Bol Height 231 cm
Manute Bol ( Sudan) was one of the highest basketball players in the world in the history of the NBA.His height was 2 meters 31 centimeters. Bol was the only NBA basketball player who blocked more shots than scored points( 2086 block shots and 1599 points).In addition, he leads the NBA's history of block shots in an average of 48 minutes - 8.6, far ahead of the second coming Mark Eaton. On block shots, on average for the match, Bol is slightly inferior to Eaton( 3.34 against 3.50), since Bol rarely spent more than half of the match on the court. Bol is also in the top 20 in NBA history for the total number of block shots for his career. After completing his sports career, Bol was engaged in activities in charitable and human rights organizations.
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Gheorghe Moreshan Growth 231 cm
Gheorghe Moreshan ( Romania) tops the ranking of the highest basketball players in the world. The growth of Romanian is 2 meters 31 centimeters, which makes him the highest basketball player of the IBA.The abnormal growth of Gheorghe Mureshan is explained by the problem of the pituitary gland, as his parents were medium-sized. A resident of Romania began his career in sports with a game at the University Cluj basketball team. In 1992-1993 he took part in the French championship for the club "Po-Ortez".In the NBA, Moreshan began to play quite successfully, but was prone to frequent injuries. In 1995, he returned to France and played a few games for "Pau-Ortez", then returned to the NBA, where he was named the most progressive player by the end of the season.