Kevin Durant is now taller than 6'9.5" Alonzo Mourning

[Lebron23]

A 22 yrs.old Alonzo Mourning was measured at 6'9.5" back in the 1992 NBA Draft while an 18 yrs.old, 9 months Kevin Durant was measured at 6'9" in 2007

http://www.exposay.com/celebrity-photos/alonzo-mourning-and-kevin-durant-zos-summer-groove-beach-ball-1H3poL.jpg.

http://www.draftexpress.com/profile/Alonzo-Mourning-3677/

http://www.draftexpress.com/profile/Kevin-Durant-390/

[LeGOAT]

Look at that awkward, beta smile

[Lebron23]

Look at that awkward, beta smile


He should be averaging over 9 rpg, and over 2 bpg cause he's taller than some of PF's and Centers in this league.

[ArbitraryWater]

Look at that awkward, beta smile

:roll: This is gonna go on forever if Bron 3-peats.

Does look fkn awkward though

Kobe told MJ as 20 y/o (?) he'd beat him one on one right in his face.. ignorant but cold..

Too bad now he doesnt even keep his promises up off going one on one with Kyrie Irving.

[SamuraiSWISH]

Too bad now he doesnt even keep his promises up off going one on one with Kyrie Irving.
Kobe destroyed him last year in Cleveland. Locked him up too.

[Lebron23]

where's CavaliersFTW? This guy downgraded the modern NBA player's height just to propped up Wilt Chamberlain.

[ArbitraryWater]

Kobe destroyed him last year in Cleveland. Locked him up too.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=4uG8ubgvSSQ

Kyrie Irving Challenges Kobe Bryant

[Kiddlovesnets]

A man's height normally shrinks a bit after they become older than 40.

[Trollsmasher]

Then Zo punched him in the face for being such a bitch

[catquickspider]

So Bron is basically Mourning's size? What prevents him from getting DPOY awards?

[russwest0]

OKC stacked :facepalm :facepalm :facepalm :facepalm :facepalm

[fpliii]

DraftExpress does say this:


Measurements prior to 2000 are based on newspaper articles rather than official league documents. While the measurements reported in such articles are reported to be officially from the predraft camp, we are taking those writers at their word and can not completely verify that information.

source: http://www.draftexpress.com/nba-pre-draft-measurements/

Just eyeballing that picture though, Zo's eyes seem to be level with KD's nose, so Durant appears at least 2 inches taller (which would put him at 6'11.5" without shoes if DraftExpress is correct). However, we can't see their legs. If KD is wearing basketball shoes and Zo is wearing dress shoes, there would be some difference.

[Trentknicks]

A man's height normally shrinks a bit after they become older than 40.
But a whole inch in 4 years?

[Lebron23]

A man's height normally shrinks a bit after they become older than 40.


He ain't a pro wrestler. I think Prime Hulk Hogan was a legit 6'6". He's now 6'3" after some surgeries.

http://www.celebheights.com/s/Hulk-Hogan-464.html

[BuffaloBill]

Look at that awkward, beta smile


dont talk about the great alonzo mourning like that

[RoseCity07]

Durant is 6-11. It's been well known for years.

[Inactive]

http://thekobebeef.files.wordpress.com/2012/07/team_usa_2012.jpg

Here he looks a little bit taller than 6'7.75 Kevin Love, and about the same as 6'8.5 Blake Griffin.


http://i2.photobucket.com/albums/y37/DA14Life87/74268429.jpg

Here he looks a couple inches shorter than 6'11 Greg Oden.

[Lebron23]

Durant just turned 19 in his picture with Oden. Love wore 1.75 inches shoes. he's 6'7 3/4 without shoes, but 6'9.5 in shoes.

Kd is also taller than Serge Ibaka.

[CavaliersFTW]

People shrink as they age, Shaq went from 7-0.88 as a rookie to 6-11.5 as he stated on Howard Stern after he retired, Wilt went from 7-1 and 1/16th as a rookie to 7-0.5 after he retired. Alonzo is old and worn out now he's probably lost some height due to age, weight and posture. Besides, can't really deduce either of their heights there anyways, you can't even see their feet and neither have perfect posture. You need many photographs, ideally with their feet, to get a better understanding of who's taller than who, and we just don't have that unless OP is holding out on any more/better pics.

[TMT]

He's 6'11. This is common knowledge.

[CavaliersFTW]

Durant is 6-11. It's been well known for years.
lol, no

[fpliii]

http://thekobebeef.files.wordpress.com/2012/07/team_usa_2012.jpg

Here he looks a little bit taller than 6'7.75 Kevin Love, and about the same as 6'8.5 Blake Griffin.


http://i2.photobucket.com/albums/y37/DA14Life87/74268429.jpg

Here he looks a couple inches shorter than 6'11 Greg Oden.
The first picture isn't bad, but it's taken at an angle (check out the USA Basketball emblem in the background, they're running downhill).

