Tacko Fall

 Fall was born and raised in Dakar, Senegal. In 2011, Senegalese basketball coach Ibrahima N'Diaye who is the brother of the former NBA player Mamadou N'Diaye, heard from an acquaintance about a tall teenager he had seen playing with friends on the street in which he lived. When he was 16, Fall moved to the United States. He started playing organized basketball in Houston, Texas, and trained with NBA Hall of Hall of Famer Hakeem Olajuwon.He was listed as 7 ft 6 in (2.29 m) and was purportedly still increasing in height by his senior year, making him the tallest basketball player in the country when he played for Jamie's House Charter and Liberty Christian Prep.Due to his size and height, Fall was one of the most highly scouted high school basketball facilities in the United States. [citation requiredThe tallest basketball player in the country. Fall first was a player with Jamie's House Charter School in Houston which was where his team won the state championship. He was also a part of the ISTI all-stars summer team as well as for Every 1 Teach One on the Nike Elite Youth Basketball League circuit. He played alongside Ben Simmons and Antonio Blakeney as fellow class of 2015 recruits. He also played in several NCAA accredited events, such as the NBPA Top 100 Camp in Virginia Fall then attended Liberty Christian Preparatory School located in Tavares, Florida. Fall was a senior in 2015 and averaged 20 point per game, with 15 rebounds as well as 5.1 blocks. The four-star recruit was also a three-star student-athlete in the high school class of 2015 class, with more than forty schools expressing interest in him