For the National Basketball Association, of the United States of America, Ming Yao (Or traditionally Yao Ming) is 7 ft 6 inches, the tallest registered player in the NBA, plays for the Houston Rockets.
Positions are not based solely on height, but generally the tallest player is used as a guard.
Vincent Pourchot is currently the tallest person that is from France. Vincent plays basketball and is 7 feet 2.6 inches tall.
center c or power forward pf
It was Fernandez way back in the 80s
The tallest person in the world is about 8 feet 3 inches tall, while the shortest person is around 21 inches tall. This makes the difference in height between the tallest and shortest person roughly 5 feet 6 inches.
michael phelps may not be the tallest, but he is one of the tallest standing 6 feet 4.5 inches tall
there is only one center playing on court. its usually the tallest person on the team.
Point Guard (PG)
As of 2021, the tallest Hispanic person is believed to be Jorge Gonzalez, an Argentine former professional basketball player who stands at 7 feet 7 inches tall.
As of 2013 there is a student at UTA that is just over 7 foot, Stuart Langerson
If you where zoning the tallest person would go in the centre of the key, under the basket and they can easily stop the cutter on the opposition from shooting and moving which means you can become in possession of the ball quickly. Therefore they would be trapped. If the team was not zoning try and keep on the tallest person on the other team.