And he weighs more than Manute at his playing weight.

/don't know if that's true
//but I really, really hope so...

Tall people sometimes have tall kids. Thanks for that news.

And is on every single cruise ship.

I wonder if the kid throws his back pack over his shoulder.

/Poor Manute. Charles and Shaq making dick jokes about him 2 years after he's dead and gone

Bol Bol

Dude, wait... what?

I wonder if he has the skeels.

Excuse me?

The skeels.

I'm sorry. The what?

The skeels.

/greatest NBA player interview I ever saw. Some woman who obviously graduated high in her college class just couldn't understand the accent

IAmRight: Tall people sometimes have tall kids. Thanks for that news.

Hard to imagine, right?. My 11-year old daughter (6th grade) is already 5'9".

/6'5" dad
//6' tall mother

...but can he kill a lion with a spear?

FishyFred: Bol Bol

Dude, wait... what?

I hope he makes the pros so we can have Bol Bol bobble head night.

borg: I'm guessing he can't play basket ball either.

Sounds like he's getting an earlier head start than his dad, so he should be at least as good as a Shawn Bradley.

The Crepes of Wrath: IAmRight: Tall people sometimes have tall kids. Thanks for that news.

Hard to imagine, right?. My 11-year old daughter (6th grade) is already 5'9".

/6'5" dad
//6' tall mother

Hope you have her playing volleyball and/or basketball. That's scholarship height if she's the least bit coordinated. My wife and I doomed our girls to have to excel in in academics. 5'5" and 5'1". They'll be lucky to get past 5'. Are there jockey scholarships?

I submit that Manute Bol was the greatest "Too Tall and Too Skinny" big man to ever play the game. Shawn Bradley sucked out loud. Who else was there?

can't wait to read about his teacher on Fark..

HaywoodJablonski: I submit that Manute Bol was the greatest "Too Tall and Too Skinny" big man to ever play the game. Shawn Bradley sucked out loud. Who else was there?

Ralph Sampson

Someone I know observed that Manute always looked and moved like he was in constant excruciating pain. I wonder if the same is true of his son.....

someone pointed out that Jake Plummer wouldn't bulk up like his NFL teams wanted him to so he quit and played handball instead.

Manute probably would have killed at handball. As long as the ball didn't hit him and knock him down.

SirDigbyChickenCaesar: HaywoodJablonski: I submit that Manute Bol was the greatest "Too Tall and Too Skinny" big man to ever play the game. Shawn Bradley sucked out loud. Who else was there?

Ralph Sampson

Too muscular

CSB tiemz.

Grew up in philly. Mom got a job cleaning Manny Bol's carpets. She brought me along. I was about 6 Turns out he'd constantly throw crap around his TV so there was just this dark ring around the TV on the white carpet from all the crap he'd throw at it. Ended up meeting his mom and I think one of his brothers at the house. I remember he had an A-Team van parked in the driveway. He took me out to a toystore and bought me one of those electric racecar track sets while mom cleaned. That night he went out to Taj Mahal in AC and my Mom's boyfriend was a limo driver, so I got to ride in the car with them.. He and Charles Barkley were staying in a room together. Manny invited me up. Charles was a prick, but looking back I don't blame him. I was some goofy looking 6 year old kid he never heard of hanging out in his expensive Taj Suite.

Pants full of macaroni!!: Someone I know observed that Manute always looked and moved like he was in constant excruciating pain. I wonder if the same is true of his son.....

In the video his son looks a lot more coordinated, which isn't saying much, but I wouldn't expect any kid growing that much to have much coordination yet.

He should take up smoking to stunt his growth/look cool.

EyeballKid: And is on every single cruise ship.

That's my first association with Manute Bol too.

That's the reason I'm a Bullets fan!

/the dad
//not really
///they were my team growing up
//love muresan too
/they suck now

Jiro Dreams Of McRibs: someone pointed out that Jake Plummer wouldn't bulk up like his NFL teams wanted him to so he quit and played handball instead.

