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Clippers sign tallest player in NBA to combat Spurs’ Victor Wembanyama

Nypost · · 342 words · By Grant Young
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San Antonio Spurs superstar center Victor Wembanyama will be a problem the rest of the NBA must solve for the foreseeable future.

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What happened

San Antonio Spurs superstar center Victor Wembanyama will be a problem the rest of the NBA must solve for the foreseeable future.

Why it matters

The Los Angeles Clippers took one big step in addressing that problem when news broke that they had signed 7’5″ center Jamarion Sharp to a two-way contract.

Common ground

Sharp is now the tallest player in the NBA, as Wemby is listed at 7’4″ and Memphis Grizzlies center Zach Edey is listed at 7’3″.

Perspective signals

The tension in the story is sharpened by Loaded Language: language that can make the dispute feel more urgent, personal, or adversarial than the underlying facts alone.

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eFinder analyzed this article and checked 9 claims against available evidence, cross-references, web search, and Wikipedia. Here is what the fact-checking layer found.

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Claim 1: “he then spent that 2024 season and the 2025 season after it playing for the Texas Legends, who are the Mavericks’ G League affiliate”
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Web search results and a specific article confirm he spent the 2024 and 2025 seasons playing for the Texas Legends, the Mavericks' G League affiliate.
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wikipedia NEUTRAL — The 2024–25 Dallas Mavericks season was the 45th season for the franchise in the National Basketball Association (NBA). The Mavericks would look to return to the NBA Finals following their 4–1 defeat …
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/2024–25_Dallas_Mavericks_seaso…
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wikipedia NEUTRAL — Emanuel Miller (born June 19, 2000) is a Canadian professional basketball player who last played for the Austin Spurs of the NBA G League. He played college basketball for the Texas A&M Aggies and the…
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Emanuel_Miller_(basketball)
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wikipedia NEUTRAL — Jamarion Demontrez Sharp (born August 26, 2001) is an American professional basketball player for the Los Angeles Clippers of the National Basketball Association (NBA), on a two-way contract with the …
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Jamarion_Sharp
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Claim 2: “won the Defensive Player of the Year award for the 2025–2026 season”
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Two independent web search results explicitly state that Jamarion Sharp was named the 2025-26 Kia NBA G League Defensive Player of the Year.
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web search NEUTRAL — Jamarion Demontrez Sharp (born August 26, 2001) is an American professional basketball player. for the Los Angeles Clippers of the National Basketball Association (NBA), on a two-way contract with the…
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Jamarion_Sharp
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web search NEUTRAL — Don't try Jamarion! After averaging a league-leading 3.9 blocks per game, Texas Legends' center Jamarion Sharp has been named the 2025-26 Kia NBA G League Defensive Player of the Year.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=GVYedk1UCsk
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web search NEUTRAL — Frisco, TX – Texas Legends center Jamarion Sharp has been named the 2025–26 Kia NBA G League Defensive Player of the Year, the league announced today.
https://texas.gleague.nba.com/news/jamarion-sharp-named-2025…
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Claim 3: “his 71.2% field goal percentage also led the league”
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The claim that his 71.2% field goal percentage led the league appears in the provided evidence but is not corroborated by a second independent source providing that specific number.
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web search NEUTRAL — Jamarion Demontrez Sharp is an American professional basketball player. for the Los Angeles Clippers of the National Basketball Association, on a two-way contract with the San Diego Clippers of the NB…
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Jamarion_Sharp
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web search NEUTRAL — Sharp is coming off a breakout season with the Texas Legends in the G League. In his second professional season since going undrafted out of Ole Miss in 2024, Sharp was named the 2025-26 G League Defe…
https://www.newsweek.com/sports/nba/clippers-land-g-league-d…
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web search NEUTRAL — Jamarion Sharp profile image. 2025-26 Stats. PPG.Jamarion Sharp (born August 26, 2001) is a center for the Texas Legends. He played college basketball at Mississippi.
https://gleague.nba.com/player/1642481/jamarion-sharp
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Claim 4: “He wasn’t selected in the 2024 NBA Draft but joined the Dallas Mavericks’ NBA Summer League team”
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Multiple independent sources (Wikipedia, RealGM, and other web results) confirm he went undrafted in 2024 and joined the Dallas Mavericks for the Summer League.
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wikipedia NEUTRAL — Emanuel Miller (born June 19, 2000) is a Canadian professional basketball player who last played for the Austin Spurs of the NBA G League. He played college basketball for the Texas A&M Aggies and the…
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Emanuel_Miller_(basketball)
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wikipedia NEUTRAL — Jamarion Demontrez Sharp (born August 26, 2001) is an American professional basketball player for the Los Angeles Clippers of the National Basketball Association (NBA), on a two-way contract with the …
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Jamarion_Sharp
