This NBA player's giant hands make a regulation basketball look puny
See? This is why Philadelphia 76ers fans have been so eager for Joel Embiid to finally play basketball -- the dude has physical gifts that, as they say, can't be taught.
Embiid was the third overall pick in the 2014 NBA Draft, but missed his first two pro seasons with injuries to his right foot. He's now cleared to play and participating in Sixers training camp, which is where reporter Bob Cooney snapped this shot of Embiid making a regulation basketball look like a child's toy.
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The Sixers list Embiid, a native of Cameroon, at 7-feet and 250 pounds. He's got some mighty big mitts, to be sure -- but we think Boban Marjanovic still has him him beat.
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Hopefully Embiid will stay healthy this year and we can watch the hyped big man finally put those big ol' paws to use.
Sam Laird is Mashable's Senior Sports Reporter. He covers the wide, weird world of sports from all angles -- as well as occasional other topics -- from Mashable's San Francisco bureau. Before joining Mashable in November 2011, his freelance work appeared in publications including the New York Times, New York Times Magazine, Slam, and East Bay Express. Sam is a graduate of UC Berkeley and UC Santa Cruz, and basketball and burritos take up most of his spare time. Follow him on Twitter @samcmlaird.
