<!DOCTYPE html PUBLIC "-//W3C//DTD XHTML 1.0 Transitional//EN" "http://www.w3.org/TR/xhtml1/DTD/xhtml1-transitional.dtd"><html xmlns="http://www.w3.org/1999/xhtml" xml:lang="en" lang="en">    <head>        <script>   (function(i, s, o, g, r, a, m) {     i["GoogleAnalyticsObject"] = r;     i[r] = i[r] || function() {       (i[r].q = i[r].q || []).push(arguments)     }, i[r].l = 1 * new Date();     a = s.createElement(o),       m = s.getElementsByTagName(o)[0];     a.async = 1;     a.src = g;     m.parentNode.insertBefore(a, m)   })(window, document, "script", "https://www.google-analytics.com/analytics.js", "ga");   ga('create', 'UA-66147751-16', {     'storage': 'none',     'clientId': localStorage.getItem('ga:clientId')   });   ga(function(tracker) {     localStorage.setItem('ga:clientId', tracker.get('clientId'));   });   ga('set', 'checkProtocolTask', null);      ga('set', 'page', '/76ers-news-philly-preseason-opponent-strategically-signs-tacko-fall-to-add-size');   ga('set', 'title', '76ers preseason opponent ‘strategically’ signs Tacko Fall to add size');   ga('send', 'pageview');</script>        <style type="text/css" media="all">            body {    background: transparent;    margin: 0px;}h1, h2, h3 {    color: #DDDDDD;    font-family: "SFUIText-Semibold";    margin: 30px 15px 15px 15px;    font-size: 21px;    line-height: 125%;    letter-spacing: -0.41px;}header {    margin: 0px;    height: 0px;    display: none;}p {    color: rgba(255, 255, 255, 0.7);    font-family: "SFUIText-Regular";    margin: 15px 15px 15px 15px;    font-size: 17px;    line-height: 135%;    letter-spacing: -0.23px;}p > img {    margin-left: -15px;    width: calc(100% + 30px);}a {    color: rgba(255, 255, 255, 0.8);    font-family: "SFUIText-Regular";    font-size: 17px;    line-height: 135%;    letter-spacing: -0.23px;    text-decoration: underline;}ul {    color: rgba(255, 255, 255, 0.7);    font-family: "SFUIText-Regular";    margin: 3px 10px 3px 10px;    font-size: 17px;    line-height: 135%;    letter-spacing: -0.23px;}ol {    color: rgba(255, 255, 255, 0.7);    font-family: "SFUIText-Regular";    font-size: 17px;    line-height: 135%;    letter-spacing: -0.23px;}img {    margin: 0px;    width: 100%;    height: auto;}blockquote {    color: rgba(255, 255, 255, 0.8);    font-family: "SFUIText-Medium";    margin: 30px 15px 30px 15px;    font-size: 19px;    line-height: 135%;    letter-spacing: -0.41px;}blockquote p {    margin: 0px;}.op-tracker, .op-ad {    display: none;    height: 0px;}article > figure {    margin: 0px;}figcaption {    color: rgba(255, 255, 255, 0.7);    font-family: "SFUIText-Regular";    margin: 10px 15px 30px 15px;    font-size: 13px;}iframe {    width: __SCREEN_SIZE_WIDTH__;    margin: 0px;    border: 0;}.vine-embed {    height: __SCREEN_SIZE_WIDTH__;}.twitter-tweet, .instagram-media {    margin-left: 15px !important;    margin-right: 15px !important;    width: __SCREEN_CONTENT_SIZE_WIDTH__ !important;}.clutchpoints-widget {    /*margin: 10px 15px 10px 15px !important;*/    /*margin-top: 1px !important;*/    padding-top: 10px;    /*margin-left: 15px !important;*/    /*margin-right: 15px !important;*/    /*width: __SCREEN_CONTENT_SIZE_WIDTH__ !important;*/}        </style>        <meta http-equiv="Content-Type" content="text/html; charset=UTF-8" />    </head>    <body>        <article id="mvp-content-main"><header><figure><img src="https://wp.clutchpoints.com/wp-content/uploads/2024/09/76ers-Tacko-Fall-Joel-Embiid.jpg"></figure><h1>76ers preseason opponent ‘strategically’ signs Tacko Fall to add size</h1><time class="op-published" datetime="2024-09-27T12:00:52-07:00">September 27th, 12:00pm</time><time class="op-modified" datetime="2024-09-27T12:06:31-07:00">September 27th, 12:06pm</time><address><a>Sam DiGiovanni</a>Sam DiGiovanni started at ClutchPoints as an associate editor in 2021 and became the site's Philadelphia 76ers beat reporter ahead of the 2022-23 season. He graduated from Marist College in May of 2022 and has written for TheKnicksWall.com and CenterFieldMarist.com in the past.</address><h3 class="op-kicker">NBA</h3><figure class="op-ad"></figure></header><p>The Philadelphia 76ers’ first preseason game of 2024 is against the New Zealand Breakers of Australia’s NBL. To bolster their roster <a href="https://clutchpoints.com/does-76-tacko-fall-still-have-chance-return-nba">against NBA competition</a>, Philly’s overseas opponent has signed Tacko Fall.</p><p>The Breakers, who will also face the Utah Jazz and Oklahoma City Thunder in their NBA tour, said in their announcement that the addition of Fall is <a href="https://www.nzbreakers.basketball/news/bnz-breakers-sign-former-nba-centre-tacko-fall-for-us-tour" rel="noopener">“strategically targeted towards the Breakers’ US tour.”</a></p><p>As the Breakers prepare to go against star big men like Joel Embiid, Chet Holmgren and Lauri Markkanen (unless their teams exercise caution and hold them out), having such a big player with NBA experience will be helpful, even if he has been out of the league for a few seasons.</p><p>“I’m excited to be part of this squad and to represent the BNZ Breakers,” Fall said in the announcement. “The opportunity to compete against NBA teams again is a great challenge, and I’m looking forward to doing whatever I can to help the club.”</p><figure class="op-interactive"><blockquote class="twitter-tweet"><p dir="ltr" lang="en">Reinforcements incoming 😤</p><p>We have signed 7'6" centre Tacko Fall for next month's US tour 👊</p><p>The Breakers depart for the States in early October, with Fall joining the team immediately in Utah in preperation for these fixtures</p><p>More at our website<a href="https://twitter.com/hashtag/UNBREAKABLE?src=hash&amp;ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">#UNBREAKABLE</a> <a href="https://t.co/fovcHMcow5">pic.twitter.com/fovcHMcow5</a></p><p>— BNZ Breakers (@NZBreakers) <a href="https://twitter.com/NZBreakers/status/1838366276684800177?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">September 23, 2024</a></p></blockquote><p><script async="" src="https://platform.twitter.com/widgets.js" charset="utf-8"></script></p></figure><h2><b>Tacko Fall joins NBL team to play against Jazz, 76ers, Thunder</b></h2><p>After appearing in three NBA seasons from 2019 to 2022, Fall has <a href="https://clutchpoints.com/tacko-fall-looking-scarier-than-victor-wembanyama-with-surreal-highlights-in-china">spent the last two seasons</a> playing in the Chinese Basketball Association. The 7-foot-6 native of Senegal and former UCF standout played 26 games with the Boston Celtics and 11 with the Cleveland Cavaliers after going undrafted.</p><p>“Tacko is a game-changer on the defensive end, and his experience in the NBA will be invaluable to us as we prepare to take on the challenge of competing against some of the best teams in the world,” said Breakers head coach Matt Walsh in the team’s announcement.</p><p>Fall is one of several former NBA players on the Breakers’ roster, including former Sixer Jonah Bolden, Matthew Mooney and Freddie Gillespie. They will play the Jazz on Friday, October 4, the 76ers on Monday, October 7 and the Thunder on Thursday, October 10.</p><figure class="op-tracker"></figure></article>    </body></html>

76ers preseason opponent ‘strategically’ signs Tacko Fall to add size

<!DOCTYPE html PUBLIC "-//W3C//DTD XHTML 1.0 Transitional//EN" "http://www.w3.org/TR/xhtml1/DTD/xhtml1-transitional.dtd"><html xmlns="http://www.w3.org/1999/xhtml" xml:lang="en" lang="en">    <head>        <script>   (function(i, s, o, g, r, a, m) {     i["GoogleAnalyticsObject"] = r;     i[r] = i[r] || function() {       (i[r].q = i[r].q || []).push(arguments)     }, i[r].l = 1 * new Date();     a = s.createElement(o),       m = s.getElementsByTagName(o)[0];     a.async = 1;     a.src = g;     m.parentNode.insertBefore(a, m)   })(window, document, "script", "https://www.google-analytics.com/analytics.js", "ga");   ga('create', 'UA-66147751-16', {     'storage': 'none',     'clientId': localStorage.getItem('ga:clientId')   });   ga(function(tracker) {     localStorage.setItem('ga:clientId', tracker.get('clientId'));   });   ga('set', 'checkProtocolTask', null);      ga('set', 'page', '/does-76-tacko-fall-still-have-chance-return-nba');   ga('set', 'title', 'Does 7’6″ Tacko Fall still have a chance at a return to the NBA?');   ga('send', 'pageview');</script>        <style type="text/css" media="all">            body {    background: transparent;    margin: 0px;}h1, h2, h3 {    color: #DDDDDD;    font-family: "SFUIText-Semibold";    margin: 30px 15px 15px 15px;    font-size: 21px;    line-height: 125%;    letter-spacing: -0.41px;}header {    margin: 0px;    height: 0px;    display: none;}p {    color: rgba(255, 255, 255, 0.7);    font-family: "SFUIText-Regular";    margin: 15px 15px 15px 15px;    font-size: 17px;    line-height: 135%;    letter-spacing: -0.23px;}p > img {    margin-left: -15px;    width: calc(100% + 30px);}a {    color: rgba(255, 255, 255, 0.8);    font-family: "SFUIText-Regular";    font-size: 17px;    line-height: 135%;    letter-spacing: -0.23px;    text-decoration: underline;}ul {    color: rgba(255, 255, 255, 0.7);    font-family: "SFUIText-Regular";    margin: 3px 10px 3px 10px;    font-size: 17px;    line-height: 135%;    letter-spacing: -0.23px;}ol {    color: rgba(255, 255, 255, 0.7);    font-family: "SFUIText-Regular";    font-size: 17px;    line-height: 135%;    letter-spacing: -0.23px;}img {    margin: 0px;    width: 100%;    height: auto;}blockquote {    color: rgba(255, 255, 255, 0.8);    font-family: "SFUIText-Medium";    margin: 30px 15px 30px 15px;    font-size: 19px;    line-height: 135%;    letter-spacing: -0.41px;}blockquote p {    margin: 0px;}.op-tracker, .op-ad {    display: none;    height: 0px;}article > figure {    margin: 0px;}figcaption {    color: rgba(255, 255, 255, 0.7);    font-family: "SFUIText-Regular";    margin: 10px 15px 30px 15px;    font-size: 13px;}iframe {    width: __SCREEN_SIZE_WIDTH__;    margin: 0px;    border: 0;}.vine-embed {    height: __SCREEN_SIZE_WIDTH__;}.twitter-tweet, .instagram-media {    margin-left: 15px !important;    margin-right: 15px !important;    width: __SCREEN_CONTENT_SIZE_WIDTH__ !important;}.clutchpoints-widget {    /*margin: 10px 15px 10px 15px !important;*/    /*margin-top: 1px !important;*/    padding-top: 10px;    /*margin-left: 15px !important;*/    /*margin-right: 15px !important;*/    /*width: __SCREEN_CONTENT_SIZE_WIDTH__ !important;*/}        </style>        <meta http-equiv="Content-Type" content="text/html; charset=UTF-8" />    </head>    <body>        <article id="mvp-content-main"><header><figure><img src="https://wp.clutchpoints.com/wp-content/uploads/2024/08/0Does-7-6-Tacko-Fall-still-have-a-chance-at-a-return-to-the-NBA.0.jpg"></figure><h1>Does 7’6″ Tacko Fall still have a chance at a return to the NBA?</h1><time class="op-published" datetime="2024-08-03T07:39:20-07:00">August 3rd, 7:39am</time><time class="op-modified" datetime="2024-08-03T07:39:20-07:00">August 3rd, 7:39am</time><address><a>Derick Quinanola</a>With a proficient background in basketball, NFL, and football, Derick Quinanola uses his knowledge to write blogs for readers that are both entertaining and informative. He has been writing with ClutchPoints for years and has developed an understanding of the type of content fans resonate with.</address><h3 class="op-kicker">Evergreen</h3><figure class="op-ad"></figure></header><p>In an era of positionless basketball, it’s still hard to ignore the <a href="https://clutchpoints.com/nba/players/a1af09b3/tacko-fall">towering presence of Tacko Fall</a>. At 7’6″, Fall made history by being the <a href="https://www.basketball-reference.com/bbr-blog/2023/06/top-10-tallest-players-in-nba-history/" rel="noopener">third tallest player</a> to ever make the NBA, trailing only Manute Bol and Gheorghe Mureșan who both stood at 7’7″.</p><p>Fall’s basketball journey started like every highly touted recruit. He was a four-star recruit out of high school, committed to the University of Central Florida (UCF), and nearly ended his college career with a win against a stacked Duke team led by Zion Williamson and RJ Barrett in the NCAA March Madness tournament in 2019.</p><p>But since making it to the league, Fall has struggled to stay on an NBA roster.</p><h2><b>Tacko Fall goes undrafted in the 2019 NBA Draft</b></h2><p>Despite his impressive college career, Fall went undrafted in the 2019 NBA Draft due to his lack of mobility and offensive limitations. However, it didn’t take long for a team to swoop in and sign him. The <a href="https://clutchpoints.com/nba/boston-celtics" rel="noopener">Boston Celtics</a> saw potential in him and signed him to an Exhibit 10 Contract that allowed him to be on their Summer League roster.</p><p>After a decent showing in five games, the Celtics officially signed him to a two-way contract which allowed him to split his time between the Celtics and their G-League affiliate, the Maine Red Claws.</p><p>In his first season, Fall only appeared in seven games and averaged 3.3 PTS and 2.1 REBS while playing 4.7 minutes per game. He’d spend another season with the Celtics in the same role before he eventually moved on to the Cleveland Cavaliers in 2021. Unfortunately, he was given the same role. Over three seasons, Fall appeared in only 37 NBA games, spending most of his time in the G-League where he’d get more playing time.</p><h2><b>Tacko Fall sought new opportunities abroad</b></h2><figure><img src="https://wp.clutchpoints.com/wp-content/uploads/2024/08/Tacko-Fall-of-the-Jazz.jpg"><figcaption>Mandatory Credit: Stephen R. Sylvanie-USA TODAY Sports</figcaption></figure><p>Once his two-way contract with the Cavaliers ended after the 2021-2022 season, instead of spending another season in the G-league, Fall decided to take his talents overseas. On August 24th, 2022, he signed with the Xinjiang Flying Tigers of the Chinese Basketball Association (CBA).</p><p>While the competition isn’t as challenging compared to the players in the NBA, Fall showed he can produce when given minutes. In his first season in the CBA, Fall averaged a double-double, scoring 13.8 points and grabbing 10.1 rebounds per game in just 25.7 minutes per game. His shooting efficiency was also impressive, as he hit 73.1 percent of his shots.</p><p>Fall’s hard work was rewarded when the Milwaukee Bucks offered him a spot on their Summer League team, but after failing to move past getting a two-way contract, Fall decided to play in China for another year, this time playing for the Nanjing Monkey Kings.</p><p>As of this writing, the <a href="https://m.basketnews.com/news-201859-tacko-fall-and-emmanuel-mudiay-sign-with-a-team-in-puerto-rico.html" rel="noopener">last professional stint</a> Fall had was playing in Puerto Rico with former lottery pick Emmanuel Mudiay for the Piratas de Quebradillas of the Baloncesto Superior Nacional League for the 2024 season.</p><p>While Fall’s NBA career may have had a rocky start, his story is far from finished. Because at the end of the day, you can’t teach height, and for Fall, all he needs is one team to see his potential.</p><figure class="op-tracker"></figure></article>    </body></html>

