Gheorghe Mureșan

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Early life

Mureșan was born in Tritenii de Jos,[3][4] Cluj County, Romania. Although his parents' heights were relatively typical, he grew to his remarkable height due to a pituitary gland disorder called gigantism.[5]

Professional career

CS Universitatea Cluj-Napoca (1991–1992)

Mureșan played competitive basketball at Universitatea Cluj, becoming national champion in 1992.[6][7]

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.[6]

Washington Bullets / Wizards (1993–1998)

Mureșan was selected by the NBA's Washington Bullets in the 1993 NBA draft.[8] 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.Script error: No such module "Unsubst".

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.[6] 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.[9] This was the only basketball game Mureșan played where he was not the tallest person on the court, as Sun Mingming is Template:Cvt.

Other work

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

In 2004, Mureșan founded the Giant Basketball Academy (GBA), a program dedicated to teaching the proper fundamentals of basketball to boys and girls of all ages.[10][5] The Academy is located in Ashburn, Virginia.[11]

Mureșan is also part of the Washington Wizards marketing and public relations team,[5] serving as an "ambassador" for the team.[12]

Mureșan co-authored two young adult fitness and health books: The Boy's Fitness Guide and The Girl's Fitness Guide.[13]

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.Script error: No such module "Unsubst".

Acting

Outside basketball, Mureșan has dabbled in acting, playing the title character in 1998 feature film My Giant starring comedian Billy Crystal.[14] Mureșan also acted in the films Adventures of Serial Buddies (2011) and Manodrome (2023).[15]

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.

Personal life

Mureșan and his wife Liliana and sons George (born 1998) and Victor (born 2000) have resided in Franklin Lakes, New Jersey,[16] but they relocated to the suburbs of Washington, D.C.[17] Both his sons played college basketball as walk-ons at Georgetown University, where they were coached by Patrick Ewing.[18]

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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References

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