Claim: Wilt Chamberlain played for a team.

The center -LRB- C -RRB- , also known as the five or the big man , is one of the five positions in a regular basketball game . The center is normally the tallest player on the team , and often has a great deal of strength and body mass as well .   The tallest player to ever be drafted in the NBA was the 7 ' 8 '' -LRB- 2.33 m -RRB- Yasutaka Okayama from Japan . The tallest players to ever play in the NBA , at 7 ' 7 '' -LRB- 2.31 m -RRB- , are centers Gheorghe Mureșan and Manute Bol . Standing at 7 ' 2 '' -LRB- 2.18 m -RRB- , Margo Dydek is the tallest player to have ever played in the WNBA .