I'd say it was a lot more due to disenfranchisement the way the NFL was all excited to fine him for wearing an "in memoriam" type sticker after his friend and former teammate (in college and the NFL) Pat Tillman died. Then there was enough of a PR backlash against the NFL that they did a one-weekend celebration thing of him but after that, Plummer still couldn't wear whatever unless he wanted to pay $15,000/week.

Combine that with the fact that Shanahan's a rat-f*cker that no one likes, and that'll get you retired quickly.

dmac1964: Hope you have her playing volleyball and/or basketball. That's scholarship height if she's the least bit coordinated.

She's one of the least athletic kids I know, unfortunately. I'm pretty sure breathing tires her out.

IAmRight: Combine that with the fact that Shanahan's a rat-f*cker that no one likes, and that'll get you retired quickly

He retired after being traded away from Shanahan.

SirDigbyChickenCaesar: He retired after being traded away from Shanahan.

Realistically, he retired before then. It was a case of "no, I'm not moving again because I don't give a sh*t about this stupid-ass business anymore (note: used the word business because at that point it's not a game anymore)."

He told Tampa Bay he was retired and he wasn't going there, and they traded anyway.

182: ...but can he kill a lion with a spear?

Give us free...rock.

jack_o_the_hills: can't wait to read about his teacher on Fark..

That's one new keyboard you owe me.

IAmRight: Jiro Dreams Of McRibs: someone pointed out that Jake Plummer wouldn't bulk up like his NFL teams wanted him to so he quit and played handball instead.

I'd say it was a lot more due to disenfranchisement the way the NFL was all excited to fine him for wearing an "in memoriam" type sticker after his friend and former teammate (in college and the NFL) Pat Tillman died. Then there was enough of a PR backlash against the NFL that they did a one-weekend celebration thing of him but after that, Plummer still couldn't wear whatever unless he wanted to pay $15,000/week.

Combine that with the fact that Shanahan's a rat-f*cker that no one likes, and that'll get you retired quickly.

I remember a SI piece with him about 2-3 years ago. It was like a 4 page article in which he said he didn't really care for football that much to begin and did it to make a ton of money quick and retire early. He lives in the mountains and organizes handball tournaments and even lets the participants crash in his house and throws raging keggers. He sounds like a pretty nice buy who was never cut out for the NFL to begin with.

I coached AAU feeder league basketball for a number of years, and the only time I ever used a birth certificate challenge was against a 7th grade team that obviously had a ringer on it, a 6' 5" monster built like a truck.

Out of the stands comes the kid's dad, 6'11" Dallas Maverick Roy Tarpley, holding the kid's birth cerificate. He said no hard feelings, it happened all the time.

Oops.

iamskibibitz: FishyFred: Bol Bol

Dude, wait... what?

I hope he makes the pros so we can have Bol Bol bobble head night.

...or a Bol Bol ball.

SirDigbyChickenCaesar: HaywoodJablonski: I submit that Manute Bol was the greatest "Too Tall and Too Skinny" big man to ever play the game. Shawn Bradley sucked out loud. Who else was there?

Ralph Sampson

Dikembe Motumbo

elguerodiablo: SirDigbyChickenCaesar: HaywoodJablonski: I submit that Manute Bol was the greatest "Too Tall and Too Skinny" big man to ever play the game. Shawn Bradley sucked out loud. Who else was there?

Ralph Sampson

Dikembe Motumbo

Tayshaun Prince

Here's a fun Manute Bol fact. He possibly helped coin the term "My bad". With his somewhat limited use of the English language, he'd say it instead of "My fault". Considering his propensity to screw up quite a bit on the court, he was probably saying it a lot! The phrase caught on with the rest of the players who thought it was pretty amusing, and it's pretty much commonly used now. 

Link

EyeballKid: And is on every single cruise ship.



:D

The son of Cookie Monster?

huh. I didn't know Manute Bol was dead.

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So, there are three balls between Manute and Mugsy?