Biggest Height cheats currently in NBA

[Hoofa22]

Kevin Love is listed at 6'10 everywhere but measured abit over 6'7!!!!!:no:

Any others????

[noosaman]

Fatass Chris Paul at 6 feet when the dude is like 5'10''

[Hoofa22]

So if i am 195cm (Just under 6'5) barefoot, I could list myself at 6'7??? Crazy

[jongib369]

Dwight Howard is listed as 6'11 when he's only 6'9...Jerry West is listed at 6'2 when hes actually 6'4

http://sphotos-a.xx.fbcdn.net/hphotos-ash4/c0.0.309.309/p403x403/184094_411672148889573_1925318889_n.jpg

Amare is 6' 8.5"

Not that much of a cheat but Lebron is 6' 7.25" barefoot...

Jordan and Kobe are not 6'6, more like 6'4/5

Ben Wallace is 6'7

I could go on and on lol

http://www.draftexpress.com/profile/Ben-Wallace-4747/

[Hoofa22]

Its funny watching Kevin Durant tower over guys who are listed taller than him :oldlol:
Durant was listed as 6'9 barefoot afew years ago and is listed as 6'9 on most NBA sites, Could list himself 6'11:eek:

[arifgokcen]

Dwight Howard is listed as 6'11 when he's only 6'9...Jerry West is listed at 6'2 when hes actually 6'4

http://sphotos-a.xx.fbcdn.net/hphotos-ash4/c0.0.309.309/p403x403/184094_411672148889573_1925318889_n.jpg

Amare is 6' 8.5"

Not that much of a cheat but Lebron is 6' 7.25" barefoot...

Jordan and Kobe are not 6'6, more like 6'4/5

Ben Wallace is 6'7

I could go on and on lol

http://www.draftexpress.com/profile/Ben-Wallace-4747/

Actually i remember kobe exact height in cms to be exact 193-194.Which is rougly 6'4.

Lebron height is his rookie listing.So its likely that he grew considering NBA players listed heights are with shoes.He said 6'9

There are some serious downgrades as well.Like KD he is well above 6'9.

Another player KG who didnt wanted to be listed 7 footer so that he didnt have to play center.

Howard listed height is pretty bad as well.I mean he is shorter than KD and he is listed at 6'11.I saw several pictures where lebron and howard stood next to each other where i couldnt tell who is taller.At best he is 6'9(because of his freakish ath. and his long arms he plays like a legit 7 footer though thats not the point)

However i think most notable height cheat belongs to joel anthony.He is listed at 6'9 and i even saw 6'10.He is at best 6'7.He is shorter than lebron.Thats 2-2.5'(5-6cm difference).Thats with shoes.

From legends charles barkley was at best 6'4 however he is listed as 6'6 to play PF.

[jongib369]

I think Wilt would be listed as 7'2 or 3 today considering he is 7'1 barefoot...they just dont do that these days most of the time...So today I guess kareem would be listed 7'3 or 4 also?

[JohnnySic]

Michael Beasley at 6'10".

[dbk123]

I don't know if you guys have heard of these things called shoes, but the NBA measures the player in them and it gives them an extra inch or two.

[abuC]

I don't know if you guys have heard of these things called shoes, but the NBA measures the player in them and it gives them an extra inch or two.


Don't bother explaining to them, they are willfully ignorant of the fact players are listed with their shoes on.

[jongib369]

Don't bother explaining to them, they are willfully ignorant of the fact players are listed with their shoes on.
Not just that but they are also given another inch or so...you think Kevin love wears 3 inch thick shoes? lol

[abuC]

Not just that but they are also given another inch or so...you think Kevin love wears 3 inch thick shoes? lol


6"9.5 in shoes @ the combine, do you expect them to round up or down?


Like I said, willfully ignorant, the numbers that you point to saying he's 6"7 3/4th without shoes show him as 6"9 and a half with shoes on, in the column right next to it.

It doesn't take a genius to figure out they're going to round up.

[NBA4EVER]

Earl Boykins at 5'6

http://i608.photobucket.com/albums/tt166/smushmvp/boykinsbig.jpg

[eliteballer]

http://rad.draftexpress.com/profile/Spencer-Hawes-483/


Height w/o Shoes
6' 10.5"

Height w/shoes
7' 0.75"

[CavaliersFTW]

Dwight Howard is listed as 6'11 when he's only 6'9...Jerry West is listed at 6'2 when hes actually 6'4

http://sphotos-a.xx.fbcdn.net/hphotos-ash4/c0.0.309.309/p403x403/184094_411672148889573_1925318889_n.jpg

Amare is 6' 8.5"

Not that much of a cheat but Lebron is 6' 7.25" barefoot...

