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This is how hard it is to guard a 7’5 basketball player in high school

Ricky O'Donnell
Ricky O'Donnell has covered basketball at all levels for more than a decade at SB Nation. He’s currently the Associate Director of Programming.

Tacko Fall is the 7’5 Central Florida recruit who has an 8-foot wingspan, sleeps diagonally on beds and would rather be a biochemist than play basketball.

As you might imagine, defending 7’5 guy is a perplexing task, especially at the high school level. This young man figured it out the hard way:

via Evan Daniels

That kid must be pretty tall to merely be a head shorter than our man Tacko. He probably has a size advantage on almost every other player he sees in Florida high school basketball. Against Tacko Fall, it does not really matter:

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We feel your struggle, man. Not being 7’5 is something everyone can relate to.

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