News about Manute Bol

Before Olivier Rioux plays a game for Florida men's basketball, his place in the Guinness World Record books got even stronger, extending his mark as the world's tallest teenager from 7-foot-7 two months ago to 7-FOOT-9 in present day. Rioux's height of three inches shy of eight feet tall will also make him arguably the tallest player to ever play Division-I basketball.  Last year, Ole Miss' Jamarion Sharp  and Missouri's Connor Vanover were the tallest players in Division I at 7-foot-5, four inches shorter than Rioux.

According to various outlets, the Phoenix Suns have improved their frontcourt depth by signing forward Bol Bol Bol Bol Bol Bol Bol Bol Bol Bol Bol Bol Bol Bol Bol. Bol, the son of former Bullets and Warriors big man Manute Bol, averaged 9.1 points and 5.8 rebounds per season last season for the Magic. According to ESPN, he'll now work in Phoenix with Kevin Durant, Devin Booker, and Bradley Beal in what amounts to a pledged contract.

Victor Wembanyama was officially measured at 7-312 by the Spurs on Wednesday, putting the French phenom on track to be the second-tallest player in the NBA this season. Wembanyama said he was 7-foot-3 when he was in Las Vegas for two exhibition games against Scoot Henderson's G League Ignite in October. And though most of his NBA Draft peers were taking their official measurements at the draft combine in May, Wembanyama's team, Metropolitans 92, was still playing with his team Metropolitans 92, who reached the finals of France's Pro A league.

EXCLUSIVE INTERVIEW: Federic Donnadieu, Victor Wembanyama's first coach, has been invited by the French phenom to attend the NBA Draft in Brooklyn on Thursday, but she spoke to DailyMail.com ahead of the meeting to discuss the phenom. Donnadieu was serving as the technical director at Nanterre in Paris in 2014, when a lanky 10-year-old boy signed up to play for the Under-11s. 'Well, my first memory was when I saw him, and of course, for a 10-year-old boy, he was obviously already tall, but what I noticed most was that he had a lot of technical capability,' Donnadieu said.