Well hello there. *Cranes neck* Basketball fever has hit Dublin this week as European Club basketball is coming back to the Emerald Isle for the first time in 22 years and with it, comes some extremely talented (and tall) players. One of these is Danish centre Chris Christoffersen who stands at a whopping 7’2” and will line out for Bakken Bears against Ireland’s Hibernia Basketball in the National Basketball Arena this evening (tickets are available here).

#FIBAEuropeCup ticket and game day info: https://t.co/aO8Dha8Ae6 pic.twitter.com/2ulLGeenPv

— Hibernia Basketball (@HiberniaBball) November 17, 2015

Chris had no need to trash talk the Irish lads ahead of the game, as he simply took a picture of himself at the Arena this week, standing beside a sign featuring one of Ireland’s tallest players, Jason Killeen, who stands at 6’10”.

Uh oh. pic.twitter.com/u4cBhqdBph

— Hibernia Basketball (@HiberniaBball) November 17, 2015

The sign reads, “Think you’re tall?” and invites people to measure up against Killeen. Little did they think Christoffersen would be on hand to lean on his head though! This evening is a big game for the Irish side tonight in the FIBA Europe Cup, with tip-off in the Arena at 7.30pm.

So @BakkenBears have arrived at the National Basketball Arena for @FIBAEuropeCup practise. https://t.co/xJrChre3W0

— Basketball Ireland (@BballIrl) November 17, 2015