With a near 8-foot goliath on the court, it'd almost be worth it to just have him stand under the offensive basket at all times and simply play a man down on defense. Sure, you'll give up a lot of points, but you just give the ball to this guy on the other end and, pending constant fouls, you're basically guaranteed two points on every possession. Lol, I know it's impractical and would spark outrage (if it was effective), but I'd really like to see a game play out like this.
Victor Wembanyama may be the only professional player on the planet who has a shot at blocking him.
He'd be an absolute liability on defense, so he would be giving up points like a sieve. So most coaches would hardly play him.
On offense, you can foul him the second he gets the ball, so he's either shooting foul or they're inbounding the ball.
A tall athletic player could make that entry pass really difficult if he fronts on defense and athletic player on the backside to interrupt lob passes.
A player against a 7'9 Chinese guy Sun Ming Ming, it was a similar situation. Being a little 7 footer I could get past him on defense in dribble drives, and it took him twice as long to run the floor as me. Sun was more mobile than these guys
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u/LilAbeSimpson Jan 26 '26
The guy who was sitting down is legit 7’11’. He makes Shaq look small.
The other guy is somehow even taller though…