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Putting Bamba's freakish wingspan into context


If you watched Mo Bamba play at Texas, perhaps you were already aware of how long the center's arms were.

But now, we have numbers to back that up. And his wingspan is even more freakish than you thought:

THAT'S NEARLY EIGHT FEET! Wait, it gets better:

What does this mean?

He barely has to jump to dunk.

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His arms look like extensions.

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Imagine what would have happened if he jumped here.

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Look at how he beat out fellow rebounders here - it wasn't even close.

(Photo by Frederick Breedon/Getty Images)

Opponents driving to the hoop will see this.

(Photo by Frederick Breedon/Getty Images)

The league is obsessed with wingspan (and for good reason), so there might be quite a few franchises who saw today's news and got extremely excited.

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