7’9″ basketball player Olivier Rioux makes announcer look tiny in photo

7-foot-9 is every bit as tall as it sounds.

Basketball player Olivier Rioux has become a trending topic ever since some people noticed this week that the Florida Gators commit is now listed at 7-foot-9 , which means he has grown in the last year.

What does Rioux look like? Chicago Bulls radio announcer Chuck Swirsky shared a photo on X Thursday of him with Rioux when the center was 7-foot-6. Rioux made Swirsky look positively tiny.

Swirsky comes up to Rioux’s chest. One of the basketball player’s legs looks like it might be taller than Swirsky!

Despite his height, we noted in a previous story that Rioux is still only listed as a 3-star prospect , so maybe expectations for the center shouldn’t be too high. But keep in mind that Zach Edey was only a 3-star prospect too, and he developed into a 2-time National Player of the Year.

The Gators obviously see something in Rioux. It’s not hard to see what they envision with the giant.

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