Top 10 Greatest and Most Popular Seven Footers in NBA History

NBA is the most prestigious professional basketball association in the world. It is every basketball player’s dream to play in the NBA. In basketball, height is might. Taller players have great advantage that is why tall players in basketball are among the most popular.

Here are the 10 greatest NBA players with a height of 7 feet or more. Most of them played the “center” position. These players are considered NBA’s greatest centers.

1.) Kareem Abdul Jabbar

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Name: Kareem Abdul-Jabbar (born Ferdinand Lewis Alcindor, Jr.)

Born: April 16, 1947

Team: Milwaukee Bucks, LA Lakers

Height: 7’ 2”

Major awards/achievements

• 6 NBA Champion
• 6x NBA Most Valuable Player
• 19 NBA All Star
• 2x NBA Finals MVP
• 1970 NBA Rookie of the Year
• Career points: 38,387
• Career rebounds: 17,440
• Career blocks: 3,189
• Pro career: 1969 – 1989
• One of the “50 Greatest Players in NBA History”
• He is the NBA's all-time leading scorer, with 38,387 points.
• Abdul-Jabbar was the NBA's all-time leader in points scored, games played, minutes played, field goals made, field goal attempts, blocked shots, defensive rebounds, and personal fouls.

2.) Wilt Chamberlain

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Name: Wilton Norman "Wilt" Chamberlain 

Born: August 21, 1936

Died: October 12, 1999

Team: Philadelphia/San Francisco Warriors, Philadelphia 76ers, LA Lakers

Height: 7’1”

Major awards/achievements

• 2x NBA Champion
• 4x NBA Most Valuable Player
• 1972 NBA Finals MVP
• 1960 NBA Rookie of the Year
• 1960 NBA All Star MVP
• 13x NBA All Star
• Career points: 31,419
• Career rebounds: 23,934
• Career assists: 4,643
• Pro career: 1959 – 1973
• One of the “50 Greatest Players in NBA History”
• He is one of the greatest and most dominant players in NBA history

3.) Shaquille O’Neal

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Name: Shaquille Rashaun O'Neal

Born: March 6, 1972

Nicknamed: "Shaq"

Team: Orlando Magic, LA Lakers, Miami Heats, Phoenix Suns, Cleveland Cavaliers, Boston Celtics

Height: 7’ 1” in

Major awards/achievements

• 4 NBA Champion
• 3x NBA Finals MVP
• 2000 NBA Most Valuable Player
• 1993 Rookie of the Year
• 3x NBA All Star Game MVP
• 15 Time NBA All Star
• Career points: 28,596
• Career rebounds: 13,099
• Career blocks: 2,732
• Pro career: 1992 - 2011
• One of the “50 Greatest Players in NBA History”
• O’Neal was one of the heaviest players ever to play in the NBA (147 kg).

4.) Hakeem Abdul Olajuwon

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Name: Hakeem Abdul Olajuwon 

Born January 21, 1963

Birthplace: Nigeria

Team: Houston Rockets, Toronto Raptors

Height: 7’0” (He admitted though that he's just 6'10")

Major awards/achievements

• 2 NBA Champion
• 1994 Most Valuable Player
• 2x NBA Finals MVP
• 12x NBA All Star
• Career points: 26,946
• Career rebounds: 13,747
• Career blocks: 3,830
• Pro career: 1984 – 2002
• One of the “50 Greatest Players in NBA History”
• Olajuwon is considered one of the greatest centers ever to play the game

5.) Patrick Ewing

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Name: Patrick Aloysius Ewing Sr. 

Born August 5, 1962

Birthplace: Jamaica

Team: New York Knicks, Seattle Supersonics and Orlando Magic
Height: 7’ 0”

Major awards/achievements

• 1986 NBA Rookie of the Year
• 11x NBA All Star
• Career points: 24,815
• Career rebounds: 11,617
• Career blocks: 2,894
• Pro career: 1985 – 2002
• One of the “50 Greatest Players in NBA History”
• Ewing was named as the 16^th greatest college player of all time by ESPN. 

6.) Robert Parish

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Name: Robert Lee Parish 

Born August 30, 1953

Team: Golden State Warriors/Boston Celtics/Charlotte Hornets/Chicago Bulls

Nickname: The Chief

Height: 7’0”

Major awards/achievements

• 4x NBA Champion
• 9x NBA All Star
• Career points: 23,334
• Career rebounds: 14,715
• Career blocks: 2,361
• Pro career: 1976–1997
• One of the “50 Greatest Players in NBA History”
• Robert Parish was known for his strong defense and jump shooting.