Does 7’6″ Tacko Fall still have a chance at a return to the NBA?

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His need for speed may no longer be on the grid or courts but has stayed with him through writing.</address><h3 class="op-kicker">NBA</h3><figure class="op-ad"></figure></header><p>Being above the height of 7-foot-3 makes an NBA player an instant fan favorite. This is exactly how it <a href="https://clutchpoints.com/spurs-news-manu-ginobli-cautiously-optimistic-view-victor-wembanyama-new-era" rel="noopener">panned out for Tacko Fall</a> when he received chants to get in the game during his Boston Celtics days. Bol Bol has experienced the same thing with the Orlando Magic. A new generation of insanely tall players have entered the NBA and they were received exceptionally well. The face in the middle of it all is the star out of France that got picked by the San Antonio Spurs, Victor Wembanyama.</p><p>A lot of NBA players are excited<a href="https://clutchpoints.com/tacko-fall-looking-scarier-than-victor-wembanyama-with-surreal-highlights-in-china" rel="noopener"> to meet Victor Wembanyama</a> when they face the Spurs this season. Whether it is to form a bond with him or try to put him in their poster collection, the excitement is there. However, an iconic big man would not be able to get that opportunity on the court.</p><p>Tacko Fall is set to join the Nanjing Monkey Kings of the CBA. This means that his interaction with the Spurs rookie is going to happen off the floor. Although, he already knows what might go down during that moment. He unveiled <a href="https://twitter.com/ShamsCharania/status/1690922126620884993" rel="noopener">his thoughts</a> on it with The Athletic’s Shams Charania, via the Sitdown with Stadium show.</p><p>“Very awkward. It would be weird for me to look somebody in the eye,” Fall said while giggling.</p><p>It is not very common that men of their stature get to see a person in the eye. Often, they even have to lower their head just to hear the conversation. This is going to be one hilarious interaction for the Spurs star that will break the internet.</p><figure class="op-tracker"></figure></article>    </body></html>

Tacko Fall gets hilariously honest why meeting Spurs’ Victory Wembanyama will be ‘very awkward’

<!DOCTYPE html PUBLIC "-//W3C//DTD XHTML 1.0 Transitional//EN" "http://www.w3.org/TR/xhtml1/DTD/xhtml1-transitional.dtd"><html xmlns="http://www.w3.org/1999/xhtml" xml:lang="en" lang="en">    <head>        <script>   (function(i, s, o, g, r, a, m) {     i["GoogleAnalyticsObject"] = r;     i[r] = i[r] || function() {       (i[r].q = i[r].q || []).push(arguments)     }, i[r].l = 1 * new Date();     a = s.createElement(o),       m = s.getElementsByTagName(o)[0];     a.async = 1;     a.src = g;     m.parentNode.insertBefore(a, m)   })(window, document, "script", "https://www.google-analytics.com/analytics.js", "ga");   ga('create', 'UA-66147751-16', {     'storage': 'none',     'clientId': localStorage.getItem('ga:clientId')   });   ga(function(tracker) {     localStorage.setItem('ga:clientId', tracker.get('clientId'));   });   ga('set', 'checkProtocolTask', null);      ga('set', 'page', '/tacko-fall-looking-scarier-than-victor-wembanyama-with-surreal-highlights-in-china/');   ga('set', 'title', 'Tacko Fall looking scarier than Victor Wembanyama with surreal highlights in China');   ga('send', 'pageview');</script>        <style type="text/css" media="all">            body {    background: transparent;    margin: 0px;}h1, h2, h3 {    color: #DDDDDD;    font-family: "SFUIText-Semibold";    margin: 30px 15px 15px 15px;    font-size: 21px;    line-height: 125%;    letter-spacing: -0.41px;}header {    margin: 0px;    height: 0px;    display: none;}p {    color: rgba(255, 255, 255, 0.7);    font-family: "SFUIText-Regular";    margin: 15px 15px 15px 15px;    font-size: 17px;    line-height: 135%;    letter-spacing: -0.23px;}p > img {    margin-left: -15px;    width: calc(100% + 30px);}a {    color: rgba(255, 255, 255, 0.8);    font-family: "SFUIText-Regular";    font-size: 17px;    line-height: 135%;    letter-spacing: -0.23px;    text-decoration: underline;}ul {    color: rgba(255, 255, 255, 0.7);    font-family: "SFUIText-Regular";    margin: 3px 10px 3px 10px;    font-size: 17px;    line-height: 135%;    letter-spacing: -0.23px;}ol {    color: rgba(255, 255, 255, 0.7);    font-family: "SFUIText-Regular";    font-size: 17px;    line-height: 135%;    letter-spacing: -0.23px;}img {    margin: 0px;    width: 100%;    height: auto;}blockquote {    color: rgba(255, 255, 255, 0.8);    font-family: "SFUIText-Medium";    margin: 30px 15px 30px 15px;    font-size: 19px;    line-height: 135%;    letter-spacing: -0.41px;}blockquote p {    margin: 0px;}.op-tracker, .op-ad {    display: none;    height: 0px;}article > figure {    margin: 0px;}figcaption {    color: rgba(255, 255, 255, 0.7);    font-family: "SFUIText-Regular";    margin: 10px 15px 30px 15px;    font-size: 13px;}iframe {    width: __SCREEN_SIZE_WIDTH__;    margin: 0px;    border: 0;}.vine-embed {    height: __SCREEN_SIZE_WIDTH__;}.twitter-tweet, .instagram-media {    margin-left: 15px !important;    margin-right: 15px !important;    width: __SCREEN_CONTENT_SIZE_WIDTH__ !important;}.clutchpoints-widget {    /*margin: 10px 15px 10px 15px !important;*/    /*margin-top: 1px !important;*/    padding-top: 10px;    /*margin-left: 15px !important;*/    /*margin-right: 15px !important;*/    /*width: __SCREEN_CONTENT_SIZE_WIDTH__ !important;*/}        </style>        <meta http-equiv="Content-Type" content="text/html; charset=UTF-8" />    </head>    <body>        <article id="mvp-content-main"><header><figure><img src="https://clutchpoints.com/wp-content/uploads/2022/11/Tacko-Fall-CBA.jpg"></figure><h1>Tacko Fall looking scarier than Victor Wembanyama with surreal highlights in China</h1><time class="op-published" datetime="2022-11-01T21:03:42-07:00">November 1st, 9:03pm</time><time class="op-modified" datetime="2022-11-01T21:03:42-07:00">November 1st, 9:03pm</time><address><a>Rexwell Villas</a></address><h3 class="op-kicker">NBA</h3><figure class="op-ad"></figure></header><p>Unable to land a gig in the NBA, Tacko Fall took his talents to China in August and has played like a dragon there. A montage of Fall’s highlights in the CBA has recently made its way to Twitter and is now going viral for obvious reasons.</p><p>We’ve all seen Tacko Fall dominate against puny defenders in high school and demoralize opposing players during his time with the UCF Knights in college, and if you miss seeing that kind of Tacko Fall again, then you definitely have to see his highlights in China, which is exponentially more fun and almost too absurd to believe.</p><p>Here is Tacko Fall living the dream in China and looking like the product of a mad scientist’s basketball lab experiment. Fall is running fastbreaks on his own, bulldozing his way to the basket, and just making everyone else on the floor look like wet cardboard cutouts.</p><figure class="op-interactive"><blockquote class="twitter-tweet"><p dir="ltr" lang="en">Tacko Fall went to China and turned into Wilt Chamberlain. <a href="https://t.co/w7XC4naGTn">pic.twitter.com/w7XC4naGTn</a></p><p>— Jim Weber (@JimMWeber) <a href="https://twitter.com/JimMWeber/status/1587427745969184777?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">November 1, 2022</a></p></blockquote><p><script async="" src="https://platform.twitter.com/widgets.js" charset="utf-8"></script></p></figure><p>At 7’6″, Tacko Fall is always going to be the biggest player on the court wherever he plays on the planet, but his size just stands out even more in China where he is faced with much smaller defenders whom he routinely treats like stuffed toys.</p><p>Tacko Fall <a href="https://clutchpoints.com/tacko-fall-signs-1-year-deal-with-new-team-but-not-in-the-nba/" rel="noopener">signed</a> a one-year deal with the Xinjiang Flying Tigers back in August. Over his first nine games with the Tigers, Fall has averaged <a href="https://basketball.realgm.com/player/Tacko-Fall/International/83961" rel="noopener">14.6</a> points on a ridiculous 71.8 percent shooting from the field, 8.3 rebounds, and 3.0 blocks in 23.9 minutes per game.</p><p>Fall will continue to build on his confidence in China, as he perhaps looks forward to giving the NBA another shot.</p><figure class="op-tracker"></figure></article>    </body></html>

Tacko Fall looking scarier than Victor Wembanyama with surreal highlights in China

