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All you want to know about who has the biggest feet in the NBA History
Fans and analysts pay close attention to an NBA player’s height because it affects his ability to play specific positions and how well he shoots challenged jumpers. Even though a player’s wingspan is important to his game, many people overlook an athlete’s feet size. Read on find who has the biggest feet and wears the largest shoe size in NBA history.
Typically, it is a meaningless statistic, and the size of a basketball player’s feet has no bearing whatsoever on how well he plays. However, following Game 7 of the 2021 Eastern Conference Semifinals, when Kevin Durant’s foot was just an inch above the three-point line, spectators began to pay more attention to NBA players’ foot sizes.
The shot that everyone initially believed to be the game-winning three-pointer turned out to be a long two-pointer that forced overtime.
It turns out that the Lopez brothers are the NBA players who wear the largest shoe size, not Kevin Durant. While KD wears size 18, Brook and Robin Lopez both wear size 20 sneakers. According to Chris Herring’s 2018 article, in order to feel light on the court, Durant wears a size larger than is necessary.
Longtime Adidas sponsors Robin and Brook Lopez recently turned to Nike because they like the Nike Zoom Freak shoe brand used by Giannis Antetokounmpo. Shaquille O’Neal, who wore an enormous size 23, had the biggest shoe size in NBA history.
Tacko Fall is the tallest player in NBA history. He was a member of the Boston Celtics and Cleveland Cavaliers. He now represents the Utah Jazz in the Summer League. Fall, with a height of 7’6, has the NBA’s largest feet right now. He wears 22-size shoes.
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