All NBA Players lie about their height (or so I've been told). Kobe is typically listed as 6'7'' & people are said to shrink as they get older so it is possible that Magic may have lost an inch or so with old age.
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All NBA Players lie about their height (or so I've been told). Kobe is typically listed as 6'7'' & people are said to shrink as they get older so it is possible that Magic may have lost an inch or so with old age.
I don't understand how people can boldly state that they know the exact height of someone that they have likely only seen on tv and in photographs. Unless you were present when one of these guys was measured, then you are just estimating. Some of you idiots are pretending that you know the height of these players down to a quarter of an inch. Give me a f**kin break.
Furthermore who gives a shit? Do you think that a player being fractionally shorter that they are listed in some way diminishes their accomplishments? Well it doesn't. What is it with this place? This is some of the most childish and pointless crap I have ever seen. 99.999999% of the stuff we debate here is [U]OPINION[/U]. Opinion, not facts. Quit bullshitting yourselves.
[QUOTE=Kobe 4 The Win]Do you think that a player being fractionally shorter that they are listed in some way diminishes their accomplishments? Well it doesn't. What is it with this place? This is some of the most childish and pointless crap I have ever seen. 99.999999% of the stuff we debate here is [U]OPINION[/U]. Opinion, not facts. Quit bullshitting yourselves.[/QUOTE]
Who says it does?
[QUOTE=KevinDurant4MVP]Breh you got a source for that?
Or you talking out your ass?[/QUOTE]
:facepalm
[IMG]http://i608.photobucket.com/albums/tt166/smushmvp/boykinsbig.jpg[/IMG]
Yao doesnt look an inch taller than Boykins, he must be 5'5''
[QUOTE=game385]All NBA Players lie about their height (or so I've been told). [B]Kobe is typically listed as 6'7'' [/B]& people are said to shrink as they get older so it is possible that Magic may have lost an inch or so with old age.[/QUOTE]
6'7? The boy's 6'5" and 6'6" with shoes...
i think these threads where players, standing from different angles, spots, posture are used to judge. you can literally pull 12 pictures together and go "look, kobes shorter than so and so here", "so and so is shorter than so and so here" and then come to the conclusion by the 12th picture that kobe is 5'11. :oldlol:
[QUOTE=w00terz]During the Michael Jackson Memorial, Magic was standing next to a 6'4" Kobe Bryant and didn't look more than an inch taller than him. I thought he was 6'9"?[/QUOTE]
Pic or it didn't happen
[QUOTE=wally_world][IMG]http://i608.photobucket.com/albums/tt166/smushmvp/boykinsbig.jpg[/IMG]
Yao doesnt look an inch taller than Boykins, he must be 5'5''[/QUOTE]
this is a photoshop you nimrod. Either that or Boykins has a freak extra arm sticking out of his right hip and that extra arm has the exact same shape and texture, except scaled down, of his right arm.
Decided to do some fact checking after reading this thread and all the various height claims for different players.
Dwight Howard really did measure out at 6'9 without shoes (6'10 and quarter with) pre-draft in '04. I guess I must have forgotten about that. Always assumed he was a legit 6'11.
[URL="http://www.draftexpress.com/nba-pre-draft-measurements/?page=&year=2004&source=All&sort2=ASC&draft=100&pos=0&sort="]http://www.draftexpress.com/nba-pre-draft-measurements/?page=&year=2004&source=All&sort2=ASC&draft=100&pos=0&sort=[/URL]
Didn't see his name come up in this thread, but I know his height is much debated. Tracy McGrady measured at 6'6 and a half without shoes in '97 (no with shoe height listed, 6'8 is safe to assume). From the same draft, something I found interesting: Billups a legit 6'3 without shoes.
[URL="http://www.draftexpress.com/nba-pre-draft-measurements/?page=&year=1997&source=All&sort2=ASC&draft=100&pos=0&sort="]http://www.draftexpress.com/nba-pre-draft-measurements/?page=&year=1997&source=All&sort2=ASC&draft=100&pos=0&sort=[/URL]
Mutombo measured 7'1 and quarter without shoes in '91. LJ was 6'5 and a half without shoes.
[URL="http://www.draftexpress.com/nba-pre-draft-measurements/?page=&year=1991&source=All&sort2=ASC&draft=100&pos=0&sort="]http://www.draftexpress.com/nba-pre-draft-measurements/?page=&year=1991&source=All&sort2=ASC&draft=100&pos=0&sort=[/URL]
My boy Oliver Miller was a svelte 318 pre-draft in '92. :oldlol: 22% body fat. Also, some guy named Shaq measured 7'1 without shoes.