<!DOCTYPE html PUBLIC "-//W3C//DTD XHTML 1.0 Transitional//EN" "http://www.w3.org/TR/xhtml1/DTD/xhtml1-transitional.dtd"><html xmlns="http://www.w3.org/1999/xhtml" xml:lang="en" lang="en">    <head>        <script>   (function(i, s, o, g, r, a, m) {     i["GoogleAnalyticsObject"] = r;     i[r] = i[r] || function() {       (i[r].q = i[r].q || []).push(arguments)     }, i[r].l = 1 * new Date();     a = s.createElement(o),       m = s.getElementsByTagName(o)[0];     a.async = 1;     a.src = g;     m.parentNode.insertBefore(a, m)   })(window, document, "script", "https://www.google-analytics.com/analytics.js", "ga");   ga('create', 'UA-66147751-16', {     'storage': 'none',     'clientId': localStorage.getItem('ga:clientId')   });   ga(function(tracker) {     localStorage.setItem('ga:clientId', tracker.get('clientId'));   });   ga('set', 'checkProtocolTask', null);      ga('set', 'page', '');   ga('set', 'title', '‘Jaylen is very disrespected’: Tacko Fall gets brutally honest on Celtics star Jaylen Brown');   ga('send', 'pageview');</script>        <style type="text/css" media="all">            body {    background: transparent;    margin: 0px;}h1, h2, h3 {    color: #DDDDDD;    font-family: "SFUIText-Semibold";    margin: 30px 15px 15px 15px;    font-size: 21px;    line-height: 125%;    letter-spacing: -0.41px;}header {    margin: 0px;    height: 0px;    display: none;}p {    color: rgba(255, 255, 255, 0.7);    font-family: "SFUIText-Regular";    margin: 15px 15px 15px 15px;    font-size: 17px;    line-height: 135%;    letter-spacing: -0.23px;}p > img {    margin-left: -15px;    width: calc(100% + 30px);}a {    color: rgba(255, 255, 255, 0.8);    font-family: "SFUIText-Regular";    font-size: 17px;    line-height: 135%;    letter-spacing: -0.23px;    text-decoration: underline;}ul {    color: rgba(255, 255, 255, 0.7);    font-family: "SFUIText-Regular";    margin: 3px 10px 3px 10px;    font-size: 17px;    line-height: 135%;    letter-spacing: -0.23px;}ol {    color: rgba(255, 255, 255, 0.7);    font-family: "SFUIText-Regular";    font-size: 17px;    line-height: 135%;    letter-spacing: -0.23px;}img {    margin: 0px;    width: 100%;    height: auto;}blockquote {    color: rgba(255, 255, 255, 0.8);    font-family: "SFUIText-Medium";    margin: 30px 15px 30px 15px;    font-size: 19px;    line-height: 135%;    letter-spacing: -0.41px;}blockquote p {    margin: 0px;}.op-tracker, .op-ad {    display: none;    height: 0px;}article > figure {    margin: 0px;}figcaption {    color: rgba(255, 255, 255, 0.7);    font-family: "SFUIText-Regular";    margin: 10px 15px 30px 15px;    font-size: 13px;}iframe {    width: __SCREEN_SIZE_WIDTH__;    margin: 0px;    border: 0;}.vine-embed {    height: __SCREEN_SIZE_WIDTH__;}.twitter-tweet, .instagram-media {    margin-left: 15px !important;    margin-right: 15px !important;    width: __SCREEN_CONTENT_SIZE_WIDTH__ !important;}.clutchpoints-widget {    /*margin: 10px 15px 10px 15px !important;*/    /*margin-top: 1px !important;*/    padding-top: 10px;    /*margin-left: 15px !important;*/    /*margin-right: 15px !important;*/    /*width: __SCREEN_CONTENT_SIZE_WIDTH__ !important;*/}        </style>        <meta http-equiv="Content-Type" content="text/html; charset=UTF-8" />    </head>    <body>        <article><header><figure><img src="https://clutchpoints.com/wp-content/uploads/2022/08/Tacko-Fall-gets-brutally-honest-on-ex-Celtics-teammate-Jaylen-Brown_thumb.jpg"></figure><h1>‘Jaylen is very disrespected’: Tacko Fall gets brutally honest on Celtics star Jaylen Brown</h1><time class="op-published" datetime="2022-08-28T15:21:21-07:00">August 28th, 3:21pm</time><time class="op-modified" datetime="2022-08-28T15:25:35-07:00">August 28th, 3:25pm</time><address><a>Angelo Guinhawa</a>Angelo Guinhawa is a basketball and soccer/football editor/writer. He uses his background in digital marketing to make sure you get to read his work. He has previously worked for FOX Sports PH and a number of reputable sports media outlets. If he's not writing or watching sports, he's likely scouring online for his next NBA card purchase.</address><h3 class="op-kicker">NBA</h3><figure class="op-ad"></figure></header><p>Former Boston Celtics big man Tacko Fall doesn’t think Jaylen Brown gets the love he deserves–both from the Beantown faithful and NBA fans in general.</p><p>Speaking with Scoop B. Robinson for <a href="https://twitter.com/BovadaOfficial/status/1562869775914545154" rel="noopener">Bovada</a>, Fall opened up about his thoughts on his former teammate, who was previously rumored to be offered to the Brooklyn Nets as the centerpiece of a Kevin Durant trade package. This is after a season when he helped lead the Celtics to the NBA Finals, even looking like their best player past Jayson Tatum at times.</p><p>“I think Jaylen is very disrespected,” Fall said, per <a href="https://www.boston.com/sports/boston-celtics/2022/08/28/celtics-jaylen-brown-tacko-fall-disrespected/" rel="noopener">Boston.com</a>. “I think he doesn’t get the praise he deserves sometimes and he’s a great player. Jaylen is nice, and for him, he just gotta keep doing what he’s doing. He’s very focused, he’s very locked in. He knows what he wants to accomplish, and they’re doing well.”</p><p>For a player of Jaylen Brown’s caliber to be repeatedly mentioned in trade rumors is disrespectful indeed. It would have been a little more understandable if his partnership with Jayson Tatum was not working, but that’s not the case as the two have learned to effectively play alongside each other.</p><figure class="op-interactive"><blockquote class="twitter-tweet"><p dir="ltr" lang="en">Tacko Fall dishing out some good <a href="https://twitter.com/hashtag/Crypto?src=hash&amp;ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">#Crypto</a> advice to <a href="https://twitter.com/ScoopB?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">@ScoopB</a> <a href="https://t.co/Sgeax2XzQ6">pic.twitter.com/Sgeax2XzQ6</a></p><p>— Bovada (@BovadaOfficial) <a href="https://twitter.com/BovadaOfficial/status/1562869775914545154?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">August 25, 2022</a></p></blockquote><p><script async="" src="https://platform.twitter.com/widgets.js" charset="utf-8"></script></p></figure><p>Many thought that the Celtics have <a href="https://clutchpoints.com/celtics-news-the-trust-has-been-broken-kendrick-perkins-gets-brutally-honest-why-boston-should-trade-jaylen-brown-now/" rel="noopener">damaged their relationship</a> with Brown due to the KD trade rumor, but it doesn’t look like there’s an issue between both sides. In fact, team president Brad Stevens even recently emphasized their desire to <a href="https://clutchpoints.com/celtics-news-jaylen-browns-future-gets-clarity-after-kevin-durant-trade-rumors/" rel="noopener">keep Jaylen long-term</a> ahead of a potential contract extension.</p><p>“The outside noise doesn’t really matter,” Tacko Fall added on Jaylen Brown’s situation. “It’s what the organization thinks of him. And I know the organization thinks greatly of him, and I know he loves Boston, so that’s all that matters.”</p><figure class="op-tracker"></figure></article>    </body></html>

‘Jaylen is very disrespected’: Tacko Fall gets brutally honest on Celtics star Jaylen Brown

<!DOCTYPE html PUBLIC "-//W3C//DTD XHTML 1.0 Transitional//EN" "http://www.w3.org/TR/xhtml1/DTD/xhtml1-transitional.dtd"><html xmlns="http://www.w3.org/1999/xhtml" xml:lang="en" lang="en">    <head>        <script>   (function(i, s, o, g, r, a, m) {     i["GoogleAnalyticsObject"] = r;     i[r] = i[r] || function() {       (i[r].q = i[r].q || []).push(arguments)     }, i[r].l = 1 * new Date();     a = s.createElement(o),       m = s.getElementsByTagName(o)[0];     a.async = 1;     a.src = g;     m.parentNode.insertBefore(a, m)   })(window, document, "script", "https://www.google-analytics.com/analytics.js", "ga");   ga('create', 'UA-66147751-16', {     'storage': 'none',     'clientId': localStorage.getItem('ga:clientId')   });   ga(function(tracker) {     localStorage.setItem('ga:clientId', tracker.get('clientId'));   });   ga('set', 'checkProtocolTask', null);      ga('set', 'page', '');   ga('set', 'title', 'Tacko Fall signs 1-year deal with new team … but not in the NBA');   ga('send', 'pageview');</script>        <style type="text/css" media="all">            body {    background: transparent;    margin: 0px;}h1, h2, h3 {    color: #DDDDDD;    font-family: "SFUIText-Semibold";    margin: 30px 15px 15px 15px;    font-size: 21px;    line-height: 125%;    letter-spacing: -0.41px;}header {    margin: 0px;    height: 0px;    display: none;}p {    color: rgba(255, 255, 255, 0.7);    font-family: "SFUIText-Regular";    margin: 15px 15px 15px 15px;    font-size: 17px;    line-height: 135%;    letter-spacing: -0.23px;}p > img {    margin-left: -15px;    width: calc(100% + 30px);}a {    color: rgba(255, 255, 255, 0.8);    font-family: "SFUIText-Regular";    font-size: 17px;    line-height: 135%;    letter-spacing: -0.23px;    text-decoration: underline;}ul {    color: rgba(255, 255, 255, 0.7);    font-family: "SFUIText-Regular";    margin: 3px 10px 3px 10px;    font-size: 17px;    line-height: 135%;    letter-spacing: -0.23px;}ol {    color: rgba(255, 255, 255, 0.7);    font-family: "SFUIText-Regular";    font-size: 17px;    line-height: 135%;    letter-spacing: -0.23px;}img {    margin: 0px;    width: 100%;    height: auto;}blockquote {    color: rgba(255, 255, 255, 0.8);    font-family: "SFUIText-Medium";    margin: 30px 15px 30px 15px;    font-size: 19px;    line-height: 135%;    letter-spacing: -0.41px;}blockquote p {    margin: 0px;}.op-tracker, .op-ad {    display: none;    height: 0px;}article > figure {    margin: 0px;}figcaption {    color: rgba(255, 255, 255, 0.7);    font-family: "SFUIText-Regular";    margin: 10px 15px 30px 15px;    font-size: 13px;}iframe {    width: __SCREEN_SIZE_WIDTH__;    margin: 0px;    border: 0;}.vine-embed {    height: __SCREEN_SIZE_WIDTH__;}.twitter-tweet, .instagram-media {    margin-left: 15px !important;    margin-right: 15px !important;    width: __SCREEN_CONTENT_SIZE_WIDTH__ !important;}.clutchpoints-widget {    /*margin: 10px 15px 10px 15px !important;*/    /*margin-top: 1px !important;*/    padding-top: 10px;    /*margin-left: 15px !important;*/    /*margin-right: 15px !important;*/    /*width: __SCREEN_CONTENT_SIZE_WIDTH__ !important;*/}        </style>        <meta http-equiv="Content-Type" content="text/html; charset=UTF-8" />    </head>    <body>        <article><header><figure><img src="https://clutchpoints.com/wp-content/uploads/2022/08/Tacko-Fall-signs-1-year-deal-with-new-team-...-but-not-in-the-NBA.jpg"></figure><h1>Tacko Fall signs 1-year deal with new team … but not in the NBA</h1><time class="op-published" datetime="2022-08-24T19:58:49-07:00">August 24th, 7:58pm</time><time class="op-modified" datetime="2022-08-24T19:59:21-07:00">August 24th, 7:59pm</time><address><a>Angelo Guinhawa</a>Angelo Guinhawa is a basketball and soccer/football editor/writer. He uses his background in digital marketing to make sure you get to read his work. He has previously worked for FOX Sports PH and a number of reputable sports media outlets. If he's not writing or watching sports, he's likely scouring online for his next NBA card purchase.</address><h3 class="op-kicker">NBA</h3><figure class="op-ad"></figure></header><p>Tacko Fall, who has been a fan-favorite since entering the NBA in 2019 because of his height, has found a new team. However, he won’t be playing on US soil for now.</p><p>According to <a href="https://twitter.com/ShamsCharania/status/1562602248806739968" rel="noopener">Shams Charania of The Athletic</a>, Fall has agreed to a one-year deal with the Xinjiang Flying Tigers of the Chinese Basketball Association. The 7-foot-6 center started with the Boston Celtics but lasted only two seasons before taking his talents to the Cleveland Cavaliers.</p><figure class="op-interactive"><blockquote class="twitter-tweet"><p dir="ltr" lang="en">Three-year NBA veteran Tacko Fall is signing a one-year deal in the Chinese Basketball Association with Xinjiang, per sources. The 7-foot-6 center played for Boston and Cleveland and now departs to play abroad.</p><p>— Shams Charania (@ShamsCharania) <a href="https://twitter.com/ShamsCharania/status/1562602248806739968?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">August 25, 2022</a></p></blockquote><p><script async="" src="https://platform.twitter.com/widgets.js" charset="utf-8"></script></p></figure><p>Tacko Fall <a href="https://clutchpoints.com/sports/nba/players/tacko-fall/a1af09b3/" rel="noopener">didn’t get much opportunity</a> to play in his three years in the NBA, suiting up for just a combined 37 matches. He did have one start for Cleveland in 2021-22, but he ended up playing just 11 games for them. He has career averages of 2.2 points and 2.4 rebounds per contest.</p><p>Heading to China doesn’t mean it’s the end of Fall’s NBA journey. If anything, it could be a good opportunity for him to showcase to NBA teams what he can do with an increased role. He is expected to get significant playing time with Xinjiang, all while making significant money in the process.</p><p>The challenge for Fall now is to make major improvements on his game to convince NBA teams to sign him once his one-year deal is done. His mobility at his size has been a major concern, not to mention the need for polishing of his offense.</p><p>Here’s to hoping Fall succeeds in the CBA and paves his way back to the NBA. A lot of players who had stints in China found a way back to the league, so Fall surely still has a chance.</p><figure class="op-tracker"></figure></article>    </body></html>

