Well, let me tell you, I seen a lot of big fellas in my time, but these basketball players, they’re somethin’ else. You ever watch them games on the TV? They’re like giants runnin’ around! Today, we gonna talk about the heaviest player in the NBA. That’s the big basketball league, you know.
Now, I done heard that this fella named Jusuf Nurkic, he’s the heaviest one playin’ right now. He is from Portland Trail Blazers team. They say he’s 7 feet tall and weighs ’round 290 pounds. That’s a big boy! Imagine tryin’ to move that much weight around. He must eat a whole lotta food to keep that size! They say he is the heaviest in 2023.
But you know, there’s been some even bigger ones in the past. I heard about this one fella, Oliver Miller, they say he was the heaviest ever in the NBA, at the heaviest time, he was 380 pounds! He played a while back. Started off ’round 280 pounds, but he just kept gettin’ bigger and bigger. Lord have mercy, that’s a lot of weight to carry around.
They got all these fellas in the NBA, you know, playin’ basketball. Some of ’em is real tall, too. I heard there’s one, what’s his name…Gheorghe Muresan? They say he was over 7 and a half feet tall! Can you believe that? He played for the Washington Bullets, used to be a team. Now these young fellas need to be careful. Nowadays they hire folks to help with eating to stay healthy. That’s a good thing, they need some healthy food!
Here’s a list of some of them big boys playin’ now, least that’s what they say on the TV:
- Boban Marjanovic – 290 pounds. I heard that he is a Serbian basketball player.
- That Jusuf Nurkic fella – 290 pounds.
They got all these names for their positions, you know. There is one called “center.” I think that means they stand in the middle of the court. These big guys are usually centers, I reckon. Makes sense, they can just reach up and put the ball in the hoop, bein’ so tall. But it ain’t easy, they still gotta run around and all that.
I remember seein’ this one fella, Tacko Fall, they called him. He was a big one, too. They say he’s a “modern giant.” Guess that means he played recently. Now, they got all these lists of the heaviest players. They even rank ’em, from 1 to 10, from the biggest to the…well, still big, but not as big.
It’s somethin’, ain’t it? These heaviest NBA players, they’re like a different breed. I can’t imagine bein’ that big. Must be hard to find clothes that fit, I reckon. And shoes! They must have to get special shoes made. I bet they eat a lot. Gotta keep up all that weight, you know.
Some folks, they say these big fellas, they got it easy, bein’ so tall and all. But I don’t know. It looks like a lot of work to me, runnin’ up and down that court. And they gotta be careful not to get hurt. A fella that big, if he falls, that’s a long way down!
There is another name called Udoka Azubuike, only 270 pounds, but also very heavy. He is in the Utah Jazz team.
Well, I guess that’s all I know about these heaviest NBA players. It’s sure somethin’ to think about, though. Just imagine, seein’ one of them giants walkin’ down the street. You wouldn’t forget that in a hurry, would ya? No sir.
