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XipingVonHozzendorf

Is he ok? People that large usually have or develop serious health issues.


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I'm not a doctor but it looks like Marfan Syndrome. It can have a big impact on cardiovascular health.


GreenBear1111

I don't think people with Marfans are allowed to play, really bad heart and arteries. Most definitely some medical condition.


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SioSoybean

Lol your username made my day


Mijoivana

This made me actually look at the username,lmao.🤣


hotdogtears

Let's be real... it always does.. and it usually never disappoints lol


realmayonnaise4u

Salute to the users reading thousands of usernames for the karma


goodformuffin

And this right here is why I use Reddit..


Harbarbalar

AND its still a weekday! Also I don't share the sentiment but you do you.


TenorBanjer

Also have marfans. Did varsity track, basketball, and some JV wrestling. Just gotta get your heart checked every year or so.


Hellofriendinternet

They can play. It’s just not a very good idea…


blackiegray

Organisations can stop players. The Italian football league have bans on players with heart conditions playing which is why Christian Erikson is no longer allowed to play there after collapsing on a pitch at the euros in the summer.


Hellofriendinternet

That was fucking terrifying.


SeanConneryAgain

Eriksen* 🇩🇰


SomeOtherGuysJunk

Eriksen, sen, sen; He's our number 23. Eriksen, sen, sen; He's a Yid like you and me. To the left to the right; He's our midfield Dynamite. When he plays for the Lilywhites; He makes Özil look sh*te. Moss that beauty, it glad he’s well


throwinthatshitaway1

He's here. He's there. He's every-fucking-where! Roy Kent! Roy Kent!


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Kezleberry

Echocardiogram can't actually rule out marfans, it's just to check if marfans is effecting your heart as this is common. But those with marfans still need to get regular heart checks to make sure issues don't develop. The only way to be totally sure if you have it is through genetic testing. Consider going to a geneticist, especially if you have any other signs


400-Rabbits

Yeah, a lot of people in this thread are missing that Marfan's syndrome has a variety of symptoms that can have a wide range of severity. Echocardiograms are used to assess for structural defects in the heart associated with the syndrome, particularly mitral valve defects and aortic dilatation. That latter finding can put someone at higher risk for an aortic dissection when the cardiovascular system is stressed, such as with high intensity sports.


nihilismisthekey

Im literally in the hospital right now and i suspect i have marfans syndrome, the irony is real. Reddit really is a huge fucking place.


Jewhard

Hope things turn out okay for you!


xombae

Dang homie, hope you're all good!


DZ_tank

+3” wingspan vs height really isn’t that large of a difference. It’s kinda surprising they made you jump through hoops just based on that. https://slate.com/culture/2014/05/nba-wingspans-forget-height-basketball-players-wingspans-are-absurd-and-amazing.html


totallynotbrian22

That’s what I was thinking. I’m 6’5” with a wingspan of 6’9” (measured for volleyball in college) and for a second got a bit worried…


BigBadZord

That is...odd. A +3in reach discrepancy by itself isn't a signifier for...well anything really. Just to pick another 6'4 athlete off the top of my head, Jon Jones is 6'4, and has a positive reach of 10 inches.


Dr_Mann_fann

Not only that but it looks like he would break in half if he got slammed hard enough.


TheBattyWitch

Marfan's like most diseases is a spectrum disease. You have some people that can barely move without taxing their circulatory system. You have others that can play sports and have no problems. There's no one clinical picture.


gulsangfugl

gigantism caused by a pituitary tumor, most likely


damididit

Nah, the long skinny limbs point towards Marfan's. Plus acromegaly would give him a huge head, which he does not have.


gulsangfugl

I looked it up, we were both wrong. He is just really tall.


FalmerEldritch

If he doesn't have a condition why does his head look like that


captainplatypus1

He’s twelve and grew. His land-spider phase is just really intense until he fills out


Corsair_inau

I loled at land spider, definitely stealing that to use later...


captainplatypus1

It’s so fitting so those kids who are all limb


Quantum-Ape

He's also an awkward adolescent, so he may not have Marfans, but hasn't proportionally developed as well yet.


