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Enes Kanter generally doesn't look like a kid. Listed at 6-foot-11 and 245 pounds, the Oklahoma City Thunder center has the size and strength to score easily in the post in the NBA. For the first time in his adult life, though, he appeared to be a very tiny human on Thursday in an Atlanta suburb:

That's Kanter with fellow Turkish tall person Sultan Kösen at a school opening. While Kanter is a very, very tall person, Kösen is a very, very, very, very, very tall person. At 8-foot-3, he is recognized as the tallest person in the world.

As you might expect, Kanter was amused by the situation. He tweeted a photo of the two of them and suggested that the Thunder sign Kösen:

Kösen did actually have a brief basketball career. As detailed in Rafe Bartholomew's story about early NBA draft blogs for Grantland, he was discovered by Turkish club Galatasaray when he was 7-foot-11 and still growing. The team eventually signed him, but medical problems derailed his career.

The two appeared to have a great time at the school: 

And if you'd like to see a photo from Thursday with Kösen and a normal-sized person, here you go:

The Guinness World Records "only knows of 10 confirmed or reliable cases in history" of people over 8 feet tall, according to its website. For everyone at the Fulton Science Academy, then, this was a big day. 

(HT: Washington Post)

Enes Kanter has to look up when he's around the world's tallest man. (USATSI)
Enes Kanter has to look up when he's around the world's tallest man. (USATSI)