[Blakely] Brad Stevens loves Tacko Fall. But he's not feeling Tacko being 6th in first round of All-Star voting. "I don't love it, " Stevens said. "I don't love the idea, when you talk about awards ... not being based on what's solely happening on the court."

Fall is a devout Muslim;[2] he selected the jersey number 99 with the Celtics as a reference to the 99 Names of Allah.[33] He is not the only tall member of his family; his younger brother was reportedly 5 ft 9 in (1.75 m) at age 7, while two of his uncles are 6 ft 8 in (2.03 m), but his extreme height stands apart even among them.[citation needed] He maintained a 4.0 grade point average) (GPA) in high school,[34] while taking advanced mathematics and science classes. He became fluent in English within eight months and scored in the 95th percentile on the SAT. He was a computer science major at UCF[11] and originally had aspirations of becoming an engineer for electronic companies such as Siemens or Microsoft.[2]

Dude is insanely intelligent. If I were him I'd be laughing my way into the ASG and to the bank.

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