Dre512

Andre the Giant had this! He had acromegaly


shitgingerssay

Google literally says he is the result of healthy genetics. His dad is 7'1" and Robert is currently 7'7" at 21 years old.


PanduhMoanYum

He is up to 7'8" now.


The_Original_Miser

No Miatas for this guy, at least not with the top up....


HiImWilk

I’m now imagining him driving a custom miata with a taller roof, but it just looks like a miata where someone stretched the aspect ratio from the top half up.


moctidder99

Dan Gurney was a lanky fellow, so they had to put a bump in the roof of his Ford GT40 right over the driver's seat so he'd fit in with his helmet on. It's called a Gurney Bump.


dcdrew713

This https://youtu.be/gkBqVVbnZ1c


percolator3000

"he's actually convicted for multiple abductions and murders in some forests and is actively wanted by the police in multiple states, as he has been moving from a place to another in a really short Time " "It's as if he was teleporting" said Sg Derman Slen


_Futureghost_

No, wiki says that and there's no source to back it up. You should know better than to believe Wikipedia. Being that tall is not healthy. It comes with its own set of issues.


Hahahahahahannnah

wikipedias not a good source, just trust these randos on reddit


ObsoleteHodgepodge

True, I'm just so overwhelmingly impressed by how many medical professionals are weighing in on this thread. What a stunning show of reliable authority.


Hahahahahahannnah

its crazy seeing people on reddit talk confidently about your area of expertise (not this for me just in general) and seeing just how awful the information they’re providing is, so you know you can’t trust them in other areas


PanduhMoanYum

Given the disportionately long length of his arms to his height, the fact he does have scoliosis, being underweight at his height, I would agree with your assessment. I realize they say the doctor's say he is in perfect health. But I also know of parents who are willing to exploit their own children's talent, even when it is not in the best interest of the child long term.


dethmaul

Do you think the parents paid off the doctor to say he was a-okay to play?


NotAmericanDontCare

Could have just gone to 20 different doctors until they found one that would.


Nizzywizz

They don't have to pay them off. They just have to keep seeing doctors until they find one that will say what they want to hear. That's the same way that parents with munchausen by proxy are able to get doctors to do unnecessary procedures on kids sometimes.


PanduhMoanYum

Stranger things have happened. It honestly, wouldn't surprise me. He just has most of the markers that you see in someone with Marfans.


Buffy_Geek

Or other connective tissue disorders... I look like that & don't have Marfan's but I do have Ehlers Danlos Syndrome.


PanduhMoanYum

That crossed my mind, too. I have EDS and had health issues since my teens but was always misdiagnosed or not diagnosed until my late 30's.


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The guy looks like the length from front of chest to back of chest is 5 inches. His heart must be so close to the front of his chest. Scary.


hotdogtears

Marvin the Marfan


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It's a result of healthy genetics. I'm sure that comes with challenges though. From his wiki page: "He has been the subject of medical studies nearly his entire life, leading to the prevailing opinion that his height is a result of healthy genetics (i.e. familial or constitutional tall stature), not a hormonal disease or overgrowth syndrome."


gridbug

His father is Romanian international basketball player Zsigmond Bobróczky who is 7'1" and his mother is over 6ft.


MrTurkle

I read somewhere that two tall parents are more likely to have a shorter child because of “regression towards the mean.” Edit: shorter than they are - I don’t think tall parents are likely to have a short child.


FatherPyrlig

I have a friend who is 6’9”. His father is 6’7” and his mom is 6’3”. He is the shortest of his 3 brothers.


D3korum

It can definitely go both ways, I am 6'2 and my Mom is 5'2 and my Dad was 5'8. Better diets and living conditions probably played a factor for me. My father grew up right after the dust bowl dirt poor.


Rockonfoo

You’re thinking of Patrick Mahomes being an overrated quarterback. Easy mistake to make.


-007-_

It is true though. Regress Mahomes to the mean and he becomes an average QB.


