Abiodun Adegoke (born 1998/1999) is a Nigerian amateur basketball player who is notable for being one of the tallest amateur basketball player. Referred to as "Big Naija", Adegoke's age is of controversy as a news report stated his age as 17 and 2.18 meters tall in the year 2016, so according to that information he is 23 or 24 years old as of 2022.
At that time he had size 53 feet but the biggest shoe that he could find after much searching was a size 50.
For a while, he attended the Segun Odegbami International College and Sports Academy in
Wasinmi, Nigeria
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Adegoke currently plays in the MPAC Elite Youth League in
Dubai
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A video from
Shaquille O'Neal
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garnered him
NBA
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interest in March 2021,
but he was not drafted.
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Living people
Year of birth missing (living people)
Nigerian men's basketball players
Age controversies in sports
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