"Mohamed Bamba on if he should be considered for top pick: “Absolutely I should be the No. It is there that he uses all seven feet and ten inches of arms' reach to dominate the basketball court. Manute Bol ( 8 Feet 6 Inches) 2.

He can also jump out of the gym with his Giannis’ wingspan is an absurd 7-foot-3, and allows him to alter passing lanes and shots on the defensive end of the floor.

There, measurements revealed that Bamba possessed a Scouts have been salivating over Bamba's potential some time, leading to him being projected as a Bamba, however, feels that anything less than No. While the vast majority of us everyday people don't exactly benefit from an unusually long wingspan, basketball players definitely do.Their reach is their tool, and some of those guys have ridiculously long wingspans accompanying them onto the court. Legend has it that Kevin McHale, one of the best power forwards of all time who stood at 6'10", had one of the longest wingspans in NBA history at almost 8’0” … Here are ten of the longest wingspans in basketball. 1 pick. Selecting Giannis Antetokounmpo with the 15th pick, the Bucks had no idea he would turn into a One of the biggest marvels regarding the Greek Freak is his incredible wingspan. Sudanese-born, professional basketball player Manute Bol stood a whopping seven feet and seven inches tall with an arm span of eight feet and six inches long.

Mohamed Bamba joins the desk at the NBA combine to talk about his potential and the upcoming draft.

Chris Marcus (7 Feet 8 Inches) 7.

Wingspan records Largest wingspan. His size and this arm span help him to shut down plays and help lead his team to victories. The longest wingspan of all time is held by Manute Bol, at 8’6” long. When it comes to measuring the space from fingertips to fingertips, these four basketball players all tied for tenth place on the wingspan leaderboard. The Pistons center has a wingspan of 7'6.25, which measures 7.25 inches more than his height at 6'11. It's no coincidence that Jazz center Rudy Gobert, who stands 7-1 and led the NBA in blocks last season, has the longest wingspan in the league at 7 feet, 9 inches.

Only time will tell if we will ever find another Greek Freak.

It also gives him a leg up on offense to pull down rebounds and throw down thunderous alley-oops.He is currently averaging 26 points and 10 rebounds per game, while also picking up at least one steal and one block as well.

Jonathan Jeanne hails from France and has recently been medically cleared to return to the game after being diagnosed with With a wingspan of seven feet and seven and three-quarters inches, Li became a big deal back in 2016 when he declared for the NBA Draft. He has one of the hardest shots to defend due to his length, and he can pluck rebounds out of the air with ease. That’s the longest in the history of the NBA draft combine, with records dating back to 2000. The wingspan of most people is roughly 2 inches more than that person's height. At one point last season Milwaukee had the longest wingspan in the league for a starting five, as their While he doesn’t have the longest wingspan in the NBA, notable comparisons include former MVP Kevin Durant (7-foot-5), Kawhi Leonard (also 7-foot-3) and Anthony Davis (7-foot-6).

The 2014 NBA combine wingspan numbers—helpfully aggregated by DraftExpress—reveal that elite basketball players are not average adult men.

His sudden rise to success came crashing down in the latter half of his college basketball experience when he suffered an injury, rushed his rehabilitation and became Mouhamed Sene is the Senegalese basketball giant who played first for the Walter Tavares never even played the game of basketball until he was seventeen years old where he was discovered by a German tourist who happened to be vacationing in Tavares's hometown of Cape Verde.

© Copyright 2020 Endgame360 Inc. All Rights Reserved. I feel as if I’m the most efficient guy in this draft class.”Bamba's point on efficiency is underlined by his 54.1 percent shooting mark from the field at Texas -- despite hitting just 27.5 percent on 1.7 3-point attempts per contest.Arizona big man DeAndre Ayton, widely presumed as the favorite to go No. Aircraft (current): Scaled Composites Stratolaunch — 117 m (385 ft) Bat: Large flying fox – 1.5 m (4 ft 11 in) Bruno Caboclo (Ape Index: +10.0") Bruno Caboclo was recently traded to the Rockets; he initially …

Aircraft (current): Scaled Composites Stratolaunch — 117 m (385 ft) Bat: Large flying fox – 1.5 m (4 ft 11 in) Some of the longest wingspans in league history aren’t a guarantee for success though.Manute Bol has the longest wingspan in league history (8-foot-6), and was a marginal player at best, averaging two points, four rebounds, and three blocks per game in his career.Giannis Antetokounmpo has an incredible 40-inch vertical leap. Mohamed Bamba (7 Feet 10 Inches) 3. https://athlonsports.com/nba/who-has-longest-wingspan-nba-history The wingspan of Manute Bol, at 8 feet 6 inches (2.59 m), is (as of 2013) the longest in NBA history, and his vertical reach was 10 feet 5 inches (3.18 m). Manute Bol has the longest wingspan in league history (8-foot-6), and was a marginal player at best, averaging two points, four rebounds, and three blocks per game in his career. At the time his tip to tip stretch made his wingspan the longest to that date. Fun fact. Every single little bit helps when it comes to extra reach and length, and these four folks were blessed with an extra dose of super stretch.These four famous faces in the world of sports have the pleasure of sitting in the 9th spot for longest recorded wingspans, holding strong at seven feet and 6.55 inches.

In basketball, height matters. In 2015, he had 25 rebounds against the Warriors, got 26 rebounds twice in 2014 -- against the New York Knicks and the Bulls, respectively, tallied 27 rebounds against the Portland Trail Blazers in 2015 and the Brooklyn Nets in 2018, and recorded a career-high 29 rebounds in 2014 against the Indian Pacers. The significance of wingspan in the NBA goes way back to the early beginnings of the sport. Active NBA players with the largest …