The local crowd in Philly erupts as Tacko Fall enters the game
Was at the game….crowd literally willed him into the game. “We want Tako” chants, no joke lol
Same haha but I thought they were messing up the chicken thing because it was during FTs
Lol that’s kinda funny tbh, I could see it lol
Very funny that Nick Nurse succumbed to the peer pressure and put him in.
It was SO loud, I wasn’t looking at the bench when he got up and I was like “what is happening?” Took me a minute to realize haha
Tacko Thursday!
Tacko Takedown!
Why can’t just Tacko Fall play like Wemby?
Maybe he just needs to learn French
Not sure if you’re joking, but Tacko is fluent in French.
He’s a polyglot, but French is possibly the language he’s most comfortable speaking in.
Edit: One article says Wolof is his native language, another says French is his most comfortable, and then he also knows Arabic and English.
Holy shit. Dude is smart.
Knowing more than one language doesn’t necessarily make you smarter. He speaks his native language, knows French because Senegal was formerly a French colony, Arabic might be related to being Muslim, and English because he has plays in America
Obviously you’re joking but it does get kinda annoying seeing people act like Wemby’s talent is just being tall. Tacko is what a very athletic 7’6 person is supposed to look like - slow as hell compared to the other athletic freaks of the NBA. The fact that Wemby is as athletic, skilled, and coordinated as he is while only being like an inch shorter than Tacko will always be super impressive
Three of the 4 tallest players in NBA history (Manute Bol, Shawn Bradley, Tacko Fall) all spent time with the Philadelphia 76ers.
and next year we get Wemby
Straight up for 43 year old Bron. Nobody will know who won the trade for 10 more years
you’re gonna get olivier rioux instead
I appreciate the optimism
honorable mention to Boban!
I really hate that Philly gets to cheer for Tacko.
He’s 7’6, clearly was destined to play for the 76ers. Don’t fight destiny.
We need a 4’9 dude to play for the Niners.
The substation consumes all
Too bad Darren Sproles retired.
Kyler’s still available
Another former Philly great
Tom Cruise, come on down
Would be way cooler if he was 6’7” and played for the 67ers
Agree and also I had no fucking clue he was still in the league
He wasn’t until this year.
If somebody showed us this clip 6 months ago we would have burned them at the stake
And JB. What a timeline
Same
I want to see the dude get 10 mins of actual game action. There’s no way he’s completely unplayable. He seems to move pretty well for a guy his size not sure why he wouldn’t be a n elite shot blocker.
It always seems like he takes the wrong angle. Guessing it’s hard to be fluid and have good hips when you’re that tall.
A guard will drive and you think he’s going to swat it into the fifth row but then they do one basic crossover or euro step and it’s like he’s completely turned around.
He moves at the speed of smell.
Victory cigar? Nah
Victory Taco? Hell yah
I kinda feel for the guy. He’s been weird (physically) his whole life while we’ve all just been able to blend in to obscurity. We want to be noticed while he’s never not been noticed since birth. I assume. But he’s getting about 700k for this year so - if you were a guy that lived your whole life with people acting like you were at least different and at worst a freak, but you got 700k a year and could never drive a mini cooper, would you do it?
I’d do it to not drive mini
This. Also, go to bed and leave us alone.
Yeah not only is he getting 700k but I’d imagine if he’s smart he can have a long career of endorsements and such podcasts and whatever and be rich and never work a real job in his life after he retires. And not only is he getting 700k right now but he’s getting to travel the country staying in 5 star hotels eating fantastically on someone else’s dime and all the other amenities that are afforded to nba players for being on a roster. Not a bad deal.
I miss when Tacko nearly led UCF to beating Duke.
Tacko vs Zion lived up to the hype.
Tacko is an absolute unit. He’s so tall and relatively normally proportioned that he doesn’t look it. He’s an inch taller and almost 80lbs heavier than Wemby.
I watched him at a pre-game practice event for the Celtics once saw his great soccer skills in action when he juggled a basketball with his feet.
Then why does he suck so much that he’s unplayable? Legitimately don’t understand
Honestly I wish I knew
He doesn’t move well at all and has zero touch. Wembanyama is one in a billion with his dexterity and athleticism at his size. He’s a zero on offense, not a great rebounder, and because he cant move or jump he is an average defender
I’m sure the guys who get cheered at the end of games like this would rather just be treated like everyone else instead of being a sideshow
I’m pretty sure he’d rather be cheered onto the court then ride the pine the entire season.
But that’s just me.
Yeah cheer me onto the court😂 and that’s legitimately love, this isn’t a sideshow. Everyone who love ball what’s to see him succeed
The Raptors are so embarrassing rn
We’re missing our 2 best players but I agree, disappointing start
They hung with the Sixers and Celtics for the most part on a back to back, they look pretty good to me. Especially CMB.
Eh this game wasn’t that bad
”…Did I just say Taco Bell?” -Mike Breen
I was there and was so confused at first why everyone was cheering about tacos
I remember seeing Taco irl when he played for breakers in the nbl. Legit he looks like he’s in pain whenever he moves normally.
76ers bronny james
context?
Tacko Fall
when’s Tacko Winter?
Let’s just enjoy Fall while it’s here and forget the bad stuff
Tacko is on the 76ers, who at the moment have no active legitimate 5 behind Embiid. He’s still not good enough to ever see the floor other than as a victory cigar in the last few minutes.
A victory cigar. That’s a new one. Never heard someone called that.
That was Darko Miličić’s nickname.
He was known as the human victory cigar in Boston. Nice dude, works hard, but is just too slow to be a rotational player.
I think it originated with Red Auerbach, who would light up a cigar on the sidelines when the game looked guaranteed. That has morphed into referring to players (including Tacko during his time with the Celtics) as “human victory cigars”—players who only got in to the game when it was assured their team would win.
Free Tacko Cheesesteaks for everyone
He’s really really tall, like comically so.