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Gheorghe Mureșan

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Gheorghe Mureșan
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Mureșan in 2014
Personal information
Born (1971-02-14) 14 February 1971
Tritenii de Jos, SR Romania
Nationality Romanian
Listed height 7 ft 7 in (2.31 m)
Listed weight 303 lb (137 kg)
Career information
NBA draft 1993 / Round: 2 / Pick: 30th overall
Selected by the Washington Bullets
Playing career 1991–2001
Position Center
Number 77
Career history
1991–1992 Universitatea Cluj-Napoca
1992–1993 Pau-Orthez
19931998 Washington Bullets / Wizards
19992000 New Jersey Nets
2000–2001 Pau-Orthez
Career highlights and awards
Career NBA statistics
Points 3,020 (9.8 ppg)
Rebounds 1,957 (6.4 rpg)
Blocks 455 (1.5 bpg)
Stats  at NBA.com
Stats  at Basketball-Reference.com

Gheorghe Dumitru Mureșan (Romanian pronunciation: [ˈɡe̯orɡe mureˈʃan] (listen); born 14 February 1971), also known as "The Giant" (Romanian: [ˈɡit͡sə]), is a Romanian former professional basketball player. At 7 feet 7 inches (2.31 m), he is tied with Manute Bol for the tallest player ever to have played in the NBA.

Early life

Mureșan was born in Tritenii de Jos,Cluj County, Romania. Although his parents were of normal height, he grew to his remarkable height due to a pituitary gland disorder called acromegaly.

Professional career

CS Universitatea Cluj-Napoca (1991–1992)

Mureșan played competitive basketball at Universitatea Cluj, becoming national champion in 1992.

Élan Béarnais Pau-Orthez (1992–1993)

Mureșan played professionally in the French league with Pau-Orthez during the 1992–93 season and was an instant hit with fans, also managing to win the French League Cup.

Washington Bullets / Wizards (1993–1998)

Mureșan was selected by the NBA's Washington Bullets in the 1993 NBA draft. He played in the NBA from 1993 to 2000 showing signs of a promising career that was derailed by injuries. His best season came in the 1995–1996 campaign, when he averaged 14.5 points per game.

Mureșan was named the NBA's Most Improved Player for the 1995–96 season after averaging 14.5 points, 9.6 rebounds, 2.26 blocks per game while making a league-leading 58.4 percent of his field goals. He led in field goal percentage again the following season, with a 60.4% average. Overall, he holds career averages of 9.8 points, 6.4 rebounds, 0.5 assists, 1.48 blocks per game and a .573 field goal percentage.

New Jersey Nets (1999–2000)

Mureșan joined the New Jersey Nets for the final 31 games of his NBA career.

Return to Pau-Orthez (2000–2001)

After ending his NBA career, Mureșan had another stint at Pau-Orthez where he won the French league before returning to the United States with his family. He normally wore number 77, in reference to his height.

On 11 March 2007, Mureșan played a game for the Maryland Nighthawks as part of the tallest lineup in the history of basketball. This was the only basketball game Mureșan played where he was not the tallest person on the court, as Sun Mingming is 7 ft 9 in (2.36 m).

Other work

Mureșan meeting with Nicholas F. Taubman, the U.S. Ambassador to Romania

In 2004, Mureşan founded the Giant Basketball Academy (GBA), a program dedicated to teaching the proper fundamentals of basketball to boys and girls of all ages. The Academy is located in Ashburn, Virginia.

Mureşan is also part of the Washington Wizards marketing and public relations team, serving as an "ambassador" for the team.

Outside basketball, Mureșan has dabbled in acting, playing the title character in 1998 feature film My Giant starring comedian Billy Crystal. He appeared as a ventriloquist in the music video for Eminem's breakthrough single "My Name Is." He has appeared in commercials for Snickers candy bars, and sports television network ESPN. Most recently, Mureșan co-authored two young adult fitness and health books: The Boy's Fitness Guide and The Girl's Fitness Guide.

In 2013, Mureșan participated in the first annual 3v3 UMTTR (You Matter) Basketball Tournament to increase awareness, prevention and research of teen suicide, the leading cause of death among adults and children between the ages of 15 and 24.

Personal life

Mureșan and his wife Liliana and sons George and Victor have resided in Franklin Lakes, New Jersey, but they relocated to the suburbs of Washington, D.C. Since the 2016–2017 season, his oldest son, George, has played for the Georgetown University Hoyas as a walk-on forward. His younger son Victor joined the Hoyas as a walk-on in the 2020–2021 season. Victor is 6'10" and 190 pounds.

Career statistics

Legend
  GP Games played   GS  Games started  MPG  Minutes per game
 FG%  Field goal percentage  3P%  3-point field goal percentage  FT%  Free throw percentage
 RPG  Rebounds per game  APG  Assists per game  SPG  Steals per game
 BPG  Blocks per game  PPG  Points per game  Bold  Career high
 *  Led the league

NBA

Regular season

Year Team GP GS MPG FG% 3P% FT% RPG APG SPG BPG PPG
1993–94 Washington 54 2 12.0 .545 .000 .676 3.6 0.3 0.5 0.9 5.6
1994–95 Washington 73 58 23.6 .560 .000 .709 6.7 0.5 0.7 1.7 10.0
1995–96 Washington 76 76 29.5 .584* .000 .619 9.6 0.7 0.7 2.3 14.5
1996–97 Washington 73 69 25.3 .604* .000 .618 6.6 0.4 0.6 1.3 10.6
1998–99 New Jersey 1 0 1.0 .000 .000 .000 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0
1999–00 New Jersey 30 2 8.9 .456 .000 .605 2.3 0.3 0.0 0.4 3.5
Career 307 207 21.9 .573 .000 .644 6.4 0.5 0.6 1.5 9.8

Playoffs

Year Team GP GS MPG FG% 3P% FT% RPG APG SPG BPG PPG
1997 Washington 3 3 23.3 .444 .875 6.0 .0 .0 1.3 5.0

See also

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