14 year old 7'5" girl basketball player. WOW

[multigraincracker]

[multigraincracker]

1. For her age and size

she really moves pretty good.

[Mosby]

2. She's probably not done growing.

I just hope they put her health first and not sports.

She is already to big and slow for the WNBA.

[quaint]

7. Most girls reach their adult height by age 14 or 15.

It could be younger depending on when a girl first gets her period.

[Mosby]

12. The video said she will probably end up 7'7".

[quaint]

13. Amazing.

[snowybirdie]

3. This girl is a human being

not a "basketball player"! I immediately focused on how difficult her life must be with this handicap. Imagine being so tall while trying to live day to day amongst her peers. Sports isn't life!

[multigraincracker]

5. You are right. I just hope

she loves the game if she is going to play. I hated most of the sports I played. I was just expected to be good because my brother was.

[Demobrat]

6. I wonder if she actually likes basketball.

I have a friend who was 6’2” and husky in high school. He grew up in Ohio. He was constantly pressured to play football. He hated sports.

I hope that is not this young girl’s story. She’s got it hard enough.

[hlthe2b]

4. Gigantism (increased growth hormon from pituitary tumor) has reportedly been ruled out for her

If valid, she appears to be merely the extremes of height for women. While lauded as a basketball star, I hope she finds ways to live a normal life as well.

[sdfernando]

8. She should be checked for Marfans Syndrome as well

In the 80s I had a roommate with it. He was very tall and lanky…heard he died in his 50s.

[hlthe2b]

9. Abe Lincoln believed to have had it too..

Correlated with increased risk of cardiomyopathy and thus early death.

[ProfessorGAC]

14. A Guy I Played Basketball Against...

...in high school died of an aortic rupture due to Marfan's in his senior year.
He was the only guy I ever played against that made me say "Wow!"
In his sophomore year he was 6'5", a year later he was 6'9". Still growing.
And, he had a man's body. He was carved out of marble. His physique was shaped like a funnel! Strong as a bull!
His footwork was phenomenal, and because dunking wasn't allowed, he had a nice turnaround & a baby skyhook.
His was to be the first of John Thompson's great big men, early in Thompson's tenure as coach.
He was also a good student, so making the grade at G'town was unlikely to be a problem.
But, he died about a third of way through his senior season.
He blew a hole half the size of a dime in his aorta. Of course, no 911 & no cellphones in those days.
He was dead before the ambulance got there.
Very sad.

[ProudMNDemocrat]

10. I know North America's tallest man and his mother.

At 7'8", Igor remains in poor health. Such a kind and gentle soul too.

[ShazamIam]

11. The U.S. NBA can be expected to begin trying to recruit her immediately. /s nt

edit: rmv xtra word, is.

[FuzzyRabbit]

15. Poor girl. Probably treated like a freak.

Britney Griner had a tough childhood because of her height, now 6'-8". She was teased a lot. I think she is just now getting over it.