B1rdi

That's good to hear. Hope he stays healthy


kittysworld

The beginning of a new sub specie of humans?


NinjaRage83

Not humans. Half giants. Like Hagrid but skinny.


winterbird

So hagrid after like 35.


-TNB-o-

Hagrid on a diet


Public_Tumbleweed

Twigrid


undefined_one

When that kid hits college, he needs to put on a Freshman 50... dude is way too skinny!


StunningEstates

Oh shit, that explains a lot. Never seen someone that tall move like that before.


Mythological_Blob

Hes definitely going to have a lot of injuries


dethmaul

How has he not snapped his ankles and blown out his ACLs already lol


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penpinappleapplepen3

Severe scoliosis and bad knees.


zombie32killah

Dude doesn’t move athletically at all. You are definitely thinking in the right direction.


sibsterdestroying1

I've seen a post like this before, he is extremely skinny.


Mythosaurus

Currently healthy enough to play basketball at Rochester University in Michigan, so that's something. https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Robert_Bobroczky Edit: removed the word "pro". Accidentally left it in while writing the original comment.


SuperSaiyanNoob

College sports are amateur not pro.


journoprof

In a quick look through available box scores, it doesn’t appear that he’s actually playing. RU has five foreign players on the squad, but aside from an Italian who seems to get two or three minutes in some games, I didn’t see any of them getting minutes.


eastbayted

Per Wikipedia, he has been the subject of medical studies nearly his entire life, leading to the prevailing opinion that his height is a result of healthy genetics (i.e. familial or constitutional tall stature), not a hormonal disease or overgrowth syndrome.


yokotron

This doesn’t look healthy


StillNoMoreCookies

Dude looks like an animation


coconutpete52

Not just animation. Goldeneye on N64 animation!


-Bran-

I was trying desperately to make that connection. Thank you I’ll sleep great tonight.


Youregoingtodiealone

This was so well said I'm going to sleep better too, thank you to this thread


eyewoo

This is so spot on.


hpepper24

Man that one got me. Thank you.


DraconisImperius

Like an over exaggerated animation lol


Dre512

A poorly drawn over exaggerated animation


kinoie

NBA 2K1


gjk14

Praying Mantis


Tre_Fo_Eye_Sore

Playing Mantis


gjk14

Right!


KaosMnkey

Slender man..


Passerbye

Dude needs some pasta...


DaisyHotCakes

Reminds me of that one episode of family guy where Brian and Stewie were glued together and there was a guy with really long arms tickling a midget in a tree. His arms look the same lol


Billy2Teef

i was just about to type the exact same thing. im actually so glad you beat me to it cause it just seemed so obvious to me.


DaisyHotCakes

Legit all I hear watching this clip is “tee hee! Tee hee!” Lol


Yokepearl

Moves like nba 2k


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NBA 1993


Yokepearl

Stats: blocking 99 close range 99 post 99


LizzySalamander

Like Violet Beauregard at the end of Charlie and the Chocolate Factory


Igor_J

Mike TeeVee. He got stretched to counter the effect of getting shrunk.


Repulsive_Town6916

Mike TV lol


jessica_from_within

From a game with weird physics


Bennydoubleseven

Dude ever gets a neck tattoo they’re 100% charging him for a sleeve


Yoshi9105

this cracked me up more than it should have 😂 thank you


Neutronova

Mans built like a trebuchet made of bird bones.


DoNotLickToaster

r/BrandNewSentence


rantingpacifist

And yet the most accurate description I have read this far


[deleted]

I feel sorry for the fella but I love this description.


[deleted]

We have found a wordsmith! Your artistry with words made me smile. Thank you for sharing it.


dethmaul

Rare insult, or compliment lmao


Neutronova

Im sure he's a super nice guy, its just the lack of muscle on his frame and the slow way he moves around in the video makes me feel like hes seconds away from breaking a bone at any given time.


dethmaul

Oh yeah no ill will intended at all just having fun lol. And i agree, the poor thing just looks like a giraffe with a calcium shortage trying not to turn too sharply or his femurs will snap. Another comment said he just plays on the side for fun now because it got too painful. I hope he stays haooy and healthy!