7.) David Robinson

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Name: David Maurice Robinson

Born: August 6, 1965

Team: San Antonio Spurs

Nicknames: The Admiral, The Twin Towers (with Tim Duncan)

Induction into the Naismith Memorial Basketball Hall of Fame: September 11, 2009.

Height: 7’1”

Major awards/achievements

• 1990 NBA Rookie of the Year
• 2x NBA Champion
• 1995 NBA Most Valuable Player
• 10x NBA All Star
• Career points: 20,790
• Career rebounds: 10,497
• Career blocks: 2,954
• Pro Career: 1989 – 2003
• One of the “50 Greatest Players in NBA History”
• David Robinson is widely considered to be one of the greatest centers in NBA history.

8.) Dirk Nowitzki

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Name: Dirk Werner Nowitzki 

Born: June 19, 1978

Birthplace: Germany

Team: Dallas Mavericks

Height: 7’ 0”

Major awards/achievements

• 1 NBA Champion
• 2011 NBA Finals MVP
• 2007 NBA Most Valuable Player
• 10x NBA All Star
• 2002 FIBA World Championship MVP
• Pro career: 1998 – present
• He is one of the most prolific NBA players.

9.) Pau Gasol

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Name: Pau Gasol Sáez

Born: July 6, 1980

Birthplace: Spain

Team: Memphis Grizzlies, LA Lakers

Height: 7'0"

Major awards/achievements

• 2x NBA Champion
• 2002 NBA Rookie of the Year
• 4x NBA All Star
• 2006 FIBA World Championship MVP
• Pro career: 2001 – present
• He currently holds the Memphis Grizzlies franchise records for career games played, minutes played, field goals made and attempted, free throws made and attempted, offensive, defensive, and total rebounds, blocked shots, turnovers, and points.

10.) Yao Ming

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Name: Yao Ming 

Born: September 12, 1980

Birthplace: China

Team: Houston Rockets

Height: 7' 6"

Major awards/achievements

• 8x NBA All Star
• 3x FIBA Asian Championship MVP
• Career points: 9,247
• Career assists: 769
• Career rebounds: 4,494
• Pro career: 2002 – 2011
• He was the tallest in the NBA at 7’ 6” as of 2010-2011 NBA Season

See also

The Worlds Tallest Basketball Players Ever

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The Most Intricate and Complex Interchanges/Skyways in the World

With the technological progress the Earth had gone through in the past decades, the production of vehicles seem unstoppable. Thousands of thousands of vehicles are being produced each and every year. In this connection, governments are obliged to build and construct wider roads, highways, bridges, viaducts and skyways/interchanges.

Here are some of the most beautifully planned and designed interchanges/skyways in the world.

High Five Interchange

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The Central Expressway and I-635 Interchange are commonly known as the High Five Interchange. It is located in the city of Dallas, the third-largest city in Texas and the ninth-largest in the United States.

Attiki Odos

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Greece, a country in Europe is one of the most progressive countries in the world. The above photo shows the Attiki Odos, one of the most beautifully designed skyways/freeways in the world.

I-10 and I-45 Interchange

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Another beautifully designed interchange in the United States is the I-10 and I-45 Interchange. It is located in Houston, Texas and is the major east-west Interstate Highway in the Southern United States.

Atlanta Downtown Connector

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The Atlanta Downtown Connector is a beautifully planned and designed skyway in Atlanta City, one of the largest and most progressive cities in the US. The city hosted the 1996 Summer Olympics. The skyway offers an awesome view especially at night.

Interstate 5 and Interstate 90

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The above photo is the interchange between Interstate 5 and Interstate 90 in south Seattle. It is one of the most intricate and complex skyways in the world. Interstate 5 in Washington or I-5 is a 445.18 km highway in the U.S. state of Washington that extends from its border with Oregon to its border with Canada.

Faizabad Interchange

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The Faizabad Interchange is a beautiful skyway and is the main gateway between the twin Pakistani cities of Rawalpindi and Islamabad. It was the first modern highway interchange of Pakistan made during late 1990s to better solve the traffic problem on Murree Road & Islamabad Highway.

