7-foot-6 Recruit Tacko Fall Is More Steve Jobs Than LeBron (B/R Studios)
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- เผยแพร่เมื่อ 17 มิ.ย. 2015
- Standing at 7 feet, 6 inches, University of Central Florida recruit, Tacko Fall, is a force on the basketball court. Fall hails from Senegal and came to the U.S. with the hope of furthering his basketball career, but more importantly, for the chance to chase his academic dreams.
Find out why Fall's dream is to become the next Steve Jobs, not the next LeBron James.
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"Your Athleticism will fail one day, but your knowledge will last forever"
+Supraa 诶 steve jobs is dead lebron is healthy...another lesson is wealth doesn't buy health lol
+cray 3K Steve 56, Lebron 31
+zyygis true but life expentency in America is 78....there is no reason he should be dying at 56 with all that money to pay for medical care....but it was mostly a joke lol...even if lbj dies l j has two sons to carry his legacy who does Steve Jobs have. wealth isn't everything.
+cray 3K he had prostate cancer? Nobody really survives that
+FontTalk with Mac Kincheloe true
"Your athleticism will fail one day , but your knowledge will last forever"
- Tacko Fall
Burrito Stand up
Your knowledge will fail aswell, just a little bit slower than your body
Tacko Fall is the future of the NBA
Unless u get Alzheimer's than ur knowledge goes away 2
What This new math your knowledge will fail as well
He’s 7’6 and got brains,That’s it I give up.
True definition of Genius
Give up to what..?
Might as well call him the Hulk
@@rell6837 -I'd like to see him surprise people and be a good NBA Player.
@@rell6837 Professor Hulk*
" Your athleticism will fade one day, but your knowledge will last forever " Wow !
That’s most likely false because when u get older u most likely lose a lot of memory which takes away knowledge
Instablaster...
this dude left senegal at 16, took him 8 month to become fluent in english
had a 4.0 gpa in hs while taking advance math and science, scored 95th percentile in the SAT
that's really good ngl
Really good? The mans a literal genius
Vojtekcina Mrkocanin what do you really good ngl wtf
@@wastedtime4962 what ?
While having basketball!!!
@@wastedtime4962 notgonna lie
who is here after the crazy ucf duke game?
Erlend Holm me
Wild game.... He gotta work on his shooting
He went Hard Taco on Zion
Erlend Holm me
TACKO put up a hell of a fight.
Bless him. GO DUKE
What a great humble person! From now on I’ll root for Tacko
Who is here when he is popping off in the summer league
Kids a beast! That dam Danny ainge at it again! He ..kemba..etc..
Might still be a favorite for the east?!
@@FCm-tq2ho nah, not a favourite but the C's will be fun to watch
Imthatwhiteboi I am
Damn, he the most good built 7'4+ person I ever seen. They usually lanky af and look like stick figures but this dude actually has muscle tone. He could dominate in the league.
Chivo except for Yao Ming
Most dominant center i hope
That's what i thought too
7’6
hes barely 7 feet not 7'6
"Athleticism will one day fade but if I have the knowledge I could help more people" what a guy
Tony Olivai'm sad that is false, with the millions he could earn in nba he could help thousands of people and this doesnt mean he will not be able to study
Daniel doesn’t always mean you can stay in the nba, you all take sports for granted. You don’t know how hard it is...only less than one percent of players make the nba, nfl, nhl, and mlb.
@@wowbruh2511 I would spend like 2-4 years in any good paid league to spare money and then I would go to Follow the passion. damn he is too young imagine you have like 40-70 more years to live and follow your passion, but you can't ball when you get older.. 7 footers have like 17% to get into nba and he has a good build so add more percents for him.
@Papa Bear Spaghet cooomer skeet
Who’s watching this after the duke game?
🙋
Duke shouldn't have got that win
guilty
Tacos 2019 draft stock went up after March madness performance
Even Yao Ming had to jump to dunk it. This dude just tippy toes it!.
mkeonine very true!!
Long arms bc they are both 7’6”
Yao Ming was bigger and had a better ball sense.
After watching Tacko's second game, he still has a long way to go in terms of bulking up.
Its amazingly fun to watch him play though
yao had such a shortwingspan even for his height, 7'4", 2 inceh shsorter than himself.. lol. tacko's wingspan is nearly a foot taller than him, and over 10 foot standing reach, jeez
@@jeremyjdl713 he is 7'7'' now
Woah what a line. Your athleticism will fail one day but your knowledge will last forever. Damn this guy is already a legend.
