Every YouTube video of Sun shows a packed house. People wanted to see the man who made basketballs look like tennis balls. That includes Jimmy Kimmel , whom Sun dunked on. On the court, Sun had a surprisingly nice shooting touch. Just look at this fadeaway! Sun played in Mexico and Japan, eventually returning to his homeland for a stint with the Beijing Ducks of the Chinese Basketball Association in The intersection of that coverage Venn diagram comes down to a single person: Fingleton, a 7-foot-7 Brit who turned from basketball to acting.
Fingleton moved from his hometown of Durham, England, to Worcester, Massachusetts, in to pursue his apparent basketball potential. Facing the best players in the nation, he blocked three shots in 10 minutes.
But he was forced to miss his freshman season after undergoing back surgery and wound up playing only one career game for the Tar Heels, missing two shots against Davidson. In , he averaged 2. He would find more success in acting. He was cast as the giant in Jack in the Beanstalk. Fingleton soon moved onto more notable roles, battling Keanu Reeves in 47 Ronin and playing the mythically gigantic Fisher King in an episode of Doctor Who.
He died of heart failure last year at age Heart failure is tragically common among the extremely tall. While Sun was an attraction for independent minor leagues looking to boost ticket sales, Sturgess was a flop in the NBA G League, an organization in which player development is more highly valued than gate revenue.
But luckily, Sturgess found a place where his potential as an attraction would pay off: From to , he toured with the Harlem Globetrotters. Originally from England, Sturgess sprouted from 6-foot-2 to 7-foot-2 during a growth spurt when he was 16 and 17, ultimately topping out at 7-foot He took up basketball late, thus never becoming a prized prospect. His agent cut together a mix of him grainily slamming home dunks in a near-empty arena at Mountain State.
The Globetrotters then had Guinness certify him as the tallest pro basketball player in the world —snubbing Sun, who was taller than Sturgess, perhaps as revenge for Sun snubbing the Globetrotters. So off Sturgess went around the world, posing on top of skyscrapers , riding camels , spinning balls on his finger, and carrying shorter players on his back to dunks.
Sturgess eventually left the Globetrotters for a shot at the NBA. Your ad blocker may be preventing you from being able to log in or subscribe. Home News Latest News. The moment Jonte "Too Tall" Hall saw the world-famous Harlem Globetrotters perform their unique brand of basketball trickery on an episode of Scooby-Doo, he knew what he wanted to do. Problem was, Too Tall isn't that at all. In this article, we will discover how old is Too Tall Hall? At 5 feet 2 inches 1.
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