Kennedy Interchange

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One of the most complex and uniquely-designed skyways is the Kennedy Interchange. It is unofficially, though universally, referred to as Spaghetti Junction. This intersection of Interstate 64, 65 and 71 is located at the northeastern edge of downtown Louisville, in Kentucky, USA.

CA Freeway Interchange 280 and 87

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The CA Freeway Interchange 280 and 87 is located in the beautiful city of San Jose in California, USA.

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The Largest Hats in the World

Wearing of hats have been part of human culture since time immemorial. There are different styles and designs of hat. Hats are worn for various reasons. Basically, it is worn for protection from the heat f the sun. In some ways, it is worn as a status symbol or as a symbol of power or authority.

Here are some of the largest hats in the world.
 

This is perhaps the largest hat in the world - the Hat 'n' Boots, a roadside attraction and landmark in the Georgetown neighborhood of Seattle, Washington, USA.

 ..the "lost cowboy" without a horse...lol...

Mexican Sombreros

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The Mexicans are known worldwide for the colorful headdresses they wore during beauty pageants and celebration of different festivals. They are also well known for wearing large and colorful hats known as “Mexican Sombreros”.

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These hats come from different colors and designs but all are large.

Sombrero Vueltiao

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The large Sombrero Vueltiao is a hat with laps and is the traditional hat of Colombian of South America.  This symbol of Colombia is made out of  Caña Flecha, scientifically known as Gynerium sagittatum. The quality of the hat is determined by the number of "laps" used and its bending flexibility. The more flexible the hat, the higher the quality is. It is also called Sombrero Vueltiado.

Sombrero Cordobes

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Sombrero is the Spanish for hat. The Sombrero Cordobes is a traditional hat made in the Cordoba City, Spain. It is also traditionally worn in a large part of Andalusia. In the English-speaking world, Sombrero Cordobes simply mean "Wide-brimmed Hat". The most traditional color is black. It also comes in different colors such as red, pearl gray, sea green and navy blue.

Cowboy Hat

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One of the most popular hats in the world is the Cowboy Hat, a high-crowned, wide-brimmed hat. It is best known as the defining piece of attire for the North American cowboy.

Today it is worn by many people, and is particularly associated with ranch workers in the western and southern United States, western Canada and northern Mexico, with country-western singers, and for participants in the North American rodeo circuit.

Chupalla

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The Chupalla is a large traditional Chilean horseman’s hat. It is commonly made of straw and worn by many people in rural areas. It is also often used when dancing the Chilean folk dance Cueca and during Chilean rodeos. Types of straw used in making Chupalla include Achupalla (Bromelia plant), wheat and rice.

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The Seven Fastest Land Vehicle Records in the World

The vehicles included on the list are the world record title holders. These are all highly-sophisticated and high-tech state-of-the-art vehicles.

1.) Thrust SSC – Fastest Land Speed Record Holder

The land speed record holder belongs to the “Thrust SSC” Turbo fan. It was driven by Andy Green on October 15, 1997 and achieved a breath-taking speed of 1,228 km/hr – the first supersonic record. The event took place at the Black Rock Desert, USA.

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The SSC on the Thrust SSC means Supersonic Car. This British jet-propelled car became the first car to officially break the sound barrier.

2.) Vesco Turbinator – Fastest Wheel-driven Land Speed Record

The fastest wheel-driven land speed record belongs to the Vesco Turbinator which was driven by Don Vesco of the United States on October 18, 2001. This land vehicle attained a speed record of 737.395 km/h.

3.) JCB Dieselmax – Fastest Land Speed Record for a Diesel-engined Vehicle

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The JCB Dieselmax, a diesel-engined “Streamliner” car was designed to break the land speed record for a diesel-engined vehicle. It holds the World Diesel-powered land speed record with a speed of 560 km/h. it was driven by Andy Green and achieved the record in 2006.

4.) A Top Oil-Ack Attack – Fastest Motorcycle Land Speed Record

The world’s fastest motorcycle land speed record was attained by the Top Oil-Ack Attack which was driven on September 25, 2010 by Rocky Robinson of the United States. The event took place in Bonneville, USA. Robinson used the vehicle “A Top Oil-Ack Attack” streamliner with an engine displacement of 2,600 cc and reached a speed of 605.697 km/h. Hayabusa is still the fastest production motorcycle in the world.