Tacko Fall signs 1-year deal with new team … but not in the NBA

<!DOCTYPE html PUBLIC "-//W3C//DTD XHTML 1.0 Transitional//EN" "http://www.w3.org/TR/xhtml1/DTD/xhtml1-transitional.dtd"><html xmlns="http://www.w3.org/1999/xhtml" xml:lang="en" lang="en">    <head>        <script>   (function(i, s, o, g, r, a, m) {     i["GoogleAnalyticsObject"] = r;     i[r] = i[r] || function() {       (i[r].q = i[r].q || []).push(arguments)     }, i[r].l = 1 * new Date();     a = s.createElement(o),       m = s.getElementsByTagName(o)[0];     a.async = 1;     a.src = g;     m.parentNode.insertBefore(a, m)   })(window, document, "script", "https://www.google-analytics.com/analytics.js", "ga");   ga('create', 'UA-66147751-16', {     'storage': 'none',     'clientId': localStorage.getItem('ga:clientId')   });   ga(function(tracker) {     localStorage.setItem('ga:clientId', tracker.get('clientId'));   });   ga('set', 'checkProtocolTask', null);      ga('set', 'page', '');   ga('set', 'title', 'Tacko Fall’s hilarious reaction to Celtics star Jaylen Brown’s first triple-double');   ga('send', 'pageview');</script>        <style type="text/css" media="all">            body {    background: transparent;    margin: 0px;}h1, h2, h3 {    color: #DDDDDD;    font-family: "SFUIText-Semibold";    margin: 30px 15px 15px 15px;    font-size: 21px;    line-height: 125%;    letter-spacing: -0.41px;}header {    margin: 0px;    height: 0px;    display: none;}p {    color: rgba(255, 255, 255, 0.7);    font-family: "SFUIText-Regular";    margin: 15px 15px 15px 15px;    font-size: 17px;    line-height: 135%;    letter-spacing: -0.23px;}p > img {    margin-left: -15px;    width: calc(100% + 30px);}a {    color: rgba(255, 255, 255, 0.8);    font-family: "SFUIText-Regular";    font-size: 17px;    line-height: 135%;    letter-spacing: -0.23px;    text-decoration: underline;}ul {    color: rgba(255, 255, 255, 0.7);    font-family: "SFUIText-Regular";    margin: 3px 10px 3px 10px;    font-size: 17px;    line-height: 135%;    letter-spacing: -0.23px;}ol {    color: rgba(255, 255, 255, 0.7);    font-family: "SFUIText-Regular";    font-size: 17px;    line-height: 135%;    letter-spacing: -0.23px;}img {    margin: 0px;    width: 100%;    height: auto;}blockquote {    color: rgba(255, 255, 255, 0.8);    font-family: "SFUIText-Medium";    margin: 30px 15px 30px 15px;    font-size: 19px;    line-height: 135%;    letter-spacing: -0.41px;}blockquote p {    margin: 0px;}.op-tracker, .op-ad {    display: none;    height: 0px;}article > figure {    margin: 0px;}figcaption {    color: rgba(255, 255, 255, 0.7);    font-family: "SFUIText-Regular";    margin: 10px 15px 30px 15px;    font-size: 13px;}iframe {    width: __SCREEN_SIZE_WIDTH__;    margin: 0px;    border: 0;}.vine-embed {    height: __SCREEN_SIZE_WIDTH__;}.twitter-tweet, .instagram-media {    margin-left: 15px !important;    margin-right: 15px !important;    width: __SCREEN_CONTENT_SIZE_WIDTH__ !important;}.clutchpoints-widget {    /*margin: 10px 15px 10px 15px !important;*/    /*margin-top: 1px !important;*/    padding-top: 10px;    /*margin-left: 15px !important;*/    /*margin-right: 15px !important;*/    /*width: __SCREEN_CONTENT_SIZE_WIDTH__ !important;*/}        </style>        <meta http-equiv="Content-Type" content="text/html; charset=UTF-8" />    </head>    <body>        <article><header><figure><img src="https://clutchpoints.com/wp-content/uploads/2022/01/celtics-3.jpg"></figure><h1>Tacko Fall’s hilarious reaction to Celtics star Jaylen Brown’s first triple-double</h1><time class="op-published" datetime="2022-01-09T06:29:33-08:00">January 9th, 6:29am</time><time class="op-modified" datetime="2022-01-09T06:30:31-08:00">January 9th, 6:30am</time><address><a>Jason Patt</a>Jason Patt has been an editor at ClutchPoints since 2018. He also covers the Bulls for Forbes and SB Nation's Blog a Bull. In addition, he co-hosts Cash Considerations: A Chicago Bulls Podcast for the Blue Wire Network. If you couldn't tell, he's from Chicago.</address><h3 class="op-kicker">NBA</h3><figure class="op-ad"></figure></header><p>There has been plenty of drama surrounding the Boston Celtics this season, with Thursday’s collapse against the New York Knicks only ramping up the speculation about the future of Jaylen Brown and Jayson Tatum together. The Celtics had a rematch against the Knicks on Saturday, but things went much better this time around, at least on the court.</p><p>Brown recorded the first triple-double of his career, racking up 22 points, 11 rebounds and 11 assists in a dominant 99-75 victory. Tatum had 19 points in a relatively quiet game, but Boston didn’t need him to do much, <a href="https://clutchpoints.com/knicks-news-new-york-must-use-jedi-mind-trick-convince-evan-fournier-hes-always-playing-celtics/" rel="noopener">especially with Celtics killer</a> Evan Fournier out of the lineup.</p><p>After Brown secured his triple-double, former Celtics center Tacko Fall had a little fun with him by digging up an old photo:</p><figure class="op-interactive"><blockquote class="twitter-tweet"><p dir="ltr" lang="en">Tacko Fall digging deep into the archive to celebrate Jaylen Brown’s first triple-double 😂 <a href="https://t.co/z6OXSWJpm5" target="_blank">pic.twitter.com/z6OXSWJpm5</a></p><p>— Taylor Snow (@taylorcsnow) <a href="https://twitter.com/taylorcsnow/status/1480027920018116609?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw" target="_blank">January 9, 2022</a></p></blockquote><p></p></figure><p><i><b>*Watch NBA games LIVE with <a href="https://www.fubo.tv/lp/nba/?irad=356361&amp;irmp=492408" rel="noopener noreferrer">fuboTV (click for free trial)</a>*</b></i></p><p>Boston needed a game like this after that Thursday debacle. Of course, there was still some drama off the court. Brown <a href="https://www.espn.com/nba/story/_/id/33024050/boston-celtics-jaylen-brown-defends-pairing-jayson-tatum-logs-first-triple-double-win" rel="noopener">was asked about his future</a> with Tatum, while Tatum fired back at Kendrick Perkins on Twitter after the former Celtics big man <a href="https://clutchpoints.com/celtics-news-jayson-tatum-claps-back-at-kendrick-perkins-over-unprovoked-shade/" rel="noopener">lobbed criticism at him.</a> Even Tatum’s mom had something to say about Perkins’ comments, <a href="https://thesportsrush.com/nba-news-i-googled-kendrick-perkins-stats-this-is-a-joke-right-carry-on-jayson-tatums-mom-goes-off-the-celtics-analyst-following-comparison-between-jaylen-brown-and-her-s/" rel="noopener">though she deleted her tweet.</a> Bob Cousy <a href="https://clutchpoints.com/celtics-news-jayson-tatum-boston-slapped-with-harsh-reality-check-by-boston-icon-bob-cousy/" rel="noopener">got in on the criticism as well.</a></p><p>The Celtics are just 19-21 on the season as they try to navigate a variety of issues. While the Tatum-Brown pairing isn’t really the problem, many are wondering if Boston needs to shake things up in a big way. That chatter won’t quiet down until this team figures things out, so we’ll see if they can finally string some wins together and get hot. Saturday was a nice start.</p><figure class="op-tracker"></figure></article>    </body></html>

Tacko Fall’s hilarious reaction to Celtics star Jaylen Brown’s first triple-double

<!DOCTYPE html PUBLIC "-//W3C//DTD XHTML 1.0 Transitional//EN" "http://www.w3.org/TR/xhtml1/DTD/xhtml1-transitional.dtd"><html xmlns="http://www.w3.org/1999/xhtml" xml:lang="en" lang="en">    <head>        <script>   (function(i, s, o, g, r, a, m) {     i["GoogleAnalyticsObject"] = r;     i[r] = i[r] || function() {       (i[r].q = i[r].q || []).push(arguments)     }, i[r].l = 1 * new Date();     a = s.createElement(o),       m = s.getElementsByTagName(o)[0];     a.async = 1;     a.src = g;     m.parentNode.insertBefore(a, m)   })(window, document, "script", "https://www.google-analytics.com/analytics.js", "ga");   ga('create', 'UA-66147751-16', {     'storage': 'none',     'clientId': localStorage.getItem('ga:clientId')   });   ga(function(tracker) {     localStorage.setItem('ga:clientId', tracker.get('clientId'));   });   ga('set', 'checkProtocolTask', null);      ga('set', 'page', '');   ga('set', 'title', 'Celtics star Jayson Tatum’s fun and heartfelt message about Tacko Fall');   ga('send', 'pageview');</script>        <style type="text/css" media="all">            body {    background: transparent;    margin: 0px;}h1, h2, h3 {    color: #DDDDDD;    font-family: "SFUIText-Semibold";    margin: 30px 15px 15px 15px;    font-size: 21px;    line-height: 125%;    letter-spacing: -0.41px;}header {    margin: 0px;    height: 0px;    display: none;}p {    color: rgba(255, 255, 255, 0.7);    font-family: "SFUIText-Regular";    margin: 15px 15px 15px 15px;    font-size: 17px;    line-height: 135%;    letter-spacing: -0.23px;}p > img {    margin-left: -15px;    width: calc(100% + 30px);}a {    color: rgba(255, 255, 255, 0.8);    font-family: "SFUIText-Regular";    font-size: 17px;    line-height: 135%;    letter-spacing: -0.23px;    text-decoration: underline;}ul {    color: rgba(255, 255, 255, 0.7);    font-family: "SFUIText-Regular";    margin: 3px 10px 3px 10px;    font-size: 17px;    line-height: 135%;    letter-spacing: -0.23px;}ol {    color: rgba(255, 255, 255, 0.7);    font-family: "SFUIText-Regular";    font-size: 17px;    line-height: 135%;    letter-spacing: -0.23px;}img {    margin: 0px;    width: 100%;    height: auto;}blockquote {    color: rgba(255, 255, 255, 0.8);    font-family: "SFUIText-Medium";    margin: 30px 15px 30px 15px;    font-size: 19px;    line-height: 135%;    letter-spacing: -0.41px;}blockquote p {    margin: 0px;}.op-tracker, .op-ad {    display: none;    height: 0px;}article > figure {    margin: 0px;}figcaption {    color: rgba(255, 255, 255, 0.7);    font-family: "SFUIText-Regular";    margin: 10px 15px 30px 15px;    font-size: 13px;}iframe {    width: __SCREEN_SIZE_WIDTH__;    margin: 0px;    border: 0;}.vine-embed {    height: __SCREEN_SIZE_WIDTH__;}.twitter-tweet, .instagram-media {    margin-left: 15px !important;    margin-right: 15px !important;    width: __SCREEN_CONTENT_SIZE_WIDTH__ !important;}.clutchpoints-widget {    /*margin: 10px 15px 10px 15px !important;*/    /*margin-top: 1px !important;*/    padding-top: 10px;    /*margin-left: 15px !important;*/    /*margin-right: 15px !important;*/    /*width: __SCREEN_CONTENT_SIZE_WIDTH__ !important;*/}        </style>        <meta http-equiv="Content-Type" content="text/html; charset=UTF-8" />    </head>    <body>        <article><header><figure><img src="https://clutchpoints.com/wp-content/uploads/2021/11/Jayson-Tatum_s-fun-and-heartfelt-message-about-Tacko-Fall.jpg"></figure><h1>Celtics star Jayson Tatum’s fun and heartfelt message about Tacko Fall</h1><time class="op-published" datetime="2021-11-12T20:34:29-08:00">November 12th, 8:34pm</time><time class="op-modified" datetime="2021-11-12T20:34:29-08:00">November 12th, 8:34pm</time><address><a>Gerard Samillano</a></address><h3 class="op-kicker">NBA</h3><figure class="op-ad"></figure></header><p>Tacko Fall mania took over the Boston Celtics fanbase last year. While the 7-foot-6 center didn’t see the court very often for the team, he was a very beloved presence on the bench due to his height and his soft demeanor. Unfortunately for Celtics fans, Fall left the team this season to join the Cleveland Cavaliers.</p><p>Speaking to reporters after their intense game against the Milwaukee Bucks, Celtics star forward Jayson Tatum referenced his old teammate. The game plan, according to him, was: (<a href="https://twitter.com/ByJayKing/status/1459369417318535170?s=20">via Jay King</a>)</p><blockquote>“We’ve gotta stop Tacko. That’s the game plan.”</blockquote><p>Afterwards though, Tatum expressed his desire to reunite with the former Celtics center.</p><blockquote>“I hope he’s there. I miss him.”</blockquote><figure class="op-interactive"><blockquote class="twitter-tweet"><p dir="ltr" lang="en">Jayson Tatum on tomorrow's matchup against the Cavs: "We've gotta stop Tacko. That's the game plan." </p><p>More seriously, Tatum said, "I hope he's there. I miss him."</p><p>— Jay King (@ByJayKing) <a href="https://twitter.com/ByJayKing/status/1459369417318535170?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw" target="_blank">November 13, 2021</a></p></blockquote><p></p></figure><p>Tacko Fall may not have had much run with the Celtics during his time there, but boy was he loved by everyone there (including Jayson Tatum). His soft-spoken attitude and huge height made him an instant fan favorite. Fall also appreciated the fan base’s support for him, as he said in his statement after signing with the Cavs.</p><blockquote>“Words cannot express how much I have enjoyed playing in Boston these last 2 years. It was both a blessing and an honor. I’ll forever be grateful for all the love and support I have received in my time here. That being said I’m really pumped about this new chapter in my journey and can’t wait to get to work in Cleveland!”</blockquote><p>Unfortunately for Tatum and Celtics fans, they may not be able to see their beloved center in action. Fall signed a two-way contract with the Cavs’ G-League team, and he’s currently crushing it there. Perhaps the Cavs will recall Fall just for this one game to receive a warm welcome from his first NBA home.</p><figure class="op-tracker"></figure></article>    </body></html>