Why because he stated the obvious?! 😂😂
+N Black we live in an age where people (mostly younger kids) see the most mundane and simple statements as the greatest thing ever.
Chris The Hero Guess 31 is old then😂
N Black "I think therefore I am." Is just as obvious when you think about it and so are most of the great quotes in history.
ikr
there are people who are athletically gifted but don't want to be athletes and there are people who aren't the most athletic but want to be athletes
Sunny Sandhu I'm the second one but I'm working hard every day
Copper Cowboy me too yup pray to God man
+Sunny Sandhu Amen
Copper Cowboy but there's always a question I ask God makes some people naturally athletic but they don't want to be athletes but some people have to work harder for it and god gives them a disadvantage well I guess gid wants us trusting him
***** I'm built like charles barkley but ik I'm growing cause my legs are spread like every morning and my lower back hurts and I'm using the law of attraction to grow taller ik I'll be 6'9 soon cause I'm a forward and need height in jesus name
Out of every Senegalese that have been to the nba ,you the only Senegalese that might gonna put us on the map as a basketball player.keep up the good work brody
solofiness Fall that’s not his number one goal, don’t choose him to fulfill your dream. He’s has more aspirations than thag. There are bigger things than basketball
"I feel like someone named Aaron will dunk on me on the future and still lose"-Tacko
He's right, your atlethicism will fade but your knowledge will stay forever. So you can have a basketball career until your athleticism fades and then do something with your knowledge.
Until u have dimentia
+coolphilip10
LOL
Just bought this new lamborghini here...
Not if you have Alzheimer's dumbass
Dominic Baudoin Wut??
Can't wait to play with him in 2k
Same
He's not gunna be in NBA apparently he can't run
+Eli Pelgrave he doesn't need to run
Good one.
+Eli Pelgrave all bigs can't really run and
The video said he is better with running
Now
4:42 she called him a creature wdf
Tombinati humans are creatures
He’s built different 🧠💯
He is s beast that's a compliment
lmfao awkward
Really, “unique “creature”...we all going act like she didn’t just say that?
Nigga tripping sometimes nice to know you ain't lackin
She's an asshole for that.
My man’s is 7’6
With all respect
He almost like big foot..... a creature lol
It's like calling someone a specimen
You wouldn't be so touchy if he was white. Chill out
Yeah wth
wish, I hope his legs stay healthy so I can watch him in the nba
Flamingo Bill he doesn't want to be in the nba
He never said that
Slamduckin yeah he did
Brandon Weed Tell me when he said that
4:00 he doesn't say that he doesn't want to be in the NBA, but he states that if he had a choice of being Lebron James or Steve Jobs he'd want to be Steve Jobs.
"your athleticism would fail one day, but your knowledge will last forever."
"The athleticism will fade one day but the knowledge will last forever."
Bless this young man! If all student athletes adopted that philosophy, John Calipari would probably be some hack youth league coach, in Philly, somewhere.
This dude is not only going to be a great basketball player but most importantly a great person …..
I wish more black athletes had the same mindset as this men. Attend elite school to gain knowledge not just play sports.
I think you meant black american athletes. This guy is different, he didnt grow up in america
@@markrestua1276 So all?
Ali Ahmed many people play sports to have fun while getting money for it, you can’t really blame them for going to elite schools to become good sportsmen
@@markrestua1276 Sure, go for it, segregate it eve further. I believe he means just Boston black athlete's that live on 5th n Main.
@@davidhuff1850 he lived in a third world country without a lot of the amenities we have in a first world country for most of his life. Don't compare the two.
I respect this guys choice but he should go to the NBA
DBMtheOne he ain't ever a starter on his college team
Rick Harrison he would win all the jumps
Rick Harrison are there any recent videos about him?
He should do what makes him the happiest in life. isn't that what life is about?
Keishon Williams true
if he goes to the NBA, Sacramento will draft him.
Lol if that's a reference to our draft night.....
Anton Riley lol bruh that was funny
Anton Riley Hopefully not Sacramento has a horrible front office.
Sixer Nation especially with boogie
Anthony Suarez boogie hasn't been on the kings for a long ass time what the fuck your talking about
"I thought Tacko's upside was through the roof" well played coach
“You Athleticism will fail one day,but your knowledge last forever” preach brother
this dude is blessed
Sanket Dadhwal and cursed
not really.
Its zombie Time so true it's probably hard to find nice cloths and shoes
Sanket Dadhwal not really.
Sanket Dadhwal people that big live very short lives a lot of the time.. and you couldn't even walk down the street without people staring and running up on you for pics n stuff. you couldn't go anywhere and just blend in and be normal. that's not a blessing imo.