5.) Buckeye Bullet – Fastest Electric-powered Land Speed Record

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The world record holder for the fastest electric-powered land speed record is the Buckeye Bullet. It attained the speed record of 495.140 km/h on August 24, 2010. The vehicle was driven by Roger Schroer of the United States on the world-famous Bonneville Speedway.

6.) Ecotricity Greenbird – Fastest Wind-powered Land Speed Record

The fastest wind-powered land speed record is held by the Ecotricity Greenbird which was driven by Richard Jerkins of the United Kingdom on March 26, 2009. It achieved a speed record of 202.9 km/h at the Ivanpah Lake.

7.) Sunswift IVy – Solar-powered Land Speed Record

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Solar-powered car will soon be the car of the next generations. The world record title holder for the fastest solar-powered land speed record belongs to the Sunswift IVy. The vehicle, driven by Barton Mawer of Australia, attained a speed of 88.8 km/hr on January 7, 2011. The Sunswift Ivy is currently the top ranked silicon solar car in the world.

See also

• World’s Fastest Flying Machines Ever Built
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• The World’s Fastest Trains Ever Built

Beautiful and Useful Ornamental Plants + Their Many Uses and Health Benefits

Some people plant for hobby - for fun, for satisfaction and for beautification. Lots of people plant for profit or for business. But most of us plant ornamental plants for the mere purpose of beautifying our gardens – our surrounding. At this present economic situation of the world, we should be wise. Let’s grow beautiful ornamental plants that provide us beauty and at the same time provide us other economic importance like medicine, foods and other household uses.

1.) Common Chicory (Cichorium intybus)

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Common Chicory of Europe and North America is a beautiful ornamental plant with blue, lavender, or occasionally white flowers. Other common names include Blue Sailors, Succory and Coffeeweed.

Important uses:

• Leaves and roots are baked, ground and used as a coffee substitute and additive
• Leaf and flower are use as treatment for everyday ailments.
• Use variously as a tonic and appetite stimulant
• Use as a treatment for gallstone, gastro-enteritis and sinus problems
• Use for cuts and bruises
• Leaves are eaten raw as a salad
• It is used to add color and zest to salads.
• Leaves may be served stuffed, baked, boiled, cut and cooked in a milk sauce
• The roots are baked, ground, and used as a coffee substitute and additive
• It is used as a sweetener in the food industry
• It is sometimes added to yogurts as a prebiotic.
• Some beer brewers use roasted chicory to add flavor to their stouts.
• Flowers used as a treatment for erectile dysfunction
• Chicory is use as purgatives for farm animals

2.) Cornflower (Centaurea cyanus)

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Cornflower is also known for a variety of common names such as Bachelor's Button, Basket Flower, Bluebottle, Boutonniere Flower and Hurtsickle. This small annual flowering plant is endemic to Europe.

Important uses:

• Cornflower is grown as an ornamental plant in gardens.
• It is also grown for the cutflower industry in the U.S. for use by florists.
• It is also occasionally used as a culinary ornament.
• Cornflowers have been used and prized historically for their blue pigment.
• It is often used as an ingredient in some tea blends and herbal teas.
• A decoction of cornflower is effective in treating conjunctivitis and as a wash for tired eyes.

3.) Common Hollyhock (Alcea rosea)

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The Common Hollyhock is a plant that bears beautiful flowers. This ornamental plant was imported into Europe from China in the 16^th century.

Important uses:

• It is an emollient and laxative.
• It is used to control inflammation.
• It is also used to stop bedwetting
• It is also used as a mouthwash in cases of bleeding gums.

4.) Meadow Garlic (Allium canadense)

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Meadow Garlic is a perennial plant endemic to North America with edible bulb and unique-looking flowers. The plant also has strong, onion-like odor. It is also known as Wild Onion, Tree Onion, Wild Garlic, and Canadian Garlic. Meadow garlic is edible.

Important uses:

• The juice of the Meadow Garlic is used as a moth repellent
• The whole plant is said to repel insects and moles.
• The plant can be rubbed on exposed parts of the body to protect them from the bites of scorpions and lizards.

5.) Granny's Nightcap (Aquilegia vulgaris)

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Granny’ Nightcap is a plant with beautiful flowers. It is also commonly known as European Columbine. This species is endemic to Europe and can grow up to 1.2 meters in height.

