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Twin towers, a basketball term used often when you have two very tall athletes manning the middle on the court, usually the power forward and the center. This height gives them the advantage to grab the balls as they bounce off the ring or board, or intimidate any opponent who approaches their protected zone.
Now just imagine if you have five towers on the court at the same time. Athletic and more mobile than the average beanpole at that.
The Maryland Nighthawks, a team in the American Basketball Association, achieved a Guinness Book world record by producing the tallest lineup in the history of basketball.
Their lineup? Center Sun Ming Ming at 7′9″, Forwards Gheorghe Muresan at 7′7″ and Ayo Adigun at 7′1″ and guards Deng D’Awol at 7′0″, and Barry Mitchell at 6′8″.
Talk about a wall standing between you and the ring. You know that there’s a problem if a seven-footer is only the second shortest guy in the line-up.
To put icing on the cake, they emerged victorious in that game as well, with a three-point half-court bomb in the dying seconds of the fourth quarter.
I wonder how they’ll match up against the NBA’s best? If their 6′8″ guard can bring down the ball with Steve Nash-like ease, he’ll be racking up the assists as he passes the ball to the lumbering giants who only need to raise their arms to dunk the ball (Well, Sun Ming Ming certainly can do that). They’ll probably have a hard time keeping up with the fast pace of the game, but if they can lock down teams Houston Rockets-like, swatting down shots left and right, then this team would certainly be scary.
Just imagine if Japeth Aguilar, Jerico De Guzman, Guian Chiu and all young big men of RP join this team to train and get the experience to play their height's full potential.
Now just imagine if you have five towers on the court at the same time. Athletic and more mobile than the average beanpole at that.
The Maryland Nighthawks, a team in the American Basketball Association, achieved a Guinness Book world record by producing the tallest lineup in the history of basketball.
Their lineup? Center Sun Ming Ming at 7′9″, Forwards Gheorghe Muresan at 7′7″ and Ayo Adigun at 7′1″ and guards Deng D’Awol at 7′0″, and Barry Mitchell at 6′8″.
Talk about a wall standing between you and the ring. You know that there’s a problem if a seven-footer is only the second shortest guy in the line-up.
To put icing on the cake, they emerged victorious in that game as well, with a three-point half-court bomb in the dying seconds of the fourth quarter.
I wonder how they’ll match up against the NBA’s best? If their 6′8″ guard can bring down the ball with Steve Nash-like ease, he’ll be racking up the assists as he passes the ball to the lumbering giants who only need to raise their arms to dunk the ball (Well, Sun Ming Ming certainly can do that). They’ll probably have a hard time keeping up with the fast pace of the game, but if they can lock down teams Houston Rockets-like, swatting down shots left and right, then this team would certainly be scary.
Just imagine if Japeth Aguilar, Jerico De Guzman, Guian Chiu and all young big men of RP join this team to train and get the experience to play their height's full potential.
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