Too bad this Egyptian wasn't born in the West

[Desmond Hawkins]

This 7'6" man would have been a star basketball player if he was in North America, and that would have got him plenty of women: But wow, this guy is huge.

BBC

 

[stratego]

It's just too bad that western stereotypes about big feet didn't spread to Egypt.

 

[Desmond Hawkins]

No kidding. 45cm feet? Amazing. Almost half a metre.

 

[Azadre]

Yao Ming wasn't from the west and he plays basketball for the bestest team EVER.

 

[amadeus]

"Women are frightened by my size," he told AFP.

Sounds like he could get his foot in the door of the porno industry.

 

[Desmond Hawkins]

Yao Ming wasn't from the west and he plays basketball for the bestest team EVER.

Alright, how about this. Too bad he wasn't born into a part of society where he could find out about basketball.

 

[Azadre]

Alright, how about this. Too bad he wasn't born into a part of society where he could find out about basketball.

Hakeem Olajuwon played basketball.

 

[aaminion00]

Hakeem Olajuwon played basketball.

He doesnt mean Egyptian society, he means rural goet herders in Egypt society.

 

[Azadre]

He doesnt mean Egyptian society, he means rural goet herders in Egypt society.

Hakeem's dad was a rich trader in Nigerea I believe.

 

[Masquerouge]

I don't quite get the point of the article, but still, on the picture he looks kind of noble. I guess he has natural "grandeur".

 

[Strider]

Wow, 7 ft 6 in.

I mean, I'm tall and I'm just 5'9"

 

[Desmond Hawkins]

Hakeem Olajuwon played basketball.

So? What I meant by my last post was a part of society. It could be Egyptian, if it was perhaps the urban part of Egypt where he could be in contact with the idea of basketball. This as opposed to a sheppard's life.

Hakeem's dad was a rich trader in Nigerea I believe.

And I am talking about this guy from Egypt, not Hakeem.

 

[PantheraTigris2]

Wow, 7 ft 6 in.

I mean, I'm tall and I'm just 5'9"

5'9" is tall?

 

[Azadre]

So? What I meant by my last post was a part of society. It could be Egyptian, if it was perhaps the urban part of Egypt where he could be in contact with the idea of basketball. This as opposed to a sheppard's life.



And I am talking about this guy from Egypt, not Hakeem.

Nigera and Egypt share culture, and Hakeem is man.

 

[Desmond Hawkins]

Ya, and you just said that Hakeem's dad was a rich trader in Nigerian society.

This guy was a poor isolated sheppard boy. Can you see the difference between those two areas of society?

 

[CenturionV]

Thats a large man. I would quit if he ever showed up at grappling.