People, the takeaway message here is that here is a student-athlete that, despite his spectacular natural gifts, actually takes pride in his academia over his sports. Something very rare to find in student athletes who have any kind of media exposure and so should be commended. If he's made it to the college level, then he's no scrub. Keep on hating just cos you're jealous you never made it to his size and College Basketball, let alone the NBA, is a pipe dream for most of you...
They should make one water fountain just for Tacko Fall so he doesn’t kill his back
I just turned on March madness 2019 and saw him playing and had never seen him before what a great kid and story hope him the best
God bless
This kid, even if he doesn't become the greatest of players, deserves a lot of respect. He has the right mindset for success in life. Plus, he will learn fundamental skills at UCF.
one of the greatest players? he wouldnt even be a good player in the nba dumbass. not any better than sim bhullar. you can tell he wouldnt give a shit about basketball if he wasnt fuckin 7'6
LMAO @ "the greatest player" this kid is trash very uncoordinated, slow, lazy he isn't making it far in the nba, not hating I'm being realistic
ripppking Where did you get lazy from? Damm calm down.
notleftbehind tbh i dont remember why i said lazy i might have to rewatch the video but everything else still stands
Everyone deserbes the same respect as everybody, you make it sound like he were mentally disabled or something
favorite quote: Your atleticism will fail one day your knowledge is gonna last forever
muaaaaaaaa
I agree, but that's why I would chose sports,... Athletic, because you have less time but still work on the knowledge.
How did he go undrafted? Boston got a steal on this one.
Denver should have taken him over Bol in the 2nd round.
No offensive player can drive to the hoop with out changing their shot with Tacko in the middle.
You guys don’t know basketball lmao
@@432hztunes5 Did you see when Central Florida played Duke in the NCCA playoffs?
Zion and RJ had to change their shots every time they went to the basket.
Central Florida would have won if Tacko didn't foul out. Central Florida was a head late in the 2nd half when Tacko fouled out.
Remember at the end of the game Zion missed that foul shot, which RJ got the rebound and put Duke a head by 1 in the final seconds. If Tacko is in the game, Tacko gets the rebound and the game is over.
I think Tacko will succeed for however long he plays in the NBA. Due to the change in the game, a big man is not as valuable in today's modern game as compared to the past. However, experts especially the Celtics have taken note how well Tacko can move up and down the floor at 7' 6" tall. Danny Ainge is a good scout evaluator. Tacko will develop a lot better with the Celtics had he signed for another NBA team. I hope Tacko manages to play almost injury free like a few durable big men in the past managed to do in the NBA.
@@toddsands6000 Portland is the perfect team for Tacko.
I would move Jusuf Nurkić to power forward and put Tacko at Center.
When Jusuf Nurkić was the center for Portland they lost in the first round of the playoffs in 2017 and 2018.
His problem is he cant change shots when offensive players go to the hoop.
He's not a great defensive center.
Imagine Lebron or Kawhi Leonard going to the basket and seeing Tacko there.
They will have to change their shots or they'll have to shoot more from the outside.
I’m a DUKE fan and I’ve come to love you TACKO,
GREAT GAME BUDDY.
"7-foot-6 Recruit Tacko Fall Is More Steve Jobs Than LeBron" wtf of a title is that?
+realPanik It represents how his love for engineering and the sciences is more important than basketball for him
Nigga are you that stupid?
Nathan NATHAN lol
i like tacos
@@fonem_5625Tacos*
Edit: wait...
"I want to be an enginee..... wait they want to pay me what?"
A basketball player that takes his school seriously? I really like this guy.
This is tacko in the NCAA tournament! I remember watching this video years ago. He can play
my girlfriend is pregnant and this inspires me to name my kid burrito, if we have twins i will name one doublestuff and the other oreo. Hopefully they will be that tall also so they can take selfies with people all the time
Haha nice,best of luck with your kids bro!
Lol funniest comment I seen this month
Made me laugh loo
Mark robinson i'm not even done reading your comment and i'm laughing
Mark robinson made my day, thanks dude
Hopefully he doesn't turn into the next Hasheem Thabeet
Dr360Wave Hopefully, he doesn't turn into a chemist. His school teachers must shut their mouthes and let him do the things that can build his future - BASKETBALL. He would be making millions in the NBA.
School gives you nothing. Fuck Math and chemistry. Play bball
***** if he stays in college for like 4 years and enter the draft after, so if hes not drafted he can comeback and still make money.
