NBA Today: 5 Players with the longest wingspan right now

#1 Tacko Fall - 8 feet, 2.25 inches

Tacko Fall in the 2019 Summer League vs. the Memphis Grizzlies

Tacko Fall recorded a whopping 8'2.25-wingspan, the second-highest recorded wingspan for an NBA player after Manute Bol's 8'6. This should come as no surprise, though, as he is 7ft-5.25 tall and has a hand length of 10.5 inches.

In his four years with the University of Central Florida, he averaged 10.1 points, 7.7 rebounds, .4 assists, .2 steals, and 2.4 blocks per game. He went undrafted before being signed by the Boston Celtics on an Exhibit 10 contract.

Tacko's popularity became prominent during the Summer League as fans loudly cheered for the center whenever he checked into the game or had the ball. It will be pretty interesting to see how the Celtics plan on developing and utilizing the Senegalese.

If it doesn't work out in the NBA though, he's got nothing to worry about as he is a pretty smart kid. He apparently learned English in just 8 months, and had a 4.0 GPA in high school, taking advanced classes in math and science. The 23-year-old also scored in the 95th percentile when he took the SATs and completed his computer science degree in UCF. He has this to say about his aspirations:

“If I could be LeBron James or Steve Jobs, I would be Steve Jobs because your athleticism will fade one day, but your knowledge will last forever,” Fall said. “You will be able to impact people for a long period of time. Basketball can be very helpful to me to accomplish bigger things...It’s going to be really helpful to me to have that kind of finances to go back to my country to my people and open businesses. I have a lot of aspirations. Sometimes I think I have too many... I just cannot, not succeed.”