Celtics star Jayson Tatum’s fun and heartfelt message about Tacko Fall

<!DOCTYPE html PUBLIC "-//W3C//DTD XHTML 1.0 Transitional//EN" "http://www.w3.org/TR/xhtml1/DTD/xhtml1-transitional.dtd"><html xmlns="http://www.w3.org/1999/xhtml" xml:lang="en" lang="en">    <head>        <script>   (function(i, s, o, g, r, a, m) {     i["GoogleAnalyticsObject"] = r;     i[r] = i[r] || function() {       (i[r].q = i[r].q || []).push(arguments)     }, i[r].l = 1 * new Date();     a = s.createElement(o),       m = s.getElementsByTagName(o)[0];     a.async = 1;     a.src = g;     m.parentNode.insertBefore(a, m)   })(window, document, "script", "https://www.google-analytics.com/analytics.js", "ga");   ga('create', 'UA-66147751-16', {     'storage': 'none',     'clientId': localStorage.getItem('ga:clientId')   });   ga(function(tracker) {     localStorage.setItem('ga:clientId', tracker.get('clientId'));   });   ga('set', 'checkProtocolTask', null);      ga('set', 'page', '');   ga('set', 'title', 'REPORT: Cavs make huge decision on fan favorite Tacko Fall');   ga('send', 'pageview');</script>        <style type="text/css" media="all">            body {    background: transparent;    margin: 0px;}h1, h2, h3 {    color: #DDDDDD;    font-family: "SFUIText-Semibold";    margin: 30px 15px 15px 15px;    font-size: 21px;    line-height: 125%;    letter-spacing: -0.41px;}header {    margin: 0px;    height: 0px;    display: none;}p {    color: rgba(255, 255, 255, 0.7);    font-family: "SFUIText-Regular";    margin: 15px 15px 15px 15px;    font-size: 17px;    line-height: 135%;    letter-spacing: -0.23px;}p > img {    margin-left: -15px;    width: calc(100% + 30px);}a {    color: rgba(255, 255, 255, 0.8);    font-family: "SFUIText-Regular";    font-size: 17px;    line-height: 135%;    letter-spacing: -0.23px;    text-decoration: underline;}ul {    color: rgba(255, 255, 255, 0.7);    font-family: "SFUIText-Regular";    margin: 3px 10px 3px 10px;    font-size: 17px;    line-height: 135%;    letter-spacing: -0.23px;}ol {    color: rgba(255, 255, 255, 0.7);    font-family: "SFUIText-Regular";    font-size: 17px;    line-height: 135%;    letter-spacing: -0.23px;}img {    margin: 0px;    width: 100%;    height: auto;}blockquote {    color: rgba(255, 255, 255, 0.8);    font-family: "SFUIText-Medium";    margin: 30px 15px 30px 15px;    font-size: 19px;    line-height: 135%;    letter-spacing: -0.41px;}blockquote p {    margin: 0px;}.op-tracker, .op-ad {    display: none;    height: 0px;}article > figure {    margin: 0px;}figcaption {    color: rgba(255, 255, 255, 0.7);    font-family: "SFUIText-Regular";    margin: 10px 15px 30px 15px;    font-size: 13px;}iframe {    width: __SCREEN_SIZE_WIDTH__;    margin: 0px;    border: 0;}.vine-embed {    height: __SCREEN_SIZE_WIDTH__;}.twitter-tweet, .instagram-media {    margin-left: 15px !important;    margin-right: 15px !important;    width: __SCREEN_CONTENT_SIZE_WIDTH__ !important;}.clutchpoints-widget {    /*margin: 10px 15px 10px 15px !important;*/    /*margin-top: 1px !important;*/    padding-top: 10px;    /*margin-left: 15px !important;*/    /*margin-right: 15px !important;*/    /*width: __SCREEN_CONTENT_SIZE_WIDTH__ !important;*/}        </style>        <meta http-equiv="Content-Type" content="text/html; charset=UTF-8" />    </head>    <body>        <article><header><figure><source type="image/webp"></source><img src="https://cavsnation.com/wp-content/uploads/2021/10/Cleveland-makes-huge-decision-on-fan-favorite-Tacko-Fall.jpg"></figure><h1>REPORT: Cavs make huge decision on fan favorite Tacko Fall</h1><time class="op-published" datetime="2021-10-16T17:11:16-07:00">October 16th, 5:11pm</time><time class="op-modified" datetime="2021-10-16T17:13:07-07:00">October 16th, 5:13pm</time><address><a>Paolo Songco</a></address><h3 class="op-kicker">NBA</h3><figure class="op-ad"></figure></header><p>The Cleveland Cavaliers have just made a huge decision that will have a significant impact on Tacko Fall’s future not only with the Cavs, but in the NBA as well. According to reports, the 7-foot-3 fan favorite has done enough to earn a new deal with the team.</p><p>The Athletic’s <a href="https://twitter.com/ShamsCharania/status/1449397306713911298">Shams Charania</a> was one of the first to report that the Cavs had decided to convert Fall’s deal to a more permanent one:</p><figure class="op-interactive"><blockquote class="twitter-tweet"><p dir="ltr" lang="en">The Cleveland Cavaliers are signing 7-foot-6 center Tacko Fall to a two-way contract, sources tell <a href="https://twitter.com/TheAthletic?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw" target="_blank">@TheAthletic</a> <a href="https://twitter.com/Stadium?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw" target="_blank">@Stadium</a>. Fall earned deal out of Cavaliers training camp.</p><p>— Shams Charania (@ShamsCharania) <a href="https://twitter.com/ShamsCharania/status/1449397306713911298?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw" target="_blank">October 16, 2021</a></p></blockquote><p></p></figure><p>Fall <a href="https://cavsnation.com/cavs-news-land-celtics-fan-favorite-tacko-fall/">signed</a> with the Cavs in September to join the squad for training camp. There was no certainty that he was going to make the cut, especially considering how there appears to be an evident log jam at the big man spot for Cleveland.</p><p>Nevertheless, Fall has been able to impress the Cavs coaching staff during his time with the team and this has resulted in a two-way deal for the 25-year-old.</p><p>Prior to joining the Cavs, Fall spent the past two seasons with the Boston Celtics. Despite being a well-loved figure among fans, Fall was never able to establish himself as a regular part of coach Brad Stevens’ rotation. The Celtics decided against signing Tacko to a new deal in the offseason, which allowed Cleveland to pounce.</p><p>Aside from Fall, the Cavs have also signed RJ Nembhard to a two-way deal, while also cutting three players ahead of Tuesday’s season tip-off:</p><figure class="op-interactive"><blockquote class="twitter-tweet"><p dir="ltr" lang="en"><a href="https://twitter.com/hashtag/Cavs?src=hash&amp;ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw" target="_blank">#Cavs</a> officially announce the two-way contracts of Tacko Fall and RJ Nembhard. </p><p>The Cavs also make it official that they have waived Mitch Ballock, Kyle Guy and Justin James.</p><p>— Kelsey Russo (@kelseyyrusso) <a href="https://twitter.com/kelseyyrusso/status/1449437476813164546?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw" target="_blank">October 16, 2021</a></p></blockquote><p></p></figure><p>It’s going to be an interesting season ahead for the Cavs, and Fall’s situation is also going to be worth monitoring. Could he actually earn himself significant minutes in coach J.B. Bickerstaff’s system? We’ll all just have to wait and see.</p><figure class="op-tracker"></figure></article>    </body></html>

REPORT: Cavs make huge decision on fan favorite Tacko Fall

<!DOCTYPE html PUBLIC "-//W3C//DTD XHTML 1.0 Transitional//EN" "http://www.w3.org/TR/xhtml1/DTD/xhtml1-transitional.dtd"><html xmlns="http://www.w3.org/1999/xhtml" xml:lang="en" lang="en">    <head>        <script>   (function(i, s, o, g, r, a, m) {     i["GoogleAnalyticsObject"] = r;     i[r] = i[r] || function() {       (i[r].q = i[r].q || []).push(arguments)     }, i[r].l = 1 * new Date();     a = s.createElement(o),       m = s.getElementsByTagName(o)[0];     a.async = 1;     a.src = g;     m.parentNode.insertBefore(a, m)   })(window, document, "script", "https://www.google-analytics.com/analytics.js", "ga");   ga('create', 'UA-66147751-16', {     'storage': 'none',     'clientId': localStorage.getItem('ga:clientId')   });   ga(function(tracker) {     localStorage.setItem('ga:clientId', tracker.get('clientId'));   });   ga('set', 'checkProtocolTask', null);      ga('set', 'page', '');   ga('set', 'title', 'Tacko Fall sends out heartfelt message to Celtics organization, fans after signing with Cavs');   ga('send', 'pageview');</script>        <style type="text/css" media="all">            body {    background: transparent;    margin: 0px;}h1, h2, h3 {    color: #DDDDDD;    font-family: "SFUIText-Semibold";    margin: 30px 15px 15px 15px;    font-size: 21px;    line-height: 125%;    letter-spacing: -0.41px;}header {    margin: 0px;    height: 0px;    display: none;}p {    color: rgba(255, 255, 255, 0.7);    font-family: "SFUIText-Regular";    margin: 15px 15px 15px 15px;    font-size: 17px;    line-height: 135%;    letter-spacing: -0.23px;}p > img {    margin-left: -15px;    width: calc(100% + 30px);}a {    color: rgba(255, 255, 255, 0.8);    font-family: "SFUIText-Regular";    font-size: 17px;    line-height: 135%;    letter-spacing: -0.23px;    text-decoration: underline;}ul {    color: rgba(255, 255, 255, 0.7);    font-family: "SFUIText-Regular";    margin: 3px 10px 3px 10px;    font-size: 17px;    line-height: 135%;    letter-spacing: -0.23px;}ol {    color: rgba(255, 255, 255, 0.7);    font-family: "SFUIText-Regular";    font-size: 17px;    line-height: 135%;    letter-spacing: -0.23px;}img {    margin: 0px;    width: 100%;    height: auto;}blockquote {    color: rgba(255, 255, 255, 0.8);    font-family: "SFUIText-Medium";    margin: 30px 15px 30px 15px;    font-size: 19px;    line-height: 135%;    letter-spacing: -0.41px;}blockquote p {    margin: 0px;}.op-tracker, .op-ad {    display: none;    height: 0px;}article > figure {    margin: 0px;}figcaption {    color: rgba(255, 255, 255, 0.7);    font-family: "SFUIText-Regular";    margin: 10px 15px 30px 15px;    font-size: 13px;}iframe {    width: __SCREEN_SIZE_WIDTH__;    margin: 0px;    border: 0;}.vine-embed {    height: __SCREEN_SIZE_WIDTH__;}.twitter-tweet, .instagram-media {    margin-left: 15px !important;    margin-right: 15px !important;    width: __SCREEN_CONTENT_SIZE_WIDTH__ !important;}.clutchpoints-widget {    /*margin: 10px 15px 10px 15px !important;*/    /*margin-top: 1px !important;*/    padding-top: 10px;    /*margin-left: 15px !important;*/    /*margin-right: 15px !important;*/    /*width: __SCREEN_CONTENT_SIZE_WIDTH__ !important;*/}        </style>        <meta http-equiv="Content-Type" content="text/html; charset=UTF-8" />    </head>    <body>        <article><header><figure><img src="https://clutchpoints.com/wp-content/uploads/2021/09/image_2021-09-07_220943.png"></figure><h1>Tacko Fall sends out heartfelt message to Celtics organization, fans after signing with Cavs</h1><time class="op-published" datetime="2021-09-07T07:11:18-07:00">September 7th, 7:11am</time><time class="op-modified" datetime="2021-09-07T07:15:47-07:00">September 7th, 7:15am</time><address><a href="https://medium.com/@rpsalao">R.P. Salao</a>Check out my best stuff on Medium - medium.com/@rpsalao.I also post quality NBA YouTube content - tinyurl.com/SalaoYouTube.</address><h3 class="op-kicker">NBA</h3><figure class="op-ad"></figure></header><p>The Tacko Fall era in Boston is officially over. The Celtics big man <a href="https://clutchpoints.com/how-tacko-fall-became-americas-favorite-taco-sorry-lebron-james/">signed a one-year deal</a> with the Cleveland Cavaliers, marking an end to his time in Beantown.</p><p>The usually soft-spoken Fall took to Twitter to <a href="https://twitter.com/tackofall99/status/1434896054210764804">vocalize his appreciation</a> to Boston and all the Celtics fans who cheered him on throughout his two-year run in green.</p><blockquote>“Words cannot express how much I have enjoyed playing in Boston these last 2 years,” said Fall. “It was both a blessing and an honor. I’ll forever be grateful for all the love and support I have received in my time here. That being said I’m really pumped about this new chapter in my journey and can’t wait to get to work in Cleveland!”</blockquote><p>After going undrafted in the 2019 NBA draft, the Boston Celtics took a flier on the beloved big man who made waves during that year’s NCAA tournament, <a href="https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=CCj5MQX2C1g">serving as the defensive juggernaut</a> that upset Zion Williamson, RJ Barrett and the heavily-favored Duke Blue Devils.</p><p>Fall <a href="https://www.basketball-reference.com/players/f/fallta01.html">played in just 26 games</a> for the Celtics through two seasons, but always got the fans excited whenever he took the court. He averaged 2.7 points and 2.6 rebounds in just 6.5 minutes per contest while shooting an astonishingly high 74.4% from the field.</p><figure class="op-tracker"></figure></article>    </body></html>