Jordan and Kobe are not 6'6, more like 6'4/5

Ben Wallace is 6'7

I could go on and on lol

http://www.draftexpress.com/profile/Ben-Wallace-4747/
West is taller than 6-4

[CavaliersFTW]

6"9.5 in shoes @ the combine, do you expect them to round up or down?


Like I said, willfully ignorant, the numbers that you point to saying he's 6"7 3/4th without shoes show him as 6"9 and a half with shoes on, in the column right next to it.

It doesn't take a genius to figure out they're going to round up.
Oh cut the shit - he's 6-7.75 and NOBODY SHOULD CARE ABOUT HEIGHT IN SHOES because at draft camps draftexpress explicitly states that players try to CHEAT the system and wear bigger shoes than they intend to play the game with. Plus no two shoes are alike in size. Plus when's the last time you went to the doctor and he measured your height with your ****ing shoes on...

should we measure the height of Hockey players on skates now? Football players in their helmets and cleats? A persons height is only fair to measure w/o the variable of "shoes" misleading people.

[jongib369]

Oh cut the shit - he's 6-7.75 and NOBODY SHOULD CARE ABOUT HEIGHT IN SHOES because at draft camps draftexpress explicitly states that players try to CHEAT the system and wear bigger shoes than they intend to play the game with. Plus no two shoes are alike in size. Plus when's the last time you went to the doctor and he measured your height with your ****ing shoes on...

should we measure the height of Hockey players on skates now? Football players in their helmets and cleats? A persons height is only fair to measure w/o the variable of "shoes" misleading people.
agreed, it misrepresents the present and the past when they were measured barefoot...Now people have to deal with all these *insertname tards saying centers in the 60s were 6'6 200 pound midgits with 2 1/2 inch verts etc

[jongib369]

West is taller than 6-4
Yeah I didn't know the exact measurement so I just said what he was closest to...I remember you saying hes above 6'4 but not taller then 6'4 1/2??

[jongib369]

Basketball in the 1920s?

http://images.paraorkut.com/img/funnypics/images/m/midget_basketball-12223.jpg

[LongLiveTheKing]

KD is 6'10 with shoes. He said so on Twitter. Some people said he was 7 feet lol.

[senelcoolidge]

Measurements are inflated in today's game. Just like everything else in the NBA today. Well what really counts can these guys play.

[jbot]

yeah, most players are listed about 1-2 inches more than what they are. this happens in college and high school levels too.

this past summer, a local college basketball player walked by my son and i playing ball and said hello. he's listed at 6-8 but i swear he was barely taller than i am at 6-5.

[jongib369]

yeah, most players are listed about 1-2 inches more than what they are. this happens in college and high school levels too.

this past summer, a local college basketball player walked by my son and i playing ball and said hello. he's listed at 6-8 but i swear he was barely taller than i am at 6-5.
lmfao wow...A friend of mine who is 6'1 saw DRose in person and said there was NO way he is 6'3...Same height as him

[EllEffEll]

West is taller than 6-4

I (at 6'5") have stood literally shoulder to shoulder with Jerry West (without a doubt my childhood hero) back around 1982, and he was NOT 6'4" at that time.

[CavaliersFTW]

I (at 6'5") have stood literally shoulder to shoulder with Jerry West (without a doubt my childhood hero) back around 1982, and he was NOT 6'4" at that time.
Then how tall do you think he was - are u suggesting he grew since then? Because he quite clearly isn't 6-2

He was listed 6-3 in the NBA

He claims in his autobiography he is "just over 6-4 w/o shoes"

And he claims in an interview (that I will upload the audio for) that he is 6-4.5

And he looks as tall or very nearly so as the listed 6-5 Oscar Robertson in many pictures from his playing days, and he looks as tall as Dwyane Wade (6-3.75) and surprisingly close to the height of Kobe (6-4.75)





Whats your best guesstimate on his height?

[EllEffEll]

Then how tall do you think he was - are u suggesting he grew since then? Because he quite clearly isn't 6-2

He was listed 6-3 in the NBA

He claims in his autobiography he is "just over 6-4 w/o shoes"

And he claims in an interview (that I will upload the audio for) that he is 6-4.5

And he looks as tall or very nearly so as the listed 6-5 Oscar Robertson in many pictures from his playing days, and he looks as tall as Dwyane Wade (6-3.75) and surprisingly close to the height of Kobe (6-4.75)

Whats your best guesstimate on his height?

