Who has the lowest arm-to height ratio in the NBA?

[Hondo]

I wanted to say shortest arms, but I thought people would just type, 'Boykins.' I'm more interested in players with short arms for their height.

I'm watching the Clippers-TWolves game (I'm a sucker for Darko and Blake Griffin), and I'm thinking to myself, 'Man, Foye must have the shortest arms in the NBA.' Why would anyone draft a player that is too short to play their natural position, doesn't have the athleticism to play their natural position and doesn't make up for these deficiencies with length. Randy Foye has to be one of the WORST picks in the history of the draft. I guess Bayless is the new Foye.

I would quite like to sit in on some of these draft sessions with scouts, coaching staff and management.

Who can you think of with really short arms in the NBA?
Jason Kapano and Jason Smith spring to mind. Both of them look like they couldn't reach into their pockets for change.

[TylerOO]

Interesting, I never really thought about it. Someone answer, I would like to know too.

[Qwyjibo]

He's obviously not in the league anymore but Rafael Araujo had some damn short arms and he was listed at 6'11.

[HB40TheNextStar]

Probably can check draftexpress' database for some recent ones. I know I saw a scouting report on the youngest Plumlee going to dook next year and he had a 6'8" wingspan on a 7 foot frame.

[knightfall88]

I think Yao Ming is the only player in NBA maybe even in NBA history to have a wingspan so much smaller than his height

[The_Yearning]

How could you not notice Blake Griffin?

[Lebron23]

Yao Ming and Monta Ellis

[Scoooter]

I always thought Moses Malone looked like he had really short arms.

[DuMa]

kevin t-rex willis

[Hondo]

kevin t-rex willis

If only he did the Reignman trot, he'd look just like a T-Rex

[50inchvertical]

JJ Barea, Kevin Willis, JJ Reddick all have wingspans less than their height.

[FindingTim]

to be honest I thought Foye was going to be really good after watching him in college

[Miserio]

http://www.thecolorcurve.com/blog/wp-content/uploads/2010/03/Allen-Step.jpg

[50inchvertical]

http://www.thecolorcurve.com/blog/wp-content/uploads/2010/03/Allen-Step.jpg
Allen Iverson? He is known for having long arms relative to his height, 6'3.5. Jameer Nelson is another guy who is probably shorter than average.

Remember, Da Vinci calculated that your wingspan should be the same as your height. Of course, that was forever ago and people were shorter back then, and his frame of reference would have only included Europeans, and obviously athletes aren't "average."

http://leonardodavinci.stanford.edu/submissions/clabaugh/images/vm/leonardo.jpg
no homo tho

[New York Knicks]

Gotta be Yao. He's got absurdly short arms proportional to his height and not just by NBA standards.

[icemanfan]

kevin t-rex willis
They didn't call him T-Rex for nothing. Man had very short wingspan for a man of his height.

[DJ Leon Smith]

kevin t-rex willis

This. A seven-foot guy with a size 12 shoe, the guy had tiny arms. (Tiny as in short, he was ripped as hell though.)

[midatlantic09]

Jerryd Bayless.

[momo]

http://1.bp.blogspot.com/_rtdP-SZP21c/R4zoGNSmBoI/AAAAAAAAAi4/vl-odnvXv4Y/s400/willis.jpg

[JohnnySic]

Right now its Yao, but Willis is the world heavyweight champion here...

[sherwin_414141]

http://inside.nikebasketball.com/news/wp-content/2007/12/t_prince.jpg
:bowdown:

[Rekindled]

jared bayless?

[knickscity]

I'm assuming this is a wingspan thread.


OJ Mayo 6'4" with a 6'6" wingspan.

[scm5]

I'm assuming this is a wingspan thread.


OJ Mayo 6'4" with a 6'6" wingspan.

KD

6'9 w/ a 7'4 wing span.

[knickscity]

KD

6'9 w/ a 7'4 wing span.
I wouldn't consider a 7'4" wingspan to anything but great.

[Rake2204]

kevin t-rex willis
Dang all of you. I came in here to say Kevin Willis.

I'll say this though, I've come to accept that I apparently suffer from this same "T-Rex Syndrome" but I think a lot of it is just a matter of the majority of NBA guys being freakishly long as opposed to people like myself being freakishly short.

Standing at 6'3'' my wingspan is comparible to my height. Pretty normal. Upon having my maximum vertical jump measured (33.5'') I compared my number to the 2010 Draft Combine Athleticism results in that same category. I found my max vert jump was actually better than nearly half of the fifty listed prospects.

However, upon measuring my Max Jump Height (10'10'') I found I would have had the single lowest result of every listed draft prospect not named Sherron Collins. The average max vert. jump in the 2010 Draft Combine? 32.94''. The average max reach? 11'6.73''. My vert is right in the ballpark, my max reach is almost 9 inches below even the average.

For perspective, Avery Bradley, standing 6'3'' like myself, can reach 10'10'' off of a no-step vert, something I can't even pull off in my dreams. He has a max reach of 11'4'', an additional half foot on me.

Point: NBA players are terribly skilled; unbelievably skilled. However, most have also been blessed with undeniably advantageous dimensions. And more power to them, I just kind of wish I could at least palm a basketball.

http://www.nbadraft.net/nba-draft-combine-athleticism-test-results

[Kombo]

Luke Walton, Chase Budinger, Matt Bonner, Brian Scalabrine, Jason Smith are all pretty much 1:1.

David West's is a guy who has a much longer wingspan than I thought. 6'8'' with a 7'4.5'' wingspan. Jason Maxiell 6'5'', 7'3'' wingspan. Imagine if Jason was just 3 inches taller... would be a beast.

[clipps]

I always thought Corey Maggette had a really short arms for his height. Which would explain why he rarely ever dunked despite being very strong and athletic.

[GiveItToBurrito]

I always thought Corey Maggette had a really short arms for his height. Which would explain why he rarely ever dunked despite being very strong and athletic.

I'm not necessarily disagreeing with you, but I think Maggette's arms look shorter than they are just because of how bulky they are.