Former member of the Boston Celtics, Tacko Fall, is still only 29 years old. He is still also playing professional basketball, and at a high level, signing for next season with the Ningbo Rockets of the Chinese Basketball Association.
His basketball playing career is far from done. And yet he seems to have spent much of his time this summer completing side quests.
Fall’s social media accounts include a lot of content of him “trying out” various things. Earlier this year, for example, Fall took at least one class in Brazilian jiu-jitsu, becoming the tallest martial artist in the world, at least for one hour. And in his most recent post, Fall has now it seems tried out being a fire fighter. The odds are highly likely that he was briefly the world’s tallest one of those, too.
Tacko Tries Things
In a recent Instagram post, Fall shared images and video of time he recently spent with the Chicago Fire department. Fall has recently begun a YouTube channel, seemingly with a focus on this “Tacko Tries Out” content, and after recently being destroyed at tennis by a small boy with big hair, now it seems comes Tacko’s turn as a firefighter.
Standing 7’6 tall and one of the 35 tallest humans alive, it probably came as little surprise to either Fall or the fire department that they did not immediately have to hand any equipment or uniform that was designed for a man of his stature. If Fall is ever to fight an actual fire, the risk of third-degree shin burn seems quite high.
Then again, the risk of Fall not being able to even fit in the fire truck also seems quite high. At least his height might become an attribute when it comes to extinguishing flames in tall buildings.
Fall’s Celtics Career
In his two NBA seasons with the Celtics, Fall would appear in only 26 games in total across the two years for an average of only 6.5 minutes per game, almost all of which came in garbage time. He was mostly to be found at the very end of the bench, shins exposed – if he was even dressed at all.
Fall would nevertheless show the impact his size could make in that limited time by averaging 2.7 points, 2.6 rebounds and 0.9 blocks per game in that time, and showed much more on assignment with the Celtics’ G League affiliate, the Maine Red Claws, for whom he averaged 12.0 points, 11.3 rebounds and 3.1 blocks in only 23.3 minutes per game in his first professional season.
At 7’6, he is a wall of a human in the lane, particularly defensively. It has served him well in basketball all around the globe. But perhaps firefighting is one of the few areas where being so tall might not be an asset after all. Not in those pants, at least.
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