Tacko Fall sends out heartfelt message to Celtics organization, fans after signing with Cavs

<!DOCTYPE html PUBLIC "-//W3C//DTD XHTML 1.0 Transitional//EN" "http://www.w3.org/TR/xhtml1/DTD/xhtml1-transitional.dtd"><html xmlns="http://www.w3.org/1999/xhtml" xml:lang="en" lang="en">    <head>        <script>   (function(i, s, o, g, r, a, m) {     i["GoogleAnalyticsObject"] = r;     i[r] = i[r] || function() {       (i[r].q = i[r].q || []).push(arguments)     }, i[r].l = 1 * new Date();     a = s.createElement(o),       m = s.getElementsByTagName(o)[0];     a.async = 1;     a.src = g;     m.parentNode.insertBefore(a, m)   })(window, document, "script", "https://www.google-analytics.com/analytics.js", "ga");   ga('create', 'UA-66147751-16', {     'storage': 'none',     'clientId': localStorage.getItem('ga:clientId')   });   ga(function(tracker) {     localStorage.setItem('ga:clientId', tracker.get('clientId'));   });   ga('set', 'checkProtocolTask', null);      ga('set', 'page', '');   ga('set', 'title', 'Jarrett Allen’s epic reaction to supersized Cavs starting lineup with Tacko Fall at point');   ga('send', 'pageview');</script>        <style type="text/css" media="all">            body {    background: transparent;    margin: 0px;}h1, h2, h3 {    color: #DDDDDD;    font-family: "SFUIText-Semibold";    margin: 30px 15px 15px 15px;    font-size: 21px;    line-height: 125%;    letter-spacing: -0.41px;}header {    margin: 0px;    height: 0px;    display: none;}p {    color: rgba(255, 255, 255, 0.7);    font-family: "SFUIText-Regular";    margin: 15px 15px 15px 15px;    font-size: 17px;    line-height: 135%;    letter-spacing: -0.23px;}p > img {    margin-left: -15px;    width: calc(100% + 30px);}a {    color: rgba(255, 255, 255, 0.8);    font-family: "SFUIText-Regular";    font-size: 17px;    line-height: 135%;    letter-spacing: -0.23px;    text-decoration: underline;}ul {    color: rgba(255, 255, 255, 0.7);    font-family: "SFUIText-Regular";    margin: 3px 10px 3px 10px;    font-size: 17px;    line-height: 135%;    letter-spacing: -0.23px;}ol {    color: rgba(255, 255, 255, 0.7);    font-family: "SFUIText-Regular";    font-size: 17px;    line-height: 135%;    letter-spacing: -0.23px;}img {    margin: 0px;    width: 100%;    height: auto;}blockquote {    color: rgba(255, 255, 255, 0.8);    font-family: "SFUIText-Medium";    margin: 30px 15px 30px 15px;    font-size: 19px;    line-height: 135%;    letter-spacing: -0.41px;}blockquote p {    margin: 0px;}.op-tracker, .op-ad {    display: none;    height: 0px;}article > figure {    margin: 0px;}figcaption {    color: rgba(255, 255, 255, 0.7);    font-family: "SFUIText-Regular";    margin: 10px 15px 30px 15px;    font-size: 13px;}iframe {    width: __SCREEN_SIZE_WIDTH__;    margin: 0px;    border: 0;}.vine-embed {    height: __SCREEN_SIZE_WIDTH__;}.twitter-tweet, .instagram-media {    margin-left: 15px !important;    margin-right: 15px !important;    width: __SCREEN_CONTENT_SIZE_WIDTH__ !important;}.clutchpoints-widget {    /*margin: 10px 15px 10px 15px !important;*/    /*margin-top: 1px !important;*/    padding-top: 10px;    /*margin-left: 15px !important;*/    /*margin-right: 15px !important;*/    /*width: __SCREEN_CONTENT_SIZE_WIDTH__ !important;*/}        </style>        <meta http-equiv="Content-Type" content="text/html; charset=UTF-8" />    </head>    <body>        <article><header><figure><source type="image/webp"></source><img src="https://cavsnation.com/wp-content/uploads/2021/09/Cavs-Tacko-Fall-Jarrrett-Allen-Evan-Mobley-Kevin-Love.jpg"></figure><h1>Jarrett Allen’s epic reaction to supersized Cavs starting lineup with Tacko Fall at point</h1><time class="op-published" datetime="2021-09-01T21:44:18-07:00">September 1st, 9:44pm</time><time class="op-modified" datetime="2021-09-01T21:47:57-07:00">September 1st, 9:47pm</time><address><a>Paolo Mariano</a></address><h3 class="op-kicker">Cavs</h3><figure class="op-ad"></figure></header><p>With the addition of Tacko Fall, it seems everything is falling into place for the Cleveland Cavaliers.</p><p>With that lame joke aside, the Cavaliers have made big moves, quite literally, in the offseason. Aside from getting the 7’4″ Fall after he was released by the Boston Celtics, the Wine &amp; Gold also acquired the 6’9″ Lauri Markannen in a three-way trade. The Cavaliers also drafted the 6’9″ Evan Mobley as the third overall pick in this year’s NBA Draft.</p><p>They will join the current frontline of Jarrett Allen, Kevin Love, Cedi Osman, and Dean Wade, forming possibly the tallest lineup in the upcoming NBA season. While this creates a <a href="https://cavsnation.com/cavs-news-lauri-markkanen-brutally-honest-thoughts-on-kevin-love-amid-exit-rumors/">logjam for minutes</a>, Allen is all for it. He even <a href="https://twitter.com/_bigjayy_">joked on Twitter</a> that the Cavaliers could go unbeaten with a skyscraper of a starting lineup featuring Fall as the point guard.</p><figure class="op-interactive"><blockquote class="twitter-tweet"><p dir="ltr" lang="en">82-0 Line-up <a href="https://t.co/LZXckxyk9z" target="_blank">https://t.co/LZXckxyk9z</a></p><p>— Jarrett Allen (@_bigjayy_) <a href="https://twitter.com/_bigjayy_/status/1433053579565273091?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw" target="_blank">September 1, 2021</a></p></blockquote><p></p></figure><p>Allen is 6’11” while Love is 6’8″ so joining Fall, Mobley, and Markannen in the starting unit will truly be a tall order for opposing teams. Although for sure, the Cavaliers will get burned running down the floor.</p><p>In all seriousness though, Allen will be a focal point of the team’s frontline, especially after signing a lucrative five-year deal for $100 million. He had a breakout campaign last season, so he deserved getting paid. Plus, he’s only 23 years old.</p><p>The Cavaliers, however, would have to navigate the sensitive situation with Love, who has reportedly refused a buyout. Things won’t get easier if he gets relegated to a bench role to make way for Markkanen or Mobley in the first five.</p><p>Expect another bumpy ride for the Cavaliers.</p><figure class="op-tracker"></figure></article>    </body></html>

Jarrett Allen’s epic reaction to supersized Cavs starting lineup with Tacko Fall at point

<!DOCTYPE html PUBLIC "-//W3C//DTD XHTML 1.0 Transitional//EN" "http://www.w3.org/TR/xhtml1/DTD/xhtml1-transitional.dtd"><html xmlns="http://www.w3.org/1999/xhtml" xml:lang="en" lang="en">    <head>        <script>   (function(i, s, o, g, r, a, m) {     i["GoogleAnalyticsObject"] = r;     i[r] = i[r] || function() {       (i[r].q = i[r].q || []).push(arguments)     }, i[r].l = 1 * new Date();     a = s.createElement(o),       m = s.getElementsByTagName(o)[0];     a.async = 1;     a.src = g;     m.parentNode.insertBefore(a, m)   })(window, document, "script", "https://www.google-analytics.com/analytics.js", "ga");   ga('create', 'UA-66147751-16', {     'storage': 'none',     'clientId': localStorage.getItem('ga:clientId')   });   ga(function(tracker) {     localStorage.setItem('ga:clientId', tracker.get('clientId'));   });   ga('set', 'checkProtocolTask', null);      ga('set', 'page', '');   ga('set', 'title', 'Cavs land Celtics fan favorite Tacko Fall');   ga('send', 'pageview');</script>        <style type="text/css" media="all">            body {    background: transparent;    margin: 0px;}h1, h2, h3 {    color: #DDDDDD;    font-family: "SFUIText-Semibold";    margin: 30px 15px 15px 15px;    font-size: 21px;    line-height: 125%;    letter-spacing: -0.41px;}header {    margin: 0px;    height: 0px;    display: none;}p {    color: rgba(255, 255, 255, 0.7);    font-family: "SFUIText-Regular";    margin: 15px 15px 15px 15px;    font-size: 17px;    line-height: 135%;    letter-spacing: -0.23px;}p > img {    margin-left: -15px;    width: calc(100% + 30px);}a {    color: rgba(255, 255, 255, 0.8);    font-family: "SFUIText-Regular";    font-size: 17px;    line-height: 135%;    letter-spacing: -0.23px;    text-decoration: underline;}ul {    color: rgba(255, 255, 255, 0.7);    font-family: "SFUIText-Regular";    margin: 3px 10px 3px 10px;    font-size: 17px;    line-height: 135%;    letter-spacing: -0.23px;}ol {    color: rgba(255, 255, 255, 0.7);    font-family: "SFUIText-Regular";    font-size: 17px;    line-height: 135%;    letter-spacing: -0.23px;}img {    margin: 0px;    width: 100%;    height: auto;}blockquote {    color: rgba(255, 255, 255, 0.8);    font-family: "SFUIText-Medium";    margin: 30px 15px 30px 15px;    font-size: 19px;    line-height: 135%;    letter-spacing: -0.41px;}blockquote p {    margin: 0px;}.op-tracker, .op-ad {    display: none;    height: 0px;}article > figure {    margin: 0px;}figcaption {    color: rgba(255, 255, 255, 0.7);    font-family: "SFUIText-Regular";    margin: 10px 15px 30px 15px;    font-size: 13px;}iframe {    width: __SCREEN_SIZE_WIDTH__;    margin: 0px;    border: 0;}.vine-embed {    height: __SCREEN_SIZE_WIDTH__;}.twitter-tweet, .instagram-media {    margin-left: 15px !important;    margin-right: 15px !important;    width: __SCREEN_CONTENT_SIZE_WIDTH__ !important;}.clutchpoints-widget {    /*margin: 10px 15px 10px 15px !important;*/    /*margin-top: 1px !important;*/    padding-top: 10px;    /*margin-left: 15px !important;*/    /*margin-right: 15px !important;*/    /*width: __SCREEN_CONTENT_SIZE_WIDTH__ !important;*/}        </style>        <meta http-equiv="Content-Type" content="text/html; charset=UTF-8" />    </head>    <body>        <article><header><figure><source type="image/webp"></source><img src="https://cavsnation.com/wp-content/uploads/2021/08/tacko-fall-cavs.jpeg"></figure><h1>Cavs land Celtics fan favorite Tacko Fall</h1><time class="op-published" datetime="2021-08-31T18:15:44-07:00">August 31st, 6:15pm</time><time class="op-modified" datetime="2021-08-31T18:43:19-07:00">August 31st, 6:43pm</time><address><a>Arlos Sara</a>Arlos Sara graduated with a degree Psychology. He is an NBA writer and editor for ClutchPoints and Cavs Nation. Back in the day, while other kids were consumed by their toys and comic books, young Arlos was already thumbing through the pages of sports magazines.</address><h3 class="op-kicker">Cavs</h3><figure class="op-ad"></figure></header><p>The Cleveland Cavaliers just got taller with the addition of former Boston Celtics fan favorite Tacko Fall. According to <a href="https://twitter.com/ShamsCharania/status/1432870392423723009">Shams Charania of The Athletic</a>, the Cavs are adding Fall on a one-year non-guaranteed contract.</p><p>Fall joins Jarrett Allen, Evan Mobley, and Lauri Markkanen as the Cavs appear to be building a rainforest in Northeast Ohio. Interestingly, the team took a similar path last season when they had Andre Drummond and Thon Maker. However, that experiment did not last long as Maker was cut from the lineup while Drummond got bought out.</p><p>Before adding Fall, the Cavs were reportedly <a href="https://cavsnation.com/cavs-biggest-need-cleveland-still-must-address-2021-nba-free-agency/">in need</a> of a backup big man despite having three seven-footers on their roster. Then again, Allen is the team’s only legitimate center. Markkanen is more of a stretch four, while Mobley should be protected from any kind of contact considering how thin he is at this stage. But he’ll get there eventually.</p><p>Tacko Fall spent two seasons with the Celtics, averaging <a href="https://www.basketball-reference.com/players/f/fallta01.html">2.7 points</a> and 2.6 rebounds, mainly serving as a victory cigar for Brad Stevens. For what it’s worth, the fans in Beantown loved him so much.</p><p>The 7-foot-6 behemoth is far from a game-changer, but the Cavs could still find some use for him in practices. Other than that, it’s difficult to imagine how he can make an impact during actual games.</p><p>Interestingly, the Cavs added Fall on a Tuesday. No, it’s not a veiled pitch for LeBron James to revive his Taco Tuesday gimmick in Cleveland down the line. It’s just a crime not to take note of the coincidence.</p><figure class="op-tracker"></figure></article>    </body></html>

