Even when you calculate the Canadian exchange rate, 7' 6" 300lbs is pretty dang big. Beloeil, Quebec, Canada-native Olivier Rioux measures in at a jaw-dropping (size). Word of Rioux's historic height spread quickly shortly after Guinness announced it, including in the sports world where videos of the towering teenager blocking shots and dunking without jumping on the basketball court became a social-media sensation. https://247sports.com/college/flori...rs-official-visit-guinness-records-217462553/
So, you wanna go with a big lineup? How about this: Aberdeen (6'-5") at the point; Haugh (6'-9") at the two; Condon (6'-11") at the three; Handlogten (7'-1") at the four; Rioux (7'-6") at the five. Nobody is shooting over that group.
have to think his athleticism and game will improve as he gets more used to his height and body. He just turned 17.
Maybe unrelated, but this to be is very interesting...and very telling in today's game: "Purdue star 7-foot-4 center Zach Edey, the reigning Big Ten Player of the Year and National Player of the Year, also grew up in Canada before enrolling at IMG Academy. Edey was ranked No. 75 among center and No. 33 in the state of Florida in the 2020 class on 247Sports when final rankings for the cycle were released." How many go from ranked #75 in their position to National Player of the Year. Shows how unpredictable and how undervalued these oversized big men can be. If nothing else, Rioux is definitely worth the gamble. Who knows how good he can be.
Hope he stop growing. Im serious too. After a certain point it becomes painful to move around and can lead to poor circulation. Kid is plenty tall enough and seems to have skills. Hope we land him
Purdue had the Big10 POY and National POY, went 29-5, secured a 1-seed... and promptly lost to 16-seed Fairleigh-Dickinson. Nice job, Boilermakers!
Guessing he's already on campus. wonder if there's been any sightings and/or reports if it's going well
Reminds me of the Neal Walk/Tommy Bartlett team. We had a big team in the early sixties and we’re on the front of Sports Illustrated, but this fore-mentioned team sets a new standard! as my dad would say, Whoooeeee!
I was keeping a lookout for him over the weekend by going out in my front yard and turning to the north. I could not spot him from my yard. I live in Ocala.
He was probably leaning down to talk to Golden when you looked. It happens. I DID see where the Gainesville Airport put up an obstruction advisory bulletin. Maybe just a coincidence?
