Talk:Manute Bol

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Someone needs to fix his stats.

There's not a chance that a 7'7" weighs only 250. Even a 6'7" who weights 200 would need to be pretty lean.

espn.com gives his weight as 225, and a 1990 SI article also mentions the 225 figure, so I'm inclined to say 225 rather than the 200 given at basketball-reference. That said his weight probably varied during his playing years, both figures could have been correct at different times. 7'7" 225lb is still freakishly thin, but look at some photos, he was freakishly thin. Jnala (talk) 10:23, 22 March 2009 (UTC)[reply]

My bad!

Manute may be the originator of the phrase "my bad." (See blog post by Geoffrey Pullum at http://itre.cis.upenn.edu/~myl/languagelog/archives/002693.html) Someone may want to do a little further research and incorporate this into the article. --Andy M. 12:53, 14 December 2005 (UTC)[reply]

I'm one of those fans that loved watching 7'6" Manute Bol drain the trey. Good luck finding a citation on it.

One Mississippi 17:46, 2 February 2007 (UTC)[reply]

Celebrity Boxing

Manute Bol was on that celebrity boxing show in 2002, fighting William "Refrigerator" Perry:

http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0321624/

Worth a mention? SkipSmith 02:41, 7 March 2007 (UTC)[reply]

Um, yea... tis already mentioned. 172.130.44.98 06:09, 7 March 2007 (UTC)[reply]

OK, I see it now. Thanks. SkipSmith 07:29, 9 March 2007 (UTC)[reply]

Manute is the man

I was actually at his last game in Charlotte. He was knocked out of bounds - I thought he was going to end up in the upper deck with his long strides.Cooltiger92 02:04, 5 March 2007 (UTC)[reply]

When I was a kid we used to play a game called "Manute Pole." One person took one of those long poles with a net used to clean a swimming pool, and defended the basket against everyone else's shots. Good times. SkipSmith 02:34, 7 March 2007 (UTC)[reply]

New home

For those who care, Mr. Bol now lives in Olathe, Kansas. I work for a utility provider and met him.

Yes, and he has 2 bodyguards.

Thank you.

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"an encore"?

Why is this in the section headings? Bash Kash (talk) 01:49, 26 December 2007 (UTC)[reply]

His weight is too small

Avarage man height is about 170 cm. With mass 55 kg his weight vs height index is 55/1.7^2=19.03. So from 18.5 to 24.9 is OK. Now there is two ways to calculate normal Manute Bol weight... By official way, there his index is 102/2.31/2.31=19.115, which is ok then for his height. And with math model of proportional grewing, his mass should be 55*(231/170)^3=138 kg. He indeed have strong chest bones.

Manute Bol have biggest wingspan 259 cm compare with his height 231 cm. Normal human 170-175 cm tall, have wingspan of his height or few cm bigger. Manute Bol have small body and big arms and legs, he is more like spider raver than human, there noone even close to his spider looking imige. http://www.freewebs.com/nbagiants/ But his not normal wingspan just can be illusion or trick to hide his small weight. All humans including all kids have the same proportion of legs and hands with body length or size in over cases friction between legs and pelvis would be disaster. —Preceding unsigned comment added by 84.240.9.58 (talk) 10:48, 13 June 2010 (UTC)[reply]

Edit request from Mistertug, 19 June 2010

Manute passed away today, kidney failure.

Mistertug (talk) 18:28, 19 June 2010 (UTC)[reply]

Until we have a source for this, there is not a need to change the article. Please let us know when you have a good source, and we will make the change.

Not done ^Avicenna_sis @ 18:47, 19 June 2010 (UTC)[reply]

The Washington Post reported it about 13 minutes before that guy mentioned it. 68.45.109.136 (talk) 19:52, 19 June 2010 (UTC)[reply]

the current article says liver failure was the cause of death, but the reference that is cited only mentions acute kidney failure and stevens johnson syndrome. Not sure where the liver failure comes from? Also, cnnsi is reporting the same (kidney failure) http://sportsillustrated.cnn.com/2010/basketball/nba/06/19/bol.obit.ap/index.html?eref=sihp

(Kitkat21 (talk) 20:33, 19 June 2010 (UTC))[reply]