Cavs land Celtics fan favorite Tacko Fall

<!DOCTYPE html PUBLIC "-//W3C//DTD XHTML 1.0 Transitional//EN" "http://www.w3.org/TR/xhtml1/DTD/xhtml1-transitional.dtd"><html xmlns="http://www.w3.org/1999/xhtml" xml:lang="en" lang="en">    <head>        <script>   (function(i, s, o, g, r, a, m) {     i["GoogleAnalyticsObject"] = r;     i[r] = i[r] || function() {       (i[r].q = i[r].q || []).push(arguments)     }, i[r].l = 1 * new Date();     a = s.createElement(o),       m = s.getElementsByTagName(o)[0];     a.async = 1;     a.src = g;     m.parentNode.insertBefore(a, m)   })(window, document, "script", "https://www.google-analytics.com/analytics.js", "ga");   ga('create', 'UA-66147751-16', {     'storage': 'none',     'clientId': localStorage.getItem('ga:clientId')   });   ga(function(tracker) {     localStorage.setItem('ga:clientId', tracker.get('clientId'));   });   ga('set', 'checkProtocolTask', null);      ga('set', 'page', '');   ga('set', 'title', 'How Tacko Fall became America’s favorite Taco (sorry LeBron James)');   ga('send', 'pageview');</script>        <style type="text/css" media="all">            body {    background: transparent;    margin: 0px;}h1, h2, h3 {    color: #DDDDDD;    font-family: "SFUIText-Semibold";    margin: 30px 15px 15px 15px;    font-size: 21px;    line-height: 125%;    letter-spacing: -0.41px;}header {    margin: 0px;    height: 0px;    display: none;}p {    color: rgba(255, 255, 255, 0.7);    font-family: "SFUIText-Regular";    margin: 15px 15px 15px 15px;    font-size: 17px;    line-height: 135%;    letter-spacing: -0.23px;}p > img {    margin-left: -15px;    width: calc(100% + 30px);}a {    color: rgba(255, 255, 255, 0.8);    font-family: "SFUIText-Regular";    font-size: 17px;    line-height: 135%;    letter-spacing: -0.23px;    text-decoration: underline;}ul {    color: rgba(255, 255, 255, 0.7);    font-family: "SFUIText-Regular";    margin: 3px 10px 3px 10px;    font-size: 17px;    line-height: 135%;    letter-spacing: -0.23px;}ol {    color: rgba(255, 255, 255, 0.7);    font-family: "SFUIText-Regular";    font-size: 17px;    line-height: 135%;    letter-spacing: -0.23px;}img {    margin: 0px;    width: 100%;    height: auto;}blockquote {    color: rgba(255, 255, 255, 0.8);    font-family: "SFUIText-Medium";    margin: 30px 15px 30px 15px;    font-size: 19px;    line-height: 135%;    letter-spacing: -0.41px;}blockquote p {    margin: 0px;}.op-tracker, .op-ad {    display: none;    height: 0px;}article > figure {    margin: 0px;}figcaption {    color: rgba(255, 255, 255, 0.7);    font-family: "SFUIText-Regular";    margin: 10px 15px 30px 15px;    font-size: 13px;}iframe {    width: __SCREEN_SIZE_WIDTH__;    margin: 0px;    border: 0;}.vine-embed {    height: __SCREEN_SIZE_WIDTH__;}.twitter-tweet, .instagram-media {    margin-left: 15px !important;    margin-right: 15px !important;    width: __SCREEN_CONTENT_SIZE_WIDTH__ !important;}.clutchpoints-widget {    /*margin: 10px 15px 10px 15px !important;*/    /*margin-top: 1px !important;*/    padding-top: 10px;    /*margin-left: 15px !important;*/    /*margin-right: 15px !important;*/    /*width: __SCREEN_CONTENT_SIZE_WIDTH__ !important;*/}        </style>        <meta http-equiv="Content-Type" content="text/html; charset=UTF-8" />    </head>    <body>        <article><header><figure><img src="https://clutchpoints.com/wp-content/uploads/2021/05/How-Tacko-Fall-became-Americas-favorite-Taco-sorry-LeBron-James-thumbnail.jpeg"></figure><h1>How Tacko Fall became America’s favorite Taco (sorry LeBron James)</h1><time class="op-published" datetime="2021-05-31T11:30:45-07:00">May 31st, 11:30am</time><time class="op-modified" datetime="2021-05-31T12:59:55-07:00">May 31st, 12:59pm</time><address><a>Kellen Voss</a>Kellen is an editorial writer for Clutchpoints as well as an assignment editor for WXMI Fox 17. His previous work can be read at The Grand Valley Lanthorn, The Holland Sentinel, and Sidelion Report. Follow him on Twitter @SpecialK5252 or Instagram @Kellenvoss52</address><h3 class="op-kicker">Editorials</h3><figure class="op-ad"></figure></header><p>Anyone who opens social media on the second day of the typical work week will now be smothered with NBA Legend Lebron James enjoying Taco Tuesday. Even though James’ attempt to get the saying<a href="https://www.espn.com/nba/story/_/id/27596576/lebron-taco-tuesday-trademark-filing-denied"> trademarked got denied</a>, there’s no denying it’s become a <i>thing</i> on social media.</p><p>While James has been enjoying mid-week tacos, Celtics prospect Tacko Fall has been learning how to swim, <a href="https://www.pressherald.com/2019/11/22/tacko-fall-makes-a-big-splash-at-boys-girls-club/">taking part in a swimming lesson in Portland with 10 children</a>.</p><p>Showing up to a pool and seeing a 7-foot-6 man would more than surprise any onlooker. Coincidentally, that’s the same thought that most low post opponents when they see the Senegal Skyscraper check into the game.</p><p>Despite his massive height, Fall was <a href="https://www.bostonglobe.com/sports/celtics/2019/08/17/foot-inch-celtic-tacko-fall-unlikely-journey-brink-nba/BrhV1zVTc2mTPc9WXLsgHP/story.html">not really interested in the sport of basketball</a> growing up in Senegal, until friends pressured Tacko’s mother to have him try the sport.</p><p>When Fall was a teenager, Ibrahima Ndiaye, who ran a local basketball academy, <a href="https://www.bostonglobe.com/sports/celtics/2019/08/17/foot-inch-celtic-tacko-fall-unlikely-journey-brink-nba/BrhV1zVTc2mTPc9WXLsgHP/story.html">met with Fall and his mother</a> and told them that basketball could lead to wonderful educational opportunities in the U.S. That educational opportunity pushed Fall into the sport that he now loves today.</p><p>In high school, Fall’s transition was better than expected. He spoke English better than anyone expected and as a child was a self-described “computer nerd.” He took the SAT about three weeks after arriving in Florida and <a href="https://www.bostonglobe.com/sports/celtics/2019/08/17/foot-inch-celtic-tacko-fall-unlikely-journey-brink-nba/BrhV1zVTc2mTPc9WXLsgHP/story.html">scored in the 95th percentile</a>.</p><p>Fall’s basketball skills remained mediocre, but when you are 7’4″ and playing against high school students, that doesn’t matter all that much. When Fall was a junior, his high school coach in Tony Atkins<a href="https://www.bostonglobe.com/sports/celtics/2019/08/17/foot-inch-celtic-tacko-fall-unlikely-journey-brink-nba/BrhV1zVTc2mTPc9WXLsgHP/story.html"> called then-Central Florida coach Donnie Jones,</a> who showed interest in signing the giant.</p><blockquote>“He said, ‘Hey, I want you to just see this kid,’ ” Jones recalled <a href="https://www.bostonglobe.com/sports/celtics/2019/08/17/foot-inch-celtic-tacko-fall-unlikely-journey-brink-nba/BrhV1zVTc2mTPc9WXLsgHP/story.html">to Adam Himmelsbach of the Boston Globe</a>. “ ‘He’s a long ways away but, golly, he’s nothing like you’ve ever seen before.’ ”</blockquote><p>The transition to playing college basketball was not as easy as high school hoops for Fall, as in limited minutes in his first season, <a href="https://www.sports-reference.com/cbb/players/tacko-fall-1.html">Fall averaged 7.4 points per game and 5.9 rebounds per game in 17.6 minute</a>s for UCF.</p><p>Through constant development and time spent in the gym, Fall quietly developed into one of the best players in college basketball, as he averaged <a href="https://www.sports-reference.com/cbb/players/tacko-fall-1.html">11.1 ppg and 7.6 RPG on 74.8 percent shooting,</a> which all culminated in a 2018-19 honor on the All-AAC team.</p><p>Following those solid performances and a second-round loss in the NCAA tournament to the Duke Blue Devils, Fall entered the draft and set records at the NBA Draft combine. Fall generated attention for obvious reasons, setting <a href="https://www.bostonglobe.com/sports/celtics/2019/08/17/foot-inch-celtic-tacko-fall-unlikely-journey-brink-nba/BrhV1zVTc2mTPc9WXLsgHP/story.html">combine records for</a> height in shoes (7’7″), wingspan (8’2¼”), and standing reach (10’2½”), proving that he could touch the rim <i>while standing on the ground</i>.</p><p>Despite these impressive numbers, Fall didn’t hear his name called on draft night. As disappointed as that was, that was far from the end for Fall, who was quickly signed as an undrafted free agent by the Boston Celtics.</p><p>Fall made a name for himself in the NBA summer league and the preseason, <a href="https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=HUzb_N1Yzwg">racking up highlights</a> as a Celtics team led by him, Carsen Edwards, and Tremont Waters to some impressive performances.</p><p>While he was not signed to a roster spot on the Celtics to start the season, Fall recently joined the Celtics g-league team. He thrived on the Maine Red Claws, posting <a href="https://www.basketball-reference.com/gleague/players/f/fallta01d.html">14.8 ppg and 9.4 RPG</a> while he and Waters have helped the Red Claws to <a href="https://theathletic.com/1399229/2019/11/22/celtics-minors-report-checking-in-on-the-tacko-fall-and-tremont-waters-show/">a 115.8 offensive rating</a>.</p><p><a href="https://hardwoodhoudini.com/2019/10/31/the-rise-of-tacko-fall/">Only three players in NBA history</a> were as tall as Tacko Fall; Manute Bol, Shawn Bradley, and Gheorge Muresan. All three had relatively long, yet injury-plagued careers.</p><p>Fall might not become a star in the NBA, but he can certainly hang around as a role player or an end of bench guy on a team like the Celtics for quite some time.</p><p><a href="https://hardwoodhoudini.com/2019/10/31/the-rise-of-tacko-fall/">As Lyle Morrison pointed out on the Hardwood Houdini</a>, Fall could at the very least play the Boban Marjanovic role, where he could come in as a spark plug off the bench and make opposing defenses adjust to his massive height.</p><p>Now, Fall has become a fan favorite in Boston despite putting up very minimal numbers. He hits a shot and the crowd goes wild. Below, look at the bench reaction after Tacko banked in a three-pointer.</p><figure class="op-interactive"><blockquote class="twitter-tweet"><p dir="ltr" lang="en">TACKO FALL BANK 3 🔥 <a href="https://t.co/jSqsdPp2Nr" target="_blank">pic.twitter.com/jSqsdPp2Nr</a></p><p>— Bleacher Report (@BleacherReport) <a href="https://twitter.com/BleacherReport/status/1350274257402511361?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw" target="_blank">January 16, 2021</a></p></blockquote><p></p></figure><p>Then there’s another surprisingly nifty move by the Celtics big man which had Jayston Tatum and the Celtics bench in disbelief.</p><figure class="op-interactive"><blockquote class="twitter-tweet"><p dir="ltr" lang="en">Boston’s bench was loving this Tacko Fall move 👏 <a href="https://t.co/esMUuXkU1S" target="_blank">pic.twitter.com/esMUuXkU1S</a></p><p>— NBA TV (@NBATV) <a href="https://twitter.com/NBATV/status/1390120962608144384?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw" target="_blank">May 6, 2021</a></p></blockquote><p></p></figure><p>Lastly, here is a video of the Celtics crowd chanting “We want Tacko.”</p><figure class="op-interactive"><blockquote class="twitter-tweet"><p dir="ltr" lang="en">"WE WANT TACKO" chants are breaking out in TD Garden 🌮 <a href="https://t.co/GhNDlFwjJX" target="_blank">pic.twitter.com/GhNDlFwjJX</a></p><p>— ClutchPoints (@ClutchPointsApp) <a href="https://twitter.com/ClutchPointsApp/status/1208211580891959298?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw" target="_blank">December 21, 2019</a></p></blockquote><p></p></figure><p>So, Tacko Fall, a player who <a href="https://clutchpoints.com/sports/nba/players/tacko-fall/a1af09b3">averages 2.8 points and 2.7 rebounds</a> in his first two years has become America’s Favorite Tacko.</p><figure class="op-tracker"></figure></article>    </body></html>

