Seven years ago, Tacko Fall and Christ Koumadje were discovered by basketball scouts in a similar fashion. The employees chased after the teenagers, imploring them to try their enormous hands at the sport. At the time, Koumadje, now a 7-foot-4 senior at Florida State, preferred soccer. Fall, now a 7-foot-6 senior at Central Florida, was more interested in devouring anime and manga series like “Naruto” and “Tokyo Ghoul.” Both were, at first, indifferent to basketball. To onlookers, they evoked thoughts of the next Hakeem Olajuwon or Yao Ming.

Source: New York Times March 20, 2019 18:15 UTC