Did you know what NBA PLAYER HAD MORE CAREER BLOCK THAN POINTS SCORED?

Did you know before the debut of Gheorghe Mureşan,Manute Bol was the tallest player ever to appear in the National Basketball Associatio? Did you know that Bol started playing basketball in 1978A coach from Fairleigh Dickinson University saw Bol play basketball in Khartoum and convinced him to comu know e to the United States.^[3] Bol was drafted by the San Diego Clippers in the 5th round of the 1983 NBA Draft, but the league ruled that Bol had not been eligible for the draft and declared the pick invalid.^[4] He was then invited to Cleveland by Cleveland State Unnoiversity head basketball coach Kevin Mackey. While in Cleveland, he attended English language classes for several months at ELS Language Centers on the Case Western Reserve University campus. Bol never played for Cleveland State because its basketball program was placed on probation for two years as the result of providing improper financial assistance to Bol and two other African basketball players.^[5] Bol lacked a strong command of written English, which reduced his chances of being eligible to play Division I basketball. He enrolled at the University of Bridgeport, a Division II basketball school, and played college basketball there during the 1984-1985 season.

Did you know that In 1985 Bol was drafted in the second round by the Washington Bullets. He played in the NBA for ten years, from 1985–1995, spending parts of four seasons with the Bullets, parts of three with the Golden State Warriors, parts of four with the Philadelphia 76ers and part of one season with the Miami Heat. In 1987, the Washington Bullets drafted the 5 ft 3 in (1.60 m) point guard Muggsy Bogues, pairing the tallest and shortest players in the league on the court for one season.

Did you know as of 2010, Manute Bol remains:

• First in career blocks per 48 minutes (8.6), almost 50% beyond second-place Mark Eaton (5.8).^[14]
• Second in career blocks-per-game average (3.34).^[15]
• Fourteenth in total blocked shots (2,086).^[16]
• The only player in NBA history to block more shots than points scored, blocking 2,086 shots and scoring 1,599 points.^[16]

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