Taco Pants is Real, but he Plays Basketball
ESPN just posted this article about a real life Taco Pants, a 7-5 HS basketball player named Taco Fall.
April 10th, 2014 at 12:53 PM ^
How can we know that for sure? Has anyone ever actually seen him?
You win the internets
I can't take credit for this picture. Someone posted it on mgoblog couple years ago.
Oh, come on. That's obviously a guy dressed up in a Taco Pants costume.
According to a Yahoo! piece on the same kid, he's got an eight-foot wingspan and wears a size 22 shoe. He also averaged 11.1 points, 5 rebounds and 1.3 blocks per game in this past season, which seem a bit low for someone who is probably nearly a foot taller than most of the guys around him in the average game. They report also that his little brother, who is all of seven, is apparently already 5'9".
I think he just started playing this year
He wants to be a biochemist...What do you think? He's a junior and relatively unknown to the recruiting sites. Is he earmarked for Auburn? Could Bacari and Sanderson turn him into Shaq? You can't teach 7'5".
Sure you can't teach it, but you can build it with a saw and some titanium rods
Doctor Krieger????
That's what I look like when I play on my 8 and a half foot hoop in my driveway.
Is what it looks like when I'm holding a canteloupe in my hand.
He absolutely dwarfs that ball.
He's actually pretty athletic for a dude that tall. He'll be on a D1 squad somewhere and if his knees don't fall to pieces likely be able to play in europe or even D league. I think the NBA is a little out of reach though. He's too slow.
If this really is his first time playing organized ball, it's tough to say what he could become. He'll be a project wherever he goes, but I certainly wouldn't declare a ceiling for the young man.
somewhere about him and ceilings. If I were funnier I'd say one.
He didn't jump more than 6 inches off the ground.
Query if that's a product of ability or the fact that he doesn't need to to get his hands well above a hoop that is 10 ft off the group (crayzy tall).
Doesn't look like he moves very well, but it's not really necessary for him at the current level. Be interesting to see what he will do against other athletic big men in a few years, if he's still playing.
UM has a program in biochemistry, right?
In all honsesty, I can't think of very many basketball players who found overwhelming success if they are 7'3" or over, except for Yao Ming, however he didn't last long. I don't get why people freak out over these oversized players.
Tacopants is made of dreams. This man is not made of dreams. This man is not Tacopants.
because he was the shortest guy on their basketball team.
Jokes aside, you can see he has horrible eye sight from the thickness of his glasses. I bet it wasn't until he actually came to the United States that he was finally able to see/focus clearly. God love this country.
April 10th, 2014 at 10:06 PM ^