Historically, the NBA has brought together the tallest players on the planet, the athletes who represent the pinnacle of the league and prepare both offense and defense in every action. After the departure of giants like Yao Ming (2.29 m) or Shaquille O’Neal (2.16 m), the league finds other great players to fill the void left by these stars. In the 2022-2023 season, here we present the five tallest players in the NBA.
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The tallest players in the NBA
Boban Marjanovic (Houston Rockets): 2.24m
The Rockets player is currently the tallest player in the NBA. The Serbian stands at 2.24m and has shown that he can be a key player on any team after coming through the 76ers, Mavericks, Pistons or Clippers.
Marjanovic is one of the most efficient scorers in the entire NBA relative to minutes spent on the floor. His action time is limited, but he always contributes and delivers.
The Latvian is, along with Marjanovic, one of the tallest men in the NBA, at 2.21 meters. However, Porzingis has been able to make that height another weapon to play outside and become a defining interior as a three-pointer.
Injuries have hampered him, but when healthy, Porzingis is a very dangerous offensive weapon for his teams.
Bol Bol (Orlando Magic): 2.18 meters
Manute Ball’s son made his NBA debut with the Denver Nuggets in 2019-2020, averaging 12.4 minutes per game in the seven games he played in the Disney Seeding Games, in addition to seeing some Playoff action . Bol Bol has inherited his father’s height and is 2.18m tall with a wingspan of 2.34m.
Plagued by injuries and without real opportunitiesBol was traded to Boston, from where he was sent back to Orlando.
Luke Cornett (Boston Celtics): 2.18 meters
After going through several franchises in his early years in the league, Kornet hopes to have found a solid home in Boston. Like Porzingis, he is one of them Giants who doesn’t use his inches in the paint, but excels primarily as a shooter.
In fact, in his NBA career he has attempted almost twice as many three-pointers as two-pointers, although lately he has been changing his characteristics.
Rudy Gobert (Minnesota Timberwolves): 2.16 meters
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If the other names on the list use their inches to stand out mostly on offense, Gobert uses his height to be one of the most dominant defenders ever seen in NBA history. As marked by three Defender of the Year awards.
After his time in Utah, the Frenchman now plays in Minnesota, forming an excellent interior duo with Karl-Anthony Towns.
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Milwaukee Bucks star Giannis Antetokounmpo He gave a harsh response to the question about a possible trade to another NBA club:
“I’m here. Don’t ask me that question. It’s disrespectful to me and my teammates. I wear this jersey every day.
To say I don’t want to be here is disrespectful to the organization, the coaching staff, myself and everyone who worked hard to get me on the field. Don’t ask me this question. I am her. I’m going out in this uniform. And as long as I’m here, I’ll give it my all until the last second of the match.”
On the night of December 27-28, Antetokounmpo returned to the field after his calf muscle injury and became the most productive player of the game with the Chicago Bulls – 112:103.
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Nine games were played in the NBA regular season on the night of December 27-28.
“San Antonio” hosted “Utah” and suffered a sensational defeat.
Spurs had a good first quarter, during which they made a 15:2 spurt to take an 11-point lead at 30:19, but failed to build on it or at least maintain it. In the second quarter, the Jazz responded with a 25:5 attack and took the lead 62:51 with the same 11 points. Utah then kept the opponent at bay for more than 10 points until the middle of the fourth quarter, when Spurs equalized the score – 106:106, thanks to a 14:2 breakthrough. However, the home team could not achieve this success and failed at the end of the match. In the last three minutes of the game, San Antonio scored 2 points and lost them with a score of 2:11 and had a score of 114:127 throughout the match.
Svyatoslav Mikhayyuk He was in Utah’s starting five and stayed on the field for 14 minutes, during which time he scored 3 points (1/1 three-pointers), also made 1 rebound and 1 assist with 1 loss and 1 foul.
The most productive player of the match was Vembanyama, who brought 32 points to Spurs, but this did not help them achieve positive results. Jazz has 29 points from Markkanen and 28 points from George.
“Chicago” lost at home to “Milwaukee”, where Giannis Antetokounmpo returned.
The Bucks gained a minimal advantage in the first quarter and then gradually increased it, eventually winning all quarters of the match and winning with a score of 103:112.
In this game, Antetokounmpo returned to the field after his calf muscle injury and became the most productive player, scoring 29 points for Milwaukee. Portis also scored a double-double for the guest team with 17 points and 11 rebounds.
NBA. Regular season, December 28
San Antonio – Utah – 114:127 (40:32, 20:38, 27:28, 27:29)
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Nine regular season games took place in the NBA on the night of December 26-27.
Utah hosted the Eastern Conference leader and won a sensational victory.
The first half of the match was spent with a small lead for the Pistons, who kept their opponent one or two shots away most of the time and entered the long break with a 1-point lead at 68:67. The decisive factor in the match was the third quarter; In this quarter, Jazz made a 16:3 move and took the lead by 12 points, 90:78. The home team had the advantage in the score, but Detroit gradually reduced the gap and 19 seconds before the siren, after two free throws by Cunningham, they equalized the score – 129:129. However, the match did not go to overtime – Utah took advantage of the remaining time with the efforts of George, who scored a two-pointer 3 seconds before the siren – 131:129.
Svyatoslav Mikhayyuk He stayed on the field for 21 minutes and recorded 9 points (3/4 two-pointers, 1/2 three-pointers), as well as 4 rebounds, 2 assists and 1 steal.
The most productive player was George, who scored 31 points for Utah, while Nurkic had a double-double with 16 points and 11 rebounds.
orlando: Black (24), Carter (16 + 8 rebounds), Bane (15 + 10 rebounds), Banchero (13), Jones (8) – start; Richardson (14) and Silva (8), Kane (5), Isaac (2), Howard (0), Penda (0), O. Robinson (0).
Charlotte: Ball (22 + 7 rebounds + 6 for loss), Knippel (16), Bridges (16 + 11 rebounds), Miller (15), Diabate (10 + 13 rebounds) – start; Hall (14 + 8 rebounds), Sexton (13), Hall (7), Green (6), Connaughton (1), James (0), Mann (0).
Chicago – Philadelphia – 109:102 (30:28, 19:24, 32:33, 28:17)
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