We were at a pub in Brentwood, CA that my roommate had told me he had seen him visit a few times. I actually was half hoping (more than half actually) to run into him when we decided to go there. When I saw him at the bar ordering a drink, I took my cue, but decided not to acknowledge who he was :facepalm

6'3" w/o shoes would be the most generous I could estimate and definitely not more than that (we were both wearing shoes ;~) ), and I would say closer to 6'2" (the same height as my father so I had a good frame of reference). I had always read during his playing days that he was 6'4" (I assumed w/o shoes since people are not born with shoes on), and was a little disappointed for some odd reason to find out he was not as tall as I had thought.

As for photographs of two people standing more or less next to each other, I have learned (as a very enthusiastic photographer myself), is not a great way to clearly compare height between two individuals.

I have to believe that MANY players are not actually as tall as advertised. There is a great story about Darrel Imhoff being measured. The Lakers had acquired him and he got drafted. If you were over 6'8", you got exempted and it was/is widely believed that you 'settle' throughout the day. So, when they took Imhoff to get measured, they allegedly got him up first thing in the morning, loaded him into an ambulance without him ever standing up, and hauled him to the induction center. He was supposedly 6'8" on the dot and was able to keep playing ball.

[JaggerCommaMick]

Ive walked past Blake Griffin, he aint no taller than Rob Gronkowski who is 6'7.

Height listings in the NBA are a joke, mates. And no it aint just because of the shoes. They basically just lump players by position, centers and tall power forwards are 7 feet, shorter power forwards are listed 6'10, small forwards are 6'8 or 6'9 and so on.

Nobody should be takin them listings seriously mates, theyre mostly hogwash.

[JaggerCommaMick]

Oh cut the shit - he's 6-7.75 and NOBODY SHOULD CARE ABOUT HEIGHT IN SHOES because at draft camps draftexpress explicitly states that players try to CHEAT the system and wear bigger shoes than they intend to play the game with. Plus no two shoes are alike in size. Plus when's the last time you went to the doctor and he measured your height with your ****ing shoes on...

should we measure the height of Hockey players on skates now? Football players in their helmets and cleats? A persons height is only fair to measure w/o the variable of "shoes" misleading people.


Not only that mate but in shoes you can tiptoe a bit and nobody can really tell. Its completely unreliable.

The NBA wants players to seem taller because it makes their skill and abilities seem more impressive and gives them a larger than life image.

[Eric Cartman]

You guys sound like my wife complaining about an inch or two.

[abuC]

Oh cut the shit - he's 6-7.75 and NOBODY SHOULD CARE ABOUT HEIGHT IN SHOES because at draft camps draftexpress explicitly states that players try to CHEAT the system and wear bigger shoes than they intend to play the game with. Plus no two shoes are alike in size. Plus when's the last time you went to the doctor and he measured your height with your ****ing shoes on...

should we measure the height of Hockey players on skates now? Football players in their helmets and cleats? A persons height is only fair to measure w/o the variable of "shoes" misleading people.


:rolleyes:

The only people who constantly complain about the height of the players are those with the tired angle and agenda to say "Players aren't bigger today!". Did you even play basketball in HS? Everyone had their height listed in shoes or the coach would embellish.

Like I said, it doesn't take a genius to figure out the vast majority of players have their height listed with shoes on, why is this such a difficult concept for you to grasp? This thread is made time after time by you clowns, over and over by the same people.

[midatlantic09]

I'd like to know what Ben Gordons height w/o shoes is because he totally doesn't look anywhere near 6'3.

[abuC]

I'd like to know what Ben Gordons height w/o shoes is because he totally doesn't look anywhere near 6'3.

He's from the city I used to live in, I met him and he's about an inch taller than me, I'm 6"0 and a half without shoes.

[SacJB Shady]

All i know is biedrins is listed at 6-11 to 7 foot and when i met him in the strip clubs and bar he looked like a t rex dinosaur. He towered EVERYBODY.

[Collie]

Bill Walton. Listed at 6-11, but was 7-2

[dunksby]

Don't bother explaining to them, they are willfully ignorant of the fact players are listed with their shoes on.
They why is Durant is listed in his bare feet? The size of egos on these player coming from college to NBA is so big even their gigantic size still can't make up for that so they have to compensate for it by adding an inch or two to it.

[dunksby]

All i know is biedrins is listed at 6-11 to 7 foot and when i met him in the strip clubs and bar he looked like a t rex dinosaur. He towered EVERYBODY.
http://fail.brm.sk/o_rly/no-shit-sherlock.jpg

[G-Funk]

Look at Wade

http://www.waitingfornextyear.com/wp-content/uploads/2012/04/USA_basketball_team.jpg

Prince is tall!

[NBA4EVER]

Look at Wade

http://www.waitingfornextyear.com/wp-content/uploads/2012/04/USA_basketball_team.jpg

Prince is tall!

