Boston Celtics two way big man Tacko Fall revealed he’d recently gotten himself a new apartment on the most recent edition of the Grant and Tacko Show podcast — and that he already has plans for decorating it.
A bit of a nerdy guy, the Senegalese center wants the new place to be as well, with a “nerdy style” combining elements of anime and basketball with a dark gray and black theme.
But more than anything, Fall wants a dedicated area to mount a massive television. “I might as well buy a projector,” began the 7-foot-5 big man, to whom many things are simply smaller for than the rest of us.
But it’s not necessarily the UCF product’s unusual height behind the desire for maximum screen space — it’s his love for gaming. “I play video games –I’m a huge FIFA fan,” he offered.
“I think about it now,” Fall continued. “It makes me so happy.
“When I was a kid, I couldn’t afford to buy a gaming console and a lot of my friends had it.” Fall grew up in relative poverty in Senegal, but his height caught the attention of recruiters who would send him to a private high school in the U.S.
“My mom, they made sure they put me in a private school and everything so a lot of my friends could afford it … [I’m] just thankful about this, it is something that I just wanted to say.”
Fall plays a fair amount of Jedi: Fallen Order on PS4, as well as Call of Duty, the latter especially of late. Fortnight as well, but apart from FIFA, he’s surprisingly not playing many sports games, and doesn’t like to stream them when he does.
To catch up on the rest of he and rookie forward Grant Williams’ favorite games, a robust discussion on Andre Drummond’s fit in the modern NBA and more, listen to the podcast embedded above, or track it down on whatever app you use elsewhere.
