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Chol Marial, 14, Stands 7 Feet 3 And Is So Above It All On Basketball Court

14-Year-Old Stands 7 Feet 3 And Is So Above It All In Hoops
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Imagine if your middle school basketball team had to play against this guy.

Chol Marial, a 14-year-old eighth grader in Florida, stands 7 feet 2, or 7 feet 3, depending on the source.

But in that rarefied air, does his exact height really matter?

As this highlight reel posted June 8 by CityLeagueHoopsTV shows, Marial can move with surprising agility. He can dunk (duh). And he can play nasty defense, swatting away shots as he casts a shadow over opponents that could cover an entire school cafeteria.

According to reports, he has a 7-foot-11 wingspan. The kid is a condor in sneakers.

While Marial would undoubtedly be a middle school opponent's worst nightmare, he was listed by MaxPreps on the roster of the high school varsity at West Oaks Academy in Orlando, Florida, last season. West Oaks finished 32-4 and ranked third in the state, according to MaxPreps.

The viral highlight reel's YouTube description noted that Marial joined a Florida team for a National Youth Basketball League event in Columbus, Ohio, last week and "dominated."

Gee, shocking.

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At 8-foot-3, Sultan Kosen was declared the world's tallest living man in 2009 after another candidate, Ukrainian Leonid Stadnyk, refused to be measured. (credit:Kirsty Wigglesworth, AP)
World's Tallest Man Poses Next To World's Tallest Man (02 of08)
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The world's tallest man, Sultan Kosen of Turkey, measuring 8-feet, 3 inches tall, right, poses next to a figure of the tallest man in history, Robert Wadlow of the U.S., after a promotional event in Hong Kong. (credit:AP)
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With the Guinness certification of Kösen, Bao Xishun is now considered the world's second tallest living man. The 7-foot, 9-inch herdsman from Inner Mongolia, China, married in 2007, and became the world's biggest daddy a year later. (credit:Frederic J. Brown, AFP/Getty Images)
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At 8 feet, 11 inches tall, Robert Wadlow of Alton, Ill., is the tallest man ever to be measured. Doctors attributed his growth to abnormalities in his pituitary gland. He was still growing in 1940 when he died of an infection, caused by a blister. He was only 22 years old. (credit:AP)
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