Important uses:

• Dried crushed seeds, made into a dusting powder, will kill lice very effectively.
• It is recommended to ease the pains of childbirth. It is used to promote perspiration to help in childbirth
• It is used as an astringent and diuretic.
• It had been used in the past to cure diarrhea.
• It is also used to alleviate rheumatic pains.

Hope you enjoyed this. Thank you so much!

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World’s Greatest Athletes of All-Time

Here’s a list of exceptionally spectacular athletes from around the world and their amazing achievements.

Rafael “Paeng” Nepomuceno

Rafael “Paeng” Nepomuceno, named the greatest Filipino athlete of all time by Philippine Congress, was also inducted into the International Bowling Hall of Fame in St. Louis, MO. He is bowling 6 times world champion in 4 different decades (1970s,1980s, 1990s, and 2000s)

He is listed in the Guinness Book of World Records for three records: 1) for most Bowling World cup wins, 2) for being the youngest ever to win the Bowling World Cup (at 19 years of age), and 3) for having won the most number of bowling tournament titles. In total, Paeng has 118 career bowling titles.

He is the only bowling athlete in the world who has received the prestigious International Olympic Committee President's Trophy and was the first international male bowling athlete to be enshrined in the International Bowling Hall of Fame.

In 1999, the Federation Internationale des Quilleurs (FIQ) named Paeng as the "International Bowling Athlete of the Millennium”.

Roman Sebrle

One of the most spectacular athletes in the world is Roman Sebrle, a Czech decathlete could jump over Shaquille O’Neal. He could throw a 16-pound ball the length of a 53-foot yacht. From a running start, he could leap over a two-lane highway. He has won Olympic gold and silver medals for the Czech Republic and is the current world champion in Decathlon.

Jim Brown

Jim Brown was a NFL running back, named in 2002 by The Sporting News as the greatest professional football player ever. However he could potentially have also had a career in basketball, lacrosse, track and field, baseball and boxing. He is the only person to be admitted to the halls of fame for pro football, college football and lacrosse, and was offered a minor-league deal by the New York Yankees. To top it off, he finished fifth in the 1956 national decathlon championship.

Pete Sampras

Pete Sampras holds record of most number of All-Time Grand Slam singles win in lawn tennis with a total of 14.

Jack Nicklaus

Jack William Nicklaus, a Pro golfer, had won the most major championships in professional golf with 18. He is also known as “The Golden Bear”.

Bo Jackson

Bo Jackson played at the highest level of sports in the United States in both NFL and Major League Baseball, and became the first athlete to be named an All-Star in two major sports. In 1992 Jackson also tried his luck in basketball and he played briefly for a semi-pro team in Los Angeles.

Alex Rodriguez

Yankees third baseman Alex Rodriguez hit his 400th career homerun in 2005 making him the youngest player in MLB history to pass that milestone at the age of 29.

Jim Thorpe

Jim Thorpe could do it all in track and field, and he was the best football player of his era. Thorpe was an awesome runner, a tenacious tackler, and drop-kicked 50-yard field goals with ease. Thorpe also played baseball, putting in six major-league seasons with the Giants, Reds and Braves and hitting a career .252. After the 1912 Olympics, in which Thorpe won the decathlon and pentathlon, King Gustav V of Sweden called him "the greatest athlete in the world."

Mariusz Pudzianowski

Mariusz Pudzianowski is a five-time World's Strongest Man. He runs laps around the competition and is able to be both quicker and stronger than his fellow strongmen.

Paavo Nurmi

Paavo Nurmi is regarded by many as the best Olympian of all time.

Hank Aaron/Nolan Ryan/Pete Rose

The baseball player with most homeruns is Hank Aaron with 755 career homeruns while Nolan Ryan has the most strikeouts with 5,714 career strikeouts and Pete Rose has the most hits with 4,256 career hits.

LeBron James

LeBron James is the youngest-ever National Basketball Association or NBA All-Star MVP in 2006.

Jeff Gordon

Jeff Gordon is four-time NASCAR Cup Series Champion. At 16, he was the youngest person ever granted a racing license by the United States Auto Club or USAC.

Kareem Abdul-Jabar/ John Stockton

The All-Time NBA record for career points is Kareem Abdul-Jabar with 38,387 while record for career assists is John Stockton with 15,806.

Wilt Chamberlain /Reggie Miller

The rebound king in the National Basketball Association is Wilt Chamberlain with 23,924 and the 3-points king is Reggie Miller with 2,560.

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