[Leftimage]

Anyone know how reach is calculated?

Also, T-Mac measured at 6'6.5 wtf?? Always assumed he was a bit taller than Lebron. Crazy wingspan though.

[russwest0]

He's 6'11. This is common knowledge.

This.

[CavaliersFTW]

Anyone know how reach is calculated?

Also, T-Mac measured at 6'6.5 wtf?? Always assumed he was a bit taller than Lebron. Crazy wingspan though.
Reach is measured in shoes, and is how high a player can reach with 1 arm. So I usually subtract their recorded shoe height when comparing players reach because some players wear 2 inch shoes others wear 3/4 inch shoes and it just isn't a good comparison of a players natural physical tools unless you remove that variable. Wingspan is different than reach, I'm talking about standing reach if that's what you were inquiring about.

[LeGOAT]

It's a known fact he's 7' 1"

[Inactive]

It's a known fact he's 7' 1"Proof:

http://www.upscalehype.com/wp-content/uploads/2013/07/Kevin-Durant-dinner-with-Tyson-Chandler.jpg

[CavaliersFTW]

Dwight Howard, measured 6-9 as a rookie, standing next to 6-9 Mitch... Dwight isn't taller than him:
https://lh6.googleusercontent.com/-gH81vS5YfT4/UxEjzAAowAI/AAAAAAAAE_g/vgf1Jhgernk/s800/dwightkupchak.jpg


Kevin Durant 20 years 4 months of age next to 6-9 Dwight Howard:
https://lh3.googleusercontent.com/-tR2H9H0Etbc/UxEjtxQm4qI/AAAAAAAAE_Y/R9qjnkgaxUY/s400/dwightdurant.jpg

You guys with your pictorial analysis are funny. Anyone can play that game and get absolutely nowhere. Measurements from the draft >>> all of your powers of speculation. Could he have grown? Sure, nobody is ruling that out, but it is essentially useless to cherry pick pictures, particularly the quality of the ones you guys find where you can't even see the guys feet, and attempt to draw conclusions from them.

[Rose'sACL]

from a few recent pictures i have seen of carmelo and lebron, carmelo seems to be taller than lebron.

[LeGOAT]

Lebron looks to be at least 7' 6" :eek: :eek:
http://www.pickandroll.com.br/wp-content/uploads/2012/02/Os-dois-marcaram-o-mesmo-n%C3%BAmero-de-pontos-no-ASG.jpg

[Leftimage]

from a few recent pictures i have seen of carmelo and lebron, carmelo seems to be taller than lebron.

Nah, Lebron's still got a 1/4 inch on him.

http://ww4.hdnux.com/photos/14/44/64/3296575/3/960x595.jpg

[russwest0]

Lebron looks to be at least 7' 6" :eek: :eek:
http://www.pickandroll.com.br/wp-content/uploads/2012/02/Os-dois-marcaram-o-mesmo-n%C3%BAmero-de-pontos-no-ASG.jpg

lmao @ lebrons hgh jawline.

dude gonna be on his d-wade braces shit here soon

[iznogood]

Look at that awkward, beta smile
It's not half as awkward as the suit Zo's wearing.

[CelticBaller]

Proof:

http://www.upscalehype.com/wp-content/uploads/2013/07/Kevin-Durant-dinner-with-Tyson-Chandler.jpg
all we need

he is 6-11

[CavaliersFTW]

all we need

he is 6-11
Dwight 6-9
https://lh6.googleusercontent.com/-gH81vS5YfT4/UxEjzAAowAI/AAAAAAAAE_g/vgf1Jhgernk/s800/dwightkupchak.jpg

Durant 6-9
https://lh3.googleusercontent.com/-tR2H9H0Etbc/UxEjtxQm4qI/AAAAAAAAE_Y/R9qjnkgaxUY/s400/dwightdurant.jpg

Chandler 6-11.5
http://a.espncdn.com/photo/2012/0726/ny_e_kobe_durant_melo_chandler_b1_300.jpg

1 pic isn't gonna prove Durant is any particular height, he was measured 6-9. He looks the same height as other guys measured 6-9 in the overwhelming majority of his pics. Outlier pics are just that, outliers, and most don't even show his feet or the persons feet he is standing abreast with.

[inclinerator]

zo would break that stick in half

[G-train]

Mourning is about 6'8-6'9, I'm guessing Durant to be 6'9-6'10