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The World’s Largest and Tallest Athletes That Make Us Look Minute

Shaq Attack

Well, this is a no-brainer and doesn’t quite come as a surprise to us. When Shaq was 10 years old, he was already six feet and four inches tall. In the mid-80s, kids would quit basketball all the time because of Shaq. In fact, a member’s father of the opposition team stormed onto the court and removed his son, exclaiming that Shaq was too big to be 10 years old.

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Shaquille O’Neal fans know that this huge dude is a four-time NBA champion. There’s a statue outside the Staples Center of him dunking a ball in the net. He played every one of his games with passion and force. O’Neal was unstoppable; his only downfall was not being able to hit from the free-throw line. Being 7’1″ and 325 lbs, the only team tactic was to give Shaq an intentional foul to send him to the free-throw line.