Basketball Teams Keep Finding Taller People, Like This 7’9” Monster

Pretty soon, they’re just going to be eye-level with the hoop.

Over the years, we’ve somehow built bigger and bigger basketball players. Maybe it’s hormones in the milk, maybe we’re stretching these suckers in the womb, but no matter what’s causing it, professional basketball has seen a height increase of around five inches over the past 76 years.

For example, this is Olivier Rioux, a player on the University of Florida Gators. He stands at an incredible 7 foot, 9 inches tall, which is, I’m sorry, too tall. Still, it gives him an incredible advantage on the court, as evidenced by the fact that he barely has to get on his tippy-toes to knock a ball into the hoop.