[URL="http://www.draftexpress.com/nba-pre-draft-measurements/?page=&year=1992&source=All&sort2=ASC&draft=100&pos=0&sort="]http://www.draftexpress.com/nba-pre-draft-measurements/?page=&year=1992&source=All&sort2=ASC&draft=100&pos=0&sort=[/URL]
Shawn Bradley was a legit 7'5 and a half sans shoes in '93. That's a whole lotta Mormon right there. But only stacked high, not wide. 248 pounds. Damn, I've high like 243 at my highest and I'm only 5'9.
[URL="http://www.draftexpress.com/nba-pre-draft-measurements/?page=&year=1993&source=All&sort2=ASC&draft=100&pos=0&sort="]http://www.draftexpress.com/nba-pre-draft-measurements/?page=&year=1993&source=All&sort2=ASC&draft=100&pos=0&sort=[/URL]
Grant Hill 6'8 without shoes in '94. Interesting.
[URL="http://www.draftexpress.com/nba-pre-draft-measurements/?page=&year=1994&source=All&sort2=ASC&draft=100&pos=0&sort="]http://www.draftexpress.com/nba-pre-draft-measurements/?page=&year=1994&source=All&sort2=ASC&draft=100&pos=0&sort=[/URL]
Garnett was 6'11 without shoes in '95. Steve Nash - 6'1 without shoes (I see a lot of 6'3 but I guess that's okay with shoes).
[URL="http://www.draftexpress.com/nba-pre-draft-measurements/?page=&year=1995&source=All&sort2=ASC&draft=100&pos=0&sort="]http://www.draftexpress.com/nba-pre-draft-measurements/?page=&year=1995&source=All&sort2=ASC&draft=100&pos=0&sort=[/URL]
Rashard Lewis weighing 190 coming into the league. Yikes.
[URL="http://www.draftexpress.com/nba-pre-draft-measurements/?page=&year=1998&source=All&sort2=ASC&draft=100&pos=0&sort="]http://www.draftexpress.com/nba-pre-draft-measurements/?page=&year=1998&source=All&sort2=ASC&draft=100&pos=0&sort=[/URL]
Elton Brand was 6'8 and a quarter without shoes. I've seen a lot of people say he was closer to 6'7 or high 6'6.
[URL="http://www.draftexpress.com/nba-pre-draft-measurements/?page=&year=1999&source=All&sort2=ASC&draft=100&pos=0&sort="]http://www.draftexpress.com/nba-pre-draft-measurements/?page=&year=1999&source=All&sort2=ASC&draft=100&pos=0&sort=[/URL]
Shane Battier was 6'8 and a quarter without shoes. 6'9 and a half with. Wow. That's surprising.
[URL="http://www.draftexpress.com/nba-pre-draft-measurements/?page=&year=2001&source=All&sort2=ASC&draft=100&pos=0&sort="]http://www.draftexpress.com/nba-pre-draft-measurements/?page=&year=2001&source=All&sort2=ASC&draft=100&pos=0&sort=[/URL]
[QUOTE=fatboy11]
Didn't see his name come up in this thread, but I know his height is much debated. Tracy McGrady measured at 6'6 and a half without shoes in '97 (no with shoe height listed, 6'8 is safe to assume). From the same draft, something I found interesting: Billups a legit 6'3 without shoes.
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Garnett was 6'11 without shoes in '95. [/QUOTE]
Both those guys continued growing. Both were drafted out of high school.
[QUOTE=Se
6'9" was Magic's sneaker height, as is Kobe's 6'6" listing.
People who are older bones get smaller, so they get shorter over time.
NBA players heights are not exaggerated they list their height with shoes rounded up kobe is 6'4 3/4 so he is 6'5 3/4 listing 6'6 thats legit dwade is 6'3 3/4 without shoes 6'4 3/4 with shoes so his listed heights 6'5 lebron is 6'7 1/2 i think so he is listed at 6'9 someone that confuses me is elton brand he is 6'9 1/2 with shoes thats half and inch shorter than dwight i don't know why people would call him undersized. Brand should be listed at 6'10 heres another interesting one Bosh is 7 feet he is 6'11 1/2 with shoes.
