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Meet The Tallest, Worst Basketball Player Alive

by Eamonn Brennan

He’s 7-feet-8 inches, he can grab the rim standing up, and he’s probably worse than you at basketball. Ladies and gentlemen, meet Paul Sturgess, the English Manute Bol.

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