Definition of toil. 1  1 : a net to trap game. 2  2 : something by which one is held fast or inextricably involved : snare, trap âusually used in plural caught in the toils of the law.
One of the tallest players in the history of professional basketball is Sun Ming Ming, from Bayan in China. He stands 236 cm (7 ft 9 in) tall. He plays for the Maryland Nighthawks. The tallest player in National Basketball Association (NBA) history is Manute Bol, a Sudanese who measured 7 feet 7 inches (231 cm) tall, and played for the Washington Bullets. Of equal height was Romanian player Gheorghe MureÅan who also played in the NBA.
Basketball players are known for being tall, but even among giants this 18-year-old player manages to stand out. Prep player Tacko 'Taco' Fall is 7ft 5in tall, which would make him the tallest player in the NBA if he signed up today, topping Oklahoma City centre Hasheem Thabeet by two inches. He wears size 22 shoes - the same as Shaquille O'Neal - eats entire pizzas covered with chicken and hamburger to keep his 18-stone weight up, and has an 8ft wingspan.