***** bill gates and Steve Jobs beg to differ
nyc man Nigga u high? I said nothing bad
***** He prolly wont ever be a great basketball player
I'm a new fan after watching this. Excellent!
Anybody else come here after the loss to Duke? This was the first time I really got to watch Tacko play and I was blown away but how dominant he is, but now I’m 10x more impressed. Tacko is a phenomenal role model as well!
Same!
what sucks is that tall people tend to have a bad health problems which sucks cause i would love to see tall player play the nba more.
Tallest person in the world lived until he was 43
which is a very short life span.
SodaDuck McFarland oh, that turkish guy died?!
+SodaDuck McFarland
no, lol.
the tallest person to have ever lived (confirmed) was robert wadlow and he died at age 22 from an infection.
he was 8`11 or 2.72m tall.
en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Robert_Wadlow
Did his host mom just call him a unique creature
Aaron Valdez Bro I heard that to
Aaron Valdez well he is
Aaron Valdez yea, we're all creatures, what's the big deal?
Filip Bahunek I dont care if we r creatures but my mom dont call me creature lol
OHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHH!!!
What an absolute honour to watch this video. Crazy to think this was uploaded in 2015 and come the end of this year he'll be an NBA player. I'm a Celtics fan through and through, but whether he continues to play for us or not, my admiration for him will remain. I wish him all the best with his NBA career but if it doesn't work out I'm confident he'll find success and make a meaningful impact outside of basketball. In my eyes he's already a star.
Calling it: Gets commercial deals from Taco bell within his first year in the Nba.
The tacos would look so small in his hands, it wouldn't be a good commercial!
@@potzysk2 who knows taco bell might start a Tacko size taco variant, a bigger taco 😂. Tacko is a marketable player and people love him, for sure it will sell like hot cakes.
You really never hear that from recruits who think they're going to be the next big star in the NBA. Basketball isn't going to last forever. He has a rare mindset that life isn't all basketball. He's going places even if the basketball life isn't going to work out. He has the intelligence to do other things in his life than be the next big time superstar center in the NBA. I must also say the sky is the limit for him.
Did she say "unique creature"?
She sure did! Wow!
notleftbehind LOL how rude
Are humans not creatures? Just stop, PC warriors
Jamie Tyler Stop trying to make PC warrior happen.
that's what I was thinking
man this guy has so fking much potential to play in the league, he could be super nasty if he got a great personal trainer, damn he's tall and athletic in the same time, what a gift.
lets be real we all here because of the duke game
People out here tripping over his height while im just stunned with that mexican food name.
zombieapocolipse69 yo hold this for me. W
zombieapocolipse69 It's Tacko and NOT "TACO". Tacko is a very common name in Senegal.
Vauban Schwarzwald And it's a fucking joke that you are not capable of taking.
who says it was a joke? a clown american only knowing 1 spanish word...Taco....and making assumptions...
Hilarious
Surprised he isn't that skinny for his crazy height. Could really make it to the nba.
Whose here after the UCF Duke second round game
After watching this and knowing what kind of person he is, I'm a BIG fan. A young man who actually knows that "knowledge is power!"
His eyes are normal size but the look so small on his head lol.
+Jermaine Sanders
The effect on his glasses.
Carlson Ho Didn'y notice that, makes sense.
If I could be Lebron or Steve jobs I would be Lebron cuz Steve jobs is fucking dead
lol good one!
adam aguiar but steve jobs left a legacy, james cant even win an NBA final. lmao
vega269 your right he can't win ONE instead he won TWO
vega269 ya he won 2 and won mvp how many times, and has an entire city looking up to him, sounds pretty good compared to being dead to me
adam aguiar Created a multi billion dollar empire called Apple with a majority of people in this world using his products on a daily basis. Lebron has a city looking up to him? Steve Jobs has the world still in awe even after his passing.
Wishing you all the best in Boston, Tacko. ☘️🏀🏆
Edit: Salute to you brother. Consider me a fan starting today. That statement you made inspired me and for sure, inspired lots of people. Athleticism will fade one day but knowledge is forever indeed. Salute! 🙏
I'm proud of you Tacko, you've come so far as an athlete. Great to know that you also have other aspirations and want to help the world
Imagine crossing this dude up.. hahaha
Haha Gold
He would fall on top of you when he fell and could still stick his arm up and block you 😂😂😂😂😂😂
Lmao yea but when you get to the rim you gonna get baptized.
I wish more NBA players would follow Tacko Fall's scholastic example. Your professional sports career is relatively brief compared to your entire life. ATTAIN THAT EDUCATION AND GRADUATE!! Your brain, intelligence education and intellect will always carry you infinitely farther than some ability to dribble a basketball.
