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No, I was in college around that time

He was just terrible...it was before the movement where post players started becoming more skilled, so coaches would spend a lot of time actually putting post players through skill work that wasn't directly translatable to posting up It was tough for him to move at all...at times he wouldn't even make it down the floor in transition. He wound up having trouble with infections and his feet and I think he actually lost his foot. Gate City had a 7'3 center before he transferred to Twin Springs HS (turns out people transferred schools even way back in the 90s...who knew?!) who wound up at UNC Asheville as well but before Kenny George...he also wasn't serviceable in the mobility department and played less than 30 games at UNCA Fun fact, that Gate City team had 6'10 Joh Shoemaker who started at Wake Forest with Tim Duncan, Jake Houseright and Chad Beasley...just ...monsters
Posted: 06/21/2024 at 08:41 PM ET
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7-foot-9 Olivier Rioux, world's tallest teenager, set to become tallest..
EDGEMAN 06/21/24 10:02 AM ET
Dude won't even have to jump to dunk the ball...**
SarahVTHokie24 06/26/24 01:01 PM ET
That is just absurdly tall. I'm rooting for this kid.
Zanderhokie 06/25/24 09:16 AM ET
Unfortunately, people that tall typically have major joint issues.
YBYSAIAHokie 06/25/24 11:45 AM ET
Thought that was legal now**
Palmetto Hokie 06/25/24 05:32 PM ET
True but at 7-foot-9 he's always the 'highest' person on the court. **
YBYSAIAHokie 06/25/24 06:24 PM ET
Wow. How many Muggsy Bogueses is that?**
Truthahn 06/24/24 01:48 PM ET
Approximately 1.52459016 Muggsy Bogueses by my rudimentary math. **
VT One 06/26/24 05:48 PM ET
3?**
EDGEMAN 06/24/24 05:39 PM ET
He is absurdly tall but surprisingly he looks very normal. **
IB4TECH 06/21/24 04:22 PM ET
The crazy thing is he's not terrible...
GCHokie34 06/21/24 12:47 PM ET
GC was 7'7" Kenny George at UNC Asheville when you were at Radford?
HokieSA 06/21/24 05:53 PM ET
No, I was in college around that time
GCHokie34 06/21/24 08:41 PM ET
My Liberty Minutemen played the Shoemaker led Gate City
HokiefromBedford 06/26/24 08:23 PM ET
Shoemaker also played football**
VaTechHokiesACC 06/24/24 10:43 PM ET
Yep, a 6'10 QB**
GCHokie34 06/24/24 10:59 PM ET
Holy Cow GC - did this bring home a state BB championship?**
SCHokie80 06/24/24 08:23 PM ET
Nope, that didn't happen until McClung **
VaTechHokiesACC 06/24/24 10:52 PM ET
None of them can hold a candle to Luke Minor.**
Chris ColemanAdmin 06/22/24 11:10 AM ET
Or former Atlanta Hawk El Gigante(RIP). He and D2 guy Mark Calaway had some
KCHokie2 06/22/24 11:05 PM ET
Boban can now ask for help getting something from the top shelf.**
Guy LeDouche 06/21/24 10:41 AM ET