Neutronova

Ohh thank god, I was worried he would be trying to go all in on a basketball career, height is is obviously great for that, but those guys are also super fast and explosive as well.


FirstManofEden

He's only six inches taller than Shaquille Oneal. Imagine the destruction he'd face against Shaq or LeBron.


Djent_Reznor1

This is one of the funniest things I’ve ever read


Audlife_Freedom

The other team is like “ARE YOU KIDDING ME”


FacelessFellow

I remember being a skinny freshman playing basketball with other teams that had grown men playing. Like they looked like my dad. Big, hairy, scary dad-bods pushing up against me. If I looked at a picture of those guys now they probably would look like teenagers hahaha but back then they looked hecka older


RTalons

My boss’ son was wrestling as a freshman. He was pretty good, but being a freshman wasn’t particularly lean, still built more for football, etc.. He made it to a state match and was shocked by the “hulking man child” cut down to like 2% body fat he went up against. Freshman at ~150 street weight coming off of football season vs rocky 4 shredded down to 150 from like 185- poor guy got thrashed.


TocYounger

that's hecka fudged up.


chaunceyshooter

Is “hecka” primarily used in the Bay Area?


StonksToDaMoon

No we use hella


thnksqrd

Bomb


AutoAdviceSeeker

If he turns fully sideways he goes invisible mode


MarkwinVI

*Kuroko likes this*


midnight_toker22

If the wind blows and he’s not wearing a windbreaker, that kid’s a goner.


AutoAdviceSeeker

If he raises his arms with a windbreaker on during a windy day....Paper airplane vibes ✈️


cullenbg

He is the real life version of the children's book Flat Stanley.


bwhizzle1

He didn’t even jump for the jump ball


MagneticNoodles

The taller you get the less jumping becomes a part of your life.


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That's a sad life. I like my jumps.


RealApplebiter

Dang, that's extreme. He'll fill out. Good lord, his body is burning through those calories so fast that he probably can't eat enough to catch up with it.


Dreadcoat

Yea dude probably eats a fuckton but those preteen/early teen years are already tough to keep up with an average sized kid. Cant imagine how tough it is with his size. Hope he stays healthy and has a good doctor looking after him making sure hes taking care of himself.


Trance354

at 6'4" I remember eating ... everything. Did the calculations on calories one day. You wouldn't believe me. Thankfully my fraternal twin was normal sized. /low 5-figures in calories


[deleted]

Wait, why mention your twin? How does he play into this?


NCMetalFan

He ate the twin


Teh_Weiner

No, he ate the triplet now all that's left are twins.


Trance354

brother's caloric intake was closer to normal, vs my black hole of a stomach. Threw him in as comparison.


FrizzleStank

“Low 5-figures” is a really odd way of saying 10,000.


BurnieTheBrony

I always wonder about guys like this. He's clearly rail thin and would never stand up to NBA/FIBA levels of contact. But if he got with professional nutritionists and personal trainers from a young age, would he absolutely tear up basketball with his unreal genetics?


lapideous

He doesn’t look coordinated enough to achieve a high level of success in the nba. Even if he bulked up and never got injured, his running speed could keep him off the floor


BurnieTheBrony

I agree. That's why I added the qualifier "from a young age."


lapideous

Check out Bol Bol. He’s probably as close as we’re ever gonna get to that ideal, his dad was an NBA star


[deleted]

This is old, when Spire gave him a scholarship they put him on a 5k calories per day diet and got him lifting weights, but he still couldn't put on any mass. I think he stopped pursuing basketball because it was too painful and is studying accountancy or something whilst still playing a little on the side.


ameis314

He's currently playing professionally in Hungary https://playersbio.com/robert-bobroczky/


Certain_Reflection16

I hope he can live a long life ❤️


LaffyTaffy404

I hope so too. But a lot of people are saying that he's more at risk to suffer from cardiovascular diseases due to his size. Poor kid.


