The basketball world has always marveled at giants. But every so often, someone like Olivier Rioux enters the scene and shatters old expectations.
Fresh out of IMG Academy, this 19-year-old Setter stands at a staggering 7'9” — just three inches shy of an unforgettable, surreal milestone: eight feet tall.
If you stacked him up with NBA legends, he would tower five inches over the current tallest. That’s just wild.
But here’s the curveball — for all his height, Olivier isn’t a guaranteed phenomenon. So far, he’s averaged just eight points and ten boards at the FBA’s U16 Americas championship. His movement? Not quite Victor Wembanyama, at least for now.
He is a redshirt freshman dedicating a year to learning from elite coaches, mastering how to turn his mammoth frame into his superpower.
Can you imagine the pressure? The entire future of 'giant ball' balanced on a teenager’s size-20 sneakers. Classic clutch moment in slow motion.
Yet, don’t label him a novelty. If Olivier develops his game, the NBA could be forced to redraw the boundaries of possibility.
Is he the next big thing, or just another outlandish page in basketball history? There’s only one way to know — you’ve got to see it yourself.
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