How Tacko Fall became America’s favorite Taco (sorry LeBron James)

<!DOCTYPE html PUBLIC "-//W3C//DTD XHTML 1.0 Transitional//EN" "http://www.w3.org/TR/xhtml1/DTD/xhtml1-transitional.dtd"><html xmlns="http://www.w3.org/1999/xhtml" xml:lang="en" lang="en">    <head>        <script>   (function(i, s, o, g, r, a, m) {     i["GoogleAnalyticsObject"] = r;     i[r] = i[r] || function() {       (i[r].q = i[r].q || []).push(arguments)     }, i[r].l = 1 * new Date();     a = s.createElement(o),       m = s.getElementsByTagName(o)[0];     a.async = 1;     a.src = g;     m.parentNode.insertBefore(a, m)   })(window, document, "script", "https://www.google-analytics.com/analytics.js", "ga");   ga('create', 'UA-66147751-16', {     'storage': 'none',     'clientId': localStorage.getItem('ga:clientId')   });   ga(function(tracker) {     localStorage.setItem('ga:clientId', tracker.get('clientId'));   });   ga('set', 'checkProtocolTask', null);      ga('set', 'page', '');   ga('set', 'title', 'Celtics big man Tacko Fall combines Allen Iverson, Hakeem Olajuwon moves in one glorious moment');   ga('send', 'pageview');</script>        <style type="text/css" media="all">            body {    background: transparent;    margin: 0px;}h1, h2, h3 {    color: #DDDDDD;    font-family: "SFUIText-Semibold";    margin: 30px 15px 15px 15px;    font-size: 21px;    line-height: 125%;    letter-spacing: -0.41px;}header {    margin: 0px;    height: 0px;    display: none;}p {    color: rgba(255, 255, 255, 0.7);    font-family: "SFUIText-Regular";    margin: 15px 15px 15px 15px;    font-size: 17px;    line-height: 135%;    letter-spacing: -0.23px;}p > img {    margin-left: -15px;    width: calc(100% + 30px);}a {    color: rgba(255, 255, 255, 0.8);    font-family: "SFUIText-Regular";    font-size: 17px;    line-height: 135%;    letter-spacing: -0.23px;    text-decoration: underline;}ul {    color: rgba(255, 255, 255, 0.7);    font-family: "SFUIText-Regular";    margin: 3px 10px 3px 10px;    font-size: 17px;    line-height: 135%;    letter-spacing: -0.23px;}ol {    color: rgba(255, 255, 255, 0.7);    font-family: "SFUIText-Regular";    font-size: 17px;    line-height: 135%;    letter-spacing: -0.23px;}img {    margin: 0px;    width: 100%;    height: auto;}blockquote {    color: rgba(255, 255, 255, 0.8);    font-family: "SFUIText-Medium";    margin: 30px 15px 30px 15px;    font-size: 19px;    line-height: 135%;    letter-spacing: -0.41px;}blockquote p {    margin: 0px;}.op-tracker, .op-ad {    display: none;    height: 0px;}article > figure {    margin: 0px;}figcaption {    color: rgba(255, 255, 255, 0.7);    font-family: "SFUIText-Regular";    margin: 10px 15px 30px 15px;    font-size: 13px;}iframe {    width: __SCREEN_SIZE_WIDTH__;    margin: 0px;    border: 0;}.vine-embed {    height: __SCREEN_SIZE_WIDTH__;}.twitter-tweet, .instagram-media {    margin-left: 15px !important;    margin-right: 15px !important;    width: __SCREEN_CONTENT_SIZE_WIDTH__ !important;}.clutchpoints-widget {    /*margin: 10px 15px 10px 15px !important;*/    /*margin-top: 1px !important;*/    padding-top: 10px;    /*margin-left: 15px !important;*/    /*margin-right: 15px !important;*/    /*width: __SCREEN_CONTENT_SIZE_WIDTH__ !important;*/}        </style>        <meta http-equiv="Content-Type" content="text/html; charset=UTF-8" />    </head>    <body>        <article><header><figure><img src="https://clutchpoints.com/wp-content/uploads/2021/05/Tacko-Fall-combines-Allen-Iverson-Hakeem-Olajuwon-moves-in-one-glorious-moment.jpeg"></figure><h1>Celtics big man Tacko Fall combines Allen Iverson, Hakeem Olajuwon moves in one glorious moment</h1><time class="op-published" datetime="2021-05-05T18:37:13-07:00">May 5th, 6:37pm</time><time class="op-modified" datetime="2021-05-05T18:37:56-07:00">May 5th, 6:37pm</time><address><a>Dijo Songco</a></address><h3 class="op-kicker">NBA</h3><figure class="op-ad"></figure></header><p>Tacko Fall was deep in his bag on Wednesday night- really, really deep. The Boston Celtics giant brought out all the stops and showcased a plethora of moves to leave Orlando Magic center Mo Bamba confused as hell.</p><p>Check out Tacko channels his inner Allen Iverson and Hakeem Olajuwon on one awesome play (via <a href="https://twitter.com/Three_Cone/status/1390111444453179394">Three_Cone</a>):</p><figure class="op-interactive"><blockquote class="twitter-tweet"><p dir="ltr" lang="en">DID I JUST WITNESS A TACKO FALL CROSSOVER TO A DREAM SHAKE <a href="https://t.co/f2nwm3Pq9t" target="_blank">pic.twitter.com/f2nwm3Pq9t</a></p><p>— 𝑪𝒐𝒏𝒆 🌩 (@Three_Cone) <a href="https://twitter.com/Three_Cone/status/1390111444453179394?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw" target="_blank">May 6, 2021</a></p></blockquote><p></p></figure><p>Tacko cleared out the entire offense and went straight into ISO mode against Bamba. After a couple of Iverson-esque crossovers,  Fall went hard to the rim and brought out Hakeem’s patented Dream Shake before laying in an easy bucket. Of course, Bamba was nowhere to be found as Tacko’s array of moves left him scratching his head. Obviously, the entire <a href="https://clutchpoints.com/sports/nba/boston-celtics/roster">Celtics bench</a> went bonkers.</p><p>The <a href="https://clutchpoints.com/sports/nba/players/tacko-fall/a1af09b3">second-year Senegalese star</a> hasn’t had a ton of opportunity since entering the league as an undrafted center last season. After playing just seven games last season, Wednesday night was only the 25-year-old’s 16th game this season. Despite his lack of minutes tough, Tacko has been a crowd favorite and has been able to spark some joy to the entire Boston Celtics franchise. And, whenever he does get the chance, he makes sure to make an impact and provide us all with impressive highlights like this.</p><p> </p><figure class="op-tracker"></figure></article>    </body></html>

Celtics big man Tacko Fall combines Allen Iverson, Hakeem Olajuwon moves in one glorious moment

<!DOCTYPE html PUBLIC "-//W3C//DTD XHTML 1.0 Transitional//EN" "http://www.w3.org/TR/xhtml1/DTD/xhtml1-transitional.dtd"><html xmlns="http://www.w3.org/1999/xhtml" xml:lang="en" lang="en">    <head>        <script>   (function(i, s, o, g, r, a, m) {     i["GoogleAnalyticsObject"] = r;     i[r] = i[r] || function() {       (i[r].q = i[r].q || []).push(arguments)     }, i[r].l = 1 * new Date();     a = s.createElement(o),       m = s.getElementsByTagName(o)[0];     a.async = 1;     a.src = g;     m.parentNode.insertBefore(a, m)   })(window, document, "script", "https://www.google-analytics.com/analytics.js", "ga");   ga('create', 'UA-66147751-16', {     'storage': 'none',     'clientId': localStorage.getItem('ga:clientId')   });   ga(function(tracker) {     localStorage.setItem('ga:clientId', tracker.get('clientId'));   });   ga('set', 'checkProtocolTask', null);      ga('set', 'page', '');   ga('set', 'title', 'VIDEO: Celtics’ Tacko Fall channels Kevin McHale for post-move showcase');   ga('send', 'pageview');</script>        <style type="text/css" media="all">            body {    background: transparent;    margin: 0px;}h1, h2, h3 {    color: #DDDDDD;    font-family: "SFUIText-Semibold";    margin: 30px 15px 15px 15px;    font-size: 21px;    line-height: 125%;    letter-spacing: -0.41px;}header {    margin: 0px;    height: 0px;    display: none;}p {    color: rgba(255, 255, 255, 0.7);    font-family: "SFUIText-Regular";    margin: 15px 15px 15px 15px;    font-size: 17px;    line-height: 135%;    letter-spacing: -0.23px;}p > img {    margin-left: -15px;    width: calc(100% + 30px);}a {    color: rgba(255, 255, 255, 0.8);    font-family: "SFUIText-Regular";    font-size: 17px;    line-height: 135%;    letter-spacing: -0.23px;    text-decoration: underline;}ul {    color: rgba(255, 255, 255, 0.7);    font-family: "SFUIText-Regular";    margin: 3px 10px 3px 10px;    font-size: 17px;    line-height: 135%;    letter-spacing: -0.23px;}ol {    color: rgba(255, 255, 255, 0.7);    font-family: "SFUIText-Regular";    font-size: 17px;    line-height: 135%;    letter-spacing: -0.23px;}img {    margin: 0px;    width: 100%;    height: auto;}blockquote {    color: rgba(255, 255, 255, 0.8);    font-family: "SFUIText-Medium";    margin: 30px 15px 30px 15px;    font-size: 19px;    line-height: 135%;    letter-spacing: -0.41px;}blockquote p {    margin: 0px;}.op-tracker, .op-ad {    display: none;    height: 0px;}article > figure {    margin: 0px;}figcaption {    color: rgba(255, 255, 255, 0.7);    font-family: "SFUIText-Regular";    margin: 10px 15px 30px 15px;    font-size: 13px;}iframe {    width: __SCREEN_SIZE_WIDTH__;    margin: 0px;    border: 0;}.vine-embed {    height: __SCREEN_SIZE_WIDTH__;}.twitter-tweet, .instagram-media {    margin-left: 15px !important;    margin-right: 15px !important;    width: __SCREEN_CONTENT_SIZE_WIDTH__ !important;}.clutchpoints-widget {    /*margin: 10px 15px 10px 15px !important;*/    /*margin-top: 1px !important;*/    padding-top: 10px;    /*margin-left: 15px !important;*/    /*margin-right: 15px !important;*/    /*width: __SCREEN_CONTENT_SIZE_WIDTH__ !important;*/}        </style>        <meta http-equiv="Content-Type" content="text/html; charset=UTF-8" />    </head>    <body>        <article><header><figure><img src="https://clutchpoints.com/wp-content/uploads/2021/04/tacko.jpg"></figure><h1>VIDEO: Celtics’ Tacko Fall channels Kevin McHale for post-move showcase</h1><time class="op-published" datetime="2021-04-04T19:08:59-07:00">April 4th, 7:08pm</time><time class="op-modified" datetime="2021-04-04T19:08:59-07:00">April 4th, 7:08pm</time><address><a>Kriel Ibarrola</a></address><h3 class="op-kicker">NBA</h3><figure class="op-ad"></figure></header><p>It has been a while since the TD Garden has been treated with some good old low-post prowess courtesy of Hall of Famer Kevin McHale. Tacko Fall, meanwhile, tried his best to replicate the Boston Celtics legend on Sunday against the Charlotte Hornets.</p><p>While Fall doesn’t exactly get the minutes and the touches that McHale had in his heyday, he took advantage of his rare playing time by bullying the smaller Nick Richards down low.</p><p>The 25-year-old Senegalese giant took his sweet time in the post, <a href="https://twitter.com/NBA/status/1378864418843398145" rel="noopener">flailed his elbows several times</a> before finishing with an up-and-under ala McHale. Looks like Fall even wanted an and-one on that play, and maybe the Celtics youngster should have gotten it after taking some contact from the Hornets’ help defender.</p><figure class="op-interactive"><blockquote class="twitter-tweet"><p dir="ltr" lang="en">Tacko post moves on display! <a href="https://t.co/lfXRLGv0gq" target="_blank">pic.twitter.com/lfXRLGv0gq</a></p><p>— NBA (@NBA) <a href="https://twitter.com/NBA/status/1378864418843398145?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw" target="_blank">April 5, 2021</a></p></blockquote><p></p></figure><p>Sure, Tacko Fall’s ball-handling and footwork were  not as graceful as McHale’s was (far from it actually), but he should get some style points for this one, right?</p><p>That turned out to be the 7-foot-5 center’s only field goal of the evening in the Celtics’ dominating <a href="https://clutchpoints.com/scores/nba/boxscore/charlotte-hornets-boston-celtics-4-5-2021/0fae4608-6404-4f6e-a071-8dc5a4552718" rel="noopener">116-86 victory</a>. The blowout allowed Fall to see the floor for five minutes, tallying three points and three rebounds.</p><p>Of course, those are far from Kevin McHale’s numbers, who averaged 17.9 points and 7.3 rebounds in his storied 13-year run with the Celtics.</p><figure class="op-tracker"></figure></article>    </body></html>

2021-22 SEASON STATS
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2021-22 SEASON STATS
PTS	REB	AST	BLK	STL
1.1	2.1	0.2	0.5	-

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