I’m overwhelmed by not only his height and ability to play the game, but his dedication to getting the degree and going for what he wants in life. That’s truly inspiring.
Great piece, Bleacher Report. 👍
If this guy adds 50 lbs of muscle he will be dominant in the NBA
Jan Beemstra nop
Theprayershocker Your grammar gave yourself cancer.
Jan Beemstra ? What ? Why?
Theprayershocker Why wouldnt he trust me the muscle he gain will make him more athletic
Jan Beemstra he ist too tall
He will be injured a LOT
his eyes tiny asf
Still bigger than your future.
+Derrick Webbo there was no need for that
+
It's his glasses
Nah they normal size, if he was 6 foot he'd look normal
I heard about Tacko a couple years back. And was amazed with his story. However, I also have been routing for Zion since he was 15 or 16. I want Duke to win the championship, etc... However, it is hard not to route for Tacko at the same time. I would enjoy seeing this guy become the next great tech mind in the world.
WOW!!!...Incredible...Mind & Amazing Hight...One Love Fam...
Anybody else in the mood for Taco Bell after watching this video?
+Austin Casey lmaoooo
nah Nigga
+Boh Perry No you don't
I'm hungry af
But what if your “tacko” “fall”s?
Finally, a ball player who focuses on and gets good grades
God bless you have a long healthy successful career my friend
Tacko and Jaylen Brown are gonna have some deep discussions on the jet about technology, engineering, banging harvard girls.
Dubstylee so much yes
woot celtics better rock it
@@christianvanilla2306 lol
May god bless you tacko great quote " your athleticism will fail one day but your knowledge will last forever" #senegalseeya
What an awesome kid, as a diehard lifelong Celtic fan, this makes me want him on the team even more
Excited to see your career progress! Mr. Fall.
Great Player & Better Person...My New Favorite college player to root for..what a heartbreak game vs Duke..wow. I felt so bad for him.
Saw him at the ATL airport- seemed like a very nice guy talking to people, etc. Wish him success. I own the world's tiniest house- would LOVE to have this guy visit for a video in MA someday....
wow. this kid is very impressive. also very mature for his age.
4 years later he's an nba player wow time flies.
He is truly an amazing human being. Watching him playing for the Celtics in summer league is awesome. Really rooting for the big fella. (:
"Your athleticism will fade one day, but your knowledge will last forever." Personally I think more kids need to imbed this into their minds.
Well duh he’s a genius!
He’s got a proportionately sized head for his body unlike most 7 footers.
With dedication to the weight room and skills set fall can single handily bring the big man game back to NBA which has taken a back seat to the 3 ball
Man, he is my inspiration now. I love his thought process! You go Taco! I believe he'll cash in from NBA and start a tech startup with that money. Keep playing basketball tilll he can, while his tech startup gains wings. He'll then quit basketball. With his interest in Computer Science, and his athleticism, he can do it all!
The avg African immigrant pursues knowledge and academics
I really like the host mother, not all people accepts a person who has a different skin color as their family but this host mother loves him as a son from the very beginning.
Big Respecc.
Muy cierto, ella es un gran ser humano,mas grande que steve y lebron juntos
Very humble and good person...you're destined for greatness inside and outside the court.
You see it right away that this guy is filled with humility and hard work.
Bonne continuation. !!!
Wait did she just call him a 'unique creature' ?
Ikr omfg
happy yam Ik d.a that's racist
Mazziah Thorpe Maybe cause he is 90 inches tall
Eyre Death Borne grow up lol irony lol hahaha lol
white people are racist they benefiting from his money
celtics signed him to a summer league contract, so I am getting acquainted. Good luck to you tacko!
really?
Marwane M yes
KEEP IT UP BROTHER, CAN'T WAIT TO SEE YOU PLAYING MEHN, BIG UP TO YOU AND CONGRATULATIONS
Such a humble person❗🌟🏀🙌
I am from Senegal too everybody thinks it is just the jungle well it isn’t it is the start of this stuff.This guy has priorities just cause basketballs good he would want to learn
Kid is far Beyond his years...I Love it! ✊
Great documentary I’m a fan
Hes gonne make it🚀🙏
Lot of ppl can learn from his humble nature, I'm a fan can't wait to see him vs duke in a couple days.. big test.
I love this guy. He's 7'6 a beast at basketball, cool guy, and Is named 🌮
Amazing! 👍🏾
I cry honestly May God Bless You more Mr Tacko Fall salute👏🙏🙌