This guy looks like he can barely walk, let alone play competitive basketball. Manute Bol (who recently passed) was the tallest NBA player at 7'7" until Gheorghe MureÅŸan played and he was also 7'7". Manute's parents were very tall. Gheorghe's were ordinary sized. http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Manute_Bol http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Gheorghe_Mureşan This is a photo of Manute and Mugsy, at the time, the tallest and shortest NBA players.