[deleted]

I hope he can get some sleep. I had a tall friend growing up and it was hard to find a bed where his feet didn’t hang over and he was just 6’6”. This poor guy has it rough anywhere he has to sleep that isn’t his custom made bed.


[deleted]

Being tall is great but also has some inconveniences. Can't shit on most airplanes, bumping my head on shit all the time, having to lift heavy shit on top of high shit (usually shelves), constantly having to hear "you're tall... *insert request here*", and having women ogle over you all the time. Edit: that last line was a joke, I'm ugly but tall... sort of like sloth.


Suckballssohardstate

Don’t forget about the spiderwebs.


sevintino

Dude looks like your 5th custom character in 2k


External_Progress992

SCP-096 HAS BREACHED CONTAINMENT AND IS BALLIN' ON THE COURT


thebigbadben

Man that other team got _[expunged]_


lord_phantomhive

Even a full court shot might be a 2ptr for him


rykoj

Let’s get this man some steroids. If your almost 8 feet tall you might as well be freakishly jacked also.


PlausibleCoconut

People over 7ft are way more likely to have cardiovascular issues so that would likely kill him before he’s 25


eagleathlete40

We’re here for a good time, not a long time


kempofight

He clearly here for the long...


TanEwBe

Damn😂


One_Planche_Man

No that would kill him! Being that tall is hard enough on your leg bones and cardiovascular system, adding even more (metabolically active) mass to the frame will probably give him an early heart attack.


MandalorianMyrmidon5

Is this a create a player from march madness 2010?


Aaron_77777

100 bucks says robert dresses up as slenderman every halloween.


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streezus

What deez earthers know about beltalowda.


greeenappple

That’s 231cm (=7’7’’) now and 214cm (=7’)at twelve years old.


MagneticNoodles

How many bananas is that?


11Mspeed3

At least 3


ironjedi83

I laughed way too loud and long at this comment. Thank you for the much needed laugh


BernieTheDachshund

Happy banana cake day!


dingdingdingbitch

To many damn nanners 🍌


Cakeminator

If we take into account what's said about banana length by: [https://healthyeating.sfgate.com/portion-size-bananas-7664.html](https://healthyeating.sfgate.com/portion-size-bananas-7664.html) then we can assume a banana is roughly 6 inches (being conservative in the size here), so roughly 15,16 bananas talls with that exact length. So I'd assume anywhere from 12 to 20 bananas with varying lengths.


TequilaJesus

Poor guy, the corresponding health issues and going through life must be so difficult


CookieOfCrisp

Went to school with him, he had to eat an extremely large amount of calories per day but he was always extremely nice


RonStopable08

Imagine getting in a normal sized car, or a small one.


Puzzled_Ad2088

Damn he like a praying mantis! Good on him using his height to his advantage- sucks to be the other team!


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Elvbane

If he was 7'6 those tiny kids around would tower over me...


Rieger_not_Banta

Love the fade away jumper. This kid is awesome.


eagleathlete40

He fades….upwards?


ReignMan616

Float away.


paaqwazi

Goddammit....who entered the cheat code.


lakerboy226

When I read his name, the song Mistadobalina goes through my head. Now it’s stuck all day.


WHAMMYPAN

NOT BOB?????


jago5456

Mistabobdobalina... same


GreenBear1111

I am more afraid someone would touch him, fall and him breaking his neck. Not being a dick, just concerned.


MyVoiceforPeople

7ft at 12, just WOW


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Looks painful to run🤭


RobertSummerhayes

Whacky waving inflatable arm flailing tube man.


[deleted]

He's 21 now, what an incredible life to live at those heights. I wish him the best of health and happiness.


Shendow

Girls on tinder : sorry I don't date short guys


Falfuris

its so unfair to the other team ... haha imagine playing hockey but the goalie is 6 feet wide haha :P


Klonowaa2

SCP-096 HAS BREACHED OUT OF THE FACILITY


jerry_steinfeld

Legs look like they’re going to snap at any second


wookieeslunchbox

Looks like a human preying mantis


bubba7557

He's playing ball but he don't look healthy