7 ft. 7 Player Might Miss the Season

The tallest college basketball player in the country might not step his huge feet onto the court this upcoming season. Kenny George, a Chicago native and one of the most imposing defensive players in the nation, has been struggling with a foot injury for some time, and is expected to miss the whole 2008-09 college hoops season.

George, who plays for UNC Asheville, has an infected foot (how that happened is not stated in the CBSSports.com article about the matter) and apparently it’s bad enough that they need to have surgery on it.

This is obviously bad news for Kenny George, who might have the makings of a pro player0 either in the NBA or in Europe, but it particularly troubling for the UNC Asheville Bulldogs. George was the Defensive Player of the Year in the Big South Conference, and he averaged 12.4 points, 7.0 rebounds and 3.3 blocks last year. The Bulldogs might have been a tournament hopeful this season, if George were to come back to play.

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