{"id":76742,"date":"2024-10-09T01:00:16","date_gmt":"2024-10-09T01:00:16","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/0b2495d277a9d3fb16fe2bed"},"modified":"2024-10-09T01:00:16","modified_gmt":"2024-10-09T01:00:16","slug":"former-cavaliers-fan-favorite-7-foot-6-giant-eyeing-an-nba-comeback","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/wp.timesamerica.net\/former-cavaliers-fan-favorite-7-foot-6-giant-eyeing-an-nba-comeback\/","title":{"rendered":"Former Cavaliers fan-favorite, 7-foot-6 giant eyeing an NBA comeback"},"content":{"rendered":"\n
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Some players lack the skill set required to succeed in the NBA during their first go-round, but they can always make massive improvements over time.<\/p>\n

A former Cleveland Cavaliers center believes his revamped game<\/span> would make him a valuable asset to an NBA franchise. <\/p>\n

“Obviously, as a competitor, you want to play at the highest level,\u201d Tacko Fall told ClutchPoints’ Sam DiGiovanni on Monday. \u201cI’ve played in the NBA. I mean, a couple of years ago, I was an NBA player. Now, I’m an even better player. I’m more experienced. My body, like I said, feels much better. I move a lot better and I’m still fairly young. I definitely want to put myself in a position where there’s opportunities for me to make it back. But at the same time, I just want to take it day-by-day and focus on the task at hand and just take it as it comes.\u201d<\/p>\n

\u201cSkill-wise, I would say. First of all, my shot, free throws \u2014 a lot of it was because I had a lot of shoulder tightness, especially when I was in college. I had shoulder surgery. This summer, I really focused on that. Defensively, just being able to get out there a little bit more and recover faster, really work on my body and just making simple plays. My IQ has improved so much.”<\/p>\n

Fall, who competes in the NBL with the New Zealand Breakers, experienced his most recent NBA action with the Cavaliers during the 2021-22 season. After going undrafted in 2019, the 7-foot-6 center signed an Exhibit 10 deal with the Boston Celtics. <\/p>\n

Following an impressive summer league showing, Fall secured a two-way contract with the organization. As a member of the Celtics, the Dakar, Senegal native averaged 2.9 points per contest on 75.5% shooting from the field, 2.4 rebounds, and 0.8 blocks. <\/p>\n

In October of 2021, Fall inked a two-way deal with the Cavaliers but only lasted 11 NBA games before getting waived by the franchise. He notched 1.1 points per game on 41.7% shooting from the field, 2.1 rebounds, and 0.5 blocks. <\/p>\n

The 28-year-old pro has always possessed a noticeable size advantage in the paint, but he\u2019s struggled mightily with his lateral quickness, mid-range shooting, and decision-making in the post. <\/p>\n

This time, it appears Fall has a game suited for the modern NBA. Fall may be content with playing in the NBL for now, but he has his sights set on an eventual NBA return. <\/p>\n

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Some players lack the skill set required to succeed in the NBA during their first go-round, but they can always make massive improvements over time. A former Cleveland Cavaliers center believes his revamped game would make him a valuable asset to an NBA franchise.  “Obviously, as a competitor, you want to play at the highest …<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":76743,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[10],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-76742","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-sport","has-thumb","has-featured"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/wp.timesamerica.net\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/76742"}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/wp.timesamerica.net\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/wp.timesamerica.net\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/wp.timesamerica.net\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/wp.timesamerica.net\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=76742"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/wp.timesamerica.net\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/76742\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/wp.timesamerica.net\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/76743"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/wp.timesamerica.net\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=76742"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/wp.timesamerica.net\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=76742"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/wp.timesamerica.net\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=76742"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}