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wikipedia NEUTRAL — This is a list of transactions that have taken place during the 2026 NBA off-season and the 2026–27 NBA season.
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_2026–27_NBA_season_tra…
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Claim 5: “the Los Angeles Clippers... signed 7’5″ center Jamarion Sharp to a two-way contract”
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Wikipedia and multiple news sources (NBC Sports, other web results) explicitly confirm that the Los Angeles Clippers signed Jamarion Sharp to a two-way contract.
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wikipedia NEUTRAL — The 2026–27 Los Angeles Clippers season will be the 57th season of the franchise in the National Basketball Association (NBA), their 49th season in Southern California, and their third season in Ingle…
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wikipedia NEUTRAL — Jamarion Demontrez Sharp (born August 26, 2001) is an American professional basketball player for the Los Angeles Clippers of the National Basketball Association (NBA), on a two-way contract with the …
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Jamarion_Sharp
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wikipedia NEUTRAL — The Los Angeles Clippers are an American professional basketball team based in the Greater Los Angeles area. The Clippers compete in the National Basketball Association (NBA) as a member of the Pacifi…
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Los_Angeles_Clippers
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Claim 6: “Sharp averaged a staggering 3.9 blocks per game that season (leading the G League), along with 7.3 rebounds per game in 24.9 minutes per game”
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Multiple sources confirm the specific stats: 3.9 blocks per game (leading the league), 7.3 rebounds per game, and 24.9 minutes per game during that season.
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web search NEUTRAL — Jamarion Sharp enters that picture after spending the 2025-26 season with the Texas Legends in the G League.He averaged 7.1 points, 7.3 rebounds and 3.9 blocks in 25 games while playing 24.9 minutes p…
https://heavy.com/sports/nba/los-angeles-clippers/clippers-t…
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web search NEUTRAL — Minutes per game."Jamarion Sharp Named 2025-26 Kia NBA G League Defensive Player of the Year".
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Jamarion_Sharp
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web search NEUTRAL — Sharp averaged a staggering 3.9 blocks per game that season (leading the G League), along with 7.3 rebounds per game in 24.9 minutes per game.
https://nypost.com/2026/08/11/sports/clippers-add-tallest-pl…
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Claim 7: “Sharp spent the 2026 NBA Summer League with the Toronto Raptors before the Clippers signed him”
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No evidence was found in the provided search results to confirm or deny that Sharp played for the Toronto Raptors in the 2026 Summer League.
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Claim 8: “Sharp is now the tallest player in the NBA, as Wemby is listed at 7’4″ and Memphis Grizzlies center Zach Edey is listed at 7’3″”
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While some sources refer to Sharp as the 'new tallest active NBA player' at 7'5", other evidence contradicts the height claims for the other players. One source claims Victor Wembanyama is actually 7'7", while another cites the NBA official measure as 7'4". The claim that Sharp is the tallest is presented as a fact in some articles but is contradicted by other height reports for Wembanyama.
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wikipedia NEUTRAL — Olivier Rioux (born February 2, 2006) is a Canadian college basketball player for the UC Irvine Anteaters of the Big West Conference. He previously played for the Florida Gators. Guinness World Record…
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Olivier_Rioux
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wikipedia NEUTRAL — Below is a list of current National Basketball Association (NBA) Western Conference team rosters. NBA rosters are limited to 15 players during the regular season, plus three players on two-way contrac…
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wikipedia NEUTRAL — This is a list of the tallest people, verified by Guinness World Records or other reliable sources. According to Guinness World Records, Robert Wadlow of the United States (1918–1940) was the tallest …
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_tallest_people
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Claim 9: “Sharp played college basketball for John A. Logan College, Western Kentucky, and Ole Miss, with his final collegiate season being the 2023-24 campaign”
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Wikipedia and web search results confirm Sharp played for John A. Logan College, Western Kentucky, and Ole Miss, and that his final collegiate season was 2023-24.
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wikipedia NEUTRAL — Hopkinsville High School was a four-year public high school located in Hopkinsville, Kentucky, with over 1,000 students. It was operated by the Christian County Public Schools school district.
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Hopkinsville_High_School
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wikipedia NEUTRAL — Jamarion Demontrez Sharp (born August 26, 2001) is an American professional basketball player for the Los Angeles Clippers of the National Basketball Association (NBA), on a two-way contract with the …
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Jamarion_Sharp
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wikipedia NEUTRAL — Sharp is an English language surname, cognate to the German scharf. It is also akin to words which have the sense of scraping, e.g. Latin scrobis 'ditch', Russian skresti 'to scrape'. Recorded variat…
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sharp_(surname)
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info Disclaimer: This analysis is generated by AI and should be used as a starting point for critical thinking, not as definitive truth. Claims are verified against publicly available sources. Always consult the original article and additional sources for complete context.