Wade and Kidd are both listed at 6'4

[Pointguard]

Earl Boykins at 5'6

http://i608.photobucket.com/albums/tt166/smushmvp/boykinsbig.jpg

Well he looks taller than Yao in the picture, so my guess is 7'6? The funny thing about that picture is that Yao's feet, according to place on the court, are about three feet closer to the camera, but Photoshop is crafty enough to make it look like he's behind the Earl of Boykins.

[tontoz]

Fatass Chris Paul at 6 feet when the dude is like 5'10''

Paul measured 5'11.75 barefoot.

http://www.draftexpress.com/nba-pre-draft-measurements/?page=&year=2005&source=All&sort2=DESC&draft=15&pos=0&sort=

[tontoz]

Don't bother explaining to them, they are willfully ignorant of the fact players are listed with their shoes on.


First of all not all players are listed with their shoes. Secondly different shoes have different sole thickness so it is a stupid practice.

[tontoz]

lmfao wow...A friend of mine who is 6'1 saw DRose in person and said there was NO way he is 6'3...Same height as him


Rose measured 6'1.5" barefoot.

[HiphopRelated]

Look at Wade

http://www.waitingfornextyear.com/wp-content/uploads/2012/04/USA_basketball_team.jpg

Prince is tall!
If that was by height, Wade would be in front of Kidd and Bosh in front of Howard

[TaLvsCuaL]

If that was by height, Wade would be in front of Kidd and Bosh in front of Howard
Wade in front of Kidd maybe, but Bosh is not taller than Howard. Look at the shoulders, the hair can lead to confusion.

[CavaliersFTW]

http://fail.brm.sk/o_rly/no-shit-sherlock.jpg
Zydrunas? :lol

[Hoofa22]

W/O shoes NBA listed
Carmelo 6'6 6'8
Lebron 6'7 6'8
Griffin 6'8 1/2 6'10
Love 6'7 3/4 6'10
Rose 6'1 1/2 6'3
Tyreke Evans 6'4 6'6
Wade 6'3 6'4
Antony Davis 6'9 6'11

Shaq measured 7'1 w/o shoes, So could have listed himself 7'3 if wanted

[TaLvsCuaL]

I have no idea, but I always heard that it is very common in college to be more interesting for the scouts, and then no choice but keep lying.

6'7 of Rip Hamilton has always seemed suspect.

[tontoz]

Wade in front of Kidd maybe, but Bosh is not taller than Howard. Look at the shoulders, the hair can lead to confusion.


Without shoes Bosh measured 6'10.25, Howard 6'9.

[fpliii]

He's from the city I used to live in, I met him and he's about an inch taller than me, I'm 6"0 and a half without shoes.

Mount Vernon? good stuff, my dad has his business there

[eliteballer]

Without shoes Bosh measured 6'10.25, Howard 6'9.

Dwight was measured when he was what, 18? Bosh 19. It's not uncommon for NBA players to grow an inch or two, especially at that age.

[CavaliersFTW]

Dwight was measured when he was what, 18? Bosh 19. It's not uncommon for NBA players to grow an inch or two, especially at that age.
Dwight is still shorter than Bill Russell who measured 6-9 and 5/8ths w/o shoes back in 1955 and now in encounters with Dwight he's 70 years old and likely lost a bit of height so if Dwight did grow (which is purely speculative) I can't see it being plausible that he exceeded 6-9.5 w/o shoes. For a center he's medium/short in height - not as short as some centers of the past but def not near a 7 footer, long armed, and wide bodied with incredible athleticism - and high body mass. He doesn't need to be tall to do his job. In fact, a lot of successfull NBA centers were about his height (Hakeem, Willis Reed) or shorter (Ben Wallace, Wes Unseld)

[JMT]

Griffin. Stood next to him in OKC airport. More than one person said we're the same height; one said I'm taller.

I'm somewhere between 6'7" - 6'8" .

[gasolina]

The only thing that bothers me about this is in 2K, it makes former players look like midgets. Damn Jerry West is 6'2 in the game and I thought he'd be closer to 6'4 based on youtube highlights.

2K isn't even consistent too. I do recall Bill Russell being listed as 6'9 or 6'10 in the game (obviously adjusted)

[Papaya Petee]

Wade isn't 6'4 and Kobe isn't 6'6, more like 6'2 and 6'4

[CavaliersFTW]

Wade isn't 6'4 and Kobe isn't 6'6, more like 6'2 and 6'4
www.draftexpress.com/measurements has Wade in the system, and he was no less than 6-3.75" w/o shoes. And Kobe was interviewed a few years ago in the NY Times and said his wife measured him at 6-4.75". Both of these numbers fit accordingly with what one would guess looking at them in comparison to other players who's real measurements have been recorded (such as MJ, 6-4.88" - who looks about identical to Kobe in height)