Tacko Fall Sends Defender Into Another Dimension With Vicious Poster Dunk

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“You can’t teach height” is a pretty popular saying in the basketball world, and the fact that Tacko Fall was able to make it to the NBA despite not playing basketball until he was a teenager is a testament to that sentiment. His time in the league may have been fairly short-lived, but he’s still putting his 7’6″ frame to good use based on a dunk he recently pulled off in China.

Tacko Fall was raised in Senegal before heading to the United States at the age of 16, and he trained with Hakeem Olajuwon when he was in high school before taking his talents to the University of Central Florida.

He ultimately declared for the NBA Draft in 2019, and while he wasn’t selected, he did manage to earn a two-way contract with the Celtics. He spent a couple of years with the organization before heading to Cleveland, but after he was relegated to the G-League, his time in the NBA came to an unofficial end after playing just 37 games between the two franchises.

In 2022, Fall (who chatted with me about the burdens and expectations that come with being someone his size that same year) opted to head overseas to join the Chinese Basketball Association, and he’s currently a member of the Nanjing Money Kings.

This season, he’s averaged 8.2 points, 7.8 rebounds, and 1.8 blocks per game, and while that stat line might not be that eye-popping, the same can’t be said about the dunk he recently pulled off in a contest.

Most basketball players who find themselves in the path of a 7’6″ player driving toward the rim will make what is known as a “business decision”— and the unfortunate defender who attempted to stop Fall from throwing down a monster dunk probably regrets not going that route after getting absolutely bodied en route to being put on a poster by the big man.

He definitely wishes he had that one back.