So magic is 6'6 3/4 without shoes 6'7 3/4 with shoes he would be listed as 6'8 but like some other people said he could of lost height due to age so yea i would say he is 6'9. You don't need picture check there draft combine numbers
Hahahaaa at the beginning of one basketball season they listed me a bit taller and heavier to attract scouts #imjustsaying
[QUOTE=Ikill]NBA players heights are not exaggerated they list their height with shoes rounded up kobe is 6'4 3/4 so he is 6'5 3/4 listing 6'6 thats legit dwade is 6'3 3/4 without shoes 6'4 3/4 with shoes so his listed heights 6'5 lebron is 6'7 1/2 i think so he is listed at 6'9 someone that confuses me is elton brand he is 6'9 1/2 with shoes thats half and inch shorter than dwight i don't know why people would call him undersized. Brand should be listed at 6'10 [B]heres another interesting one Bosh is 7 feet he is 6'11 1/2 with shoes.[/B]
So magic is 6'6 3/4 without shoes 6'7 3/4 with shoes he would be listed as 6'8 but like some other people said he could of lost height due to age so yea i would say he is 6'9. You don't need picture check there draft combine numbers[/QUOTE]
Both Bosh and KG like to pretend they're not seven footers, because they think they will be considered better players if they're thought of as being under 7', even though they are 7 footers. It's to avoid having to play center since they aren't that good at it.
When there's at least 5-8 all time centers clearly better than them, they wanna be called PFs since they might crack the top 5 then. Well Bosh won't, not even top 10, in KG's case though he will. If he was a C he'd be lucky to be top 10 ever.
[QUOTE=SinJackal]Both Bosh and KG like to pretend they're not seven footers, because they think they will be considered better players if they're thought of as being under 7', even though they are 7 footers. It's to avoid having to play center since they aren't that good at it.
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If Bosh is 7' then Gasol is 7'2". Gasol towered over him in that funny interview Bosh did with him. Gasol also has about an inch on KG.
I hope the NBA would measure their players height in the off season.
Some young NBA players are still growing because their growth plates are still open.
[B]For Example. [/B]
David Noel was measured at 6'4.5" in the NBA Pre Draft Camp, but he was measured at 6'5" (without shoes) in the PBA.
LMAO at Kobe Bryant being billed at 6'8" in the 2002 NBA Finals.
I am 6'7 (6'6 3/4") without shoes and met Magic Johnson in high school. He was in a suit and standard dress shoes and was AT LEAST 6'8 1/2".
Kobe is 6-4 1/2 barefoot according to his mugshot. So 6-6 in shoes.
Magic was listed by FIBA at 6-7 3/4 in shoes. So he was really 6-8 and not 6-9. Just another NBA exaggeration.
If you look at him next to Bird in almost all images he is shorter than Bird is.
[QUOTE=Lebron23]Magic Johnson is 6'7" that was his listed height in the 1992 Barcelona Olympics.[/QUOTE]
Magic was listed at 6-7 3/4 at the Olympics, not 6-7.
[QUOTE=chocolatethunder]No, he's about 6'5". When he had Howard Stern on his TV show years ago they were the same height and Stern is is 6'5". It was funny because Drew Carrey was on the show and they were taking questions and Drew Carrey asked Magic why he was listed at 6'9" but was the same height as Howard. Magic didn't reply and they cut to commercial.[/QUOTE]
Total bull shit. I have seen that clip. First, Stern was wearing boots and Magic was wearing dress shoes. Second, Stern's hair was sticking way up and Magic is bald. Third, they were not "eye to eye" as Stern claimed. Magic was a good inch taller than him, at least.
So if Stern is 6-5 barefoot as he claims, then Magic is at least 6-7 barefoot.
[QUOTE=Lakas Fan Yo][B]Kobe is 6-4 1/2 barefoot according to his mugshot.[/B] So 6-6 in shoes.
Magic was listed by FIBA at 6-7 3/4 in shoes. So he was really 6-8 and not 6-9. Just another NBA exaggeration.
If you look at him next to Bird in almost all images he is shorter than Bird is.[/QUOTE]
Shit gave me a chuckle. :oldlol:
[QUOTE=vert48]I am 6'4", barefoot. I have stood next to Barkley a couple of times, and he is, is 6'6"+ in shoes, seeming to be around 6'7". People now exaggerate how tall he isn't.
[IMG]http://www.thesmokinggun.com/graphics/packageart/mugshots/barkleymug.jpg[/IMG][/QUOTE]
Yep, Barkley is 6-7 barefoot according to his mug shot. Those are very accurate, much more than any NBA draft measurement or listing, because they have to get them right.
Anyone that has been arrested before knows that they measure you straight against the wall and they deduct your shoes and hair in the measurement, so the height they get is your actual height.
It's all just PR by the NBA to make you go oooo and ahhhh, everyone knows that height is over the top. shaq 7'1?!? more like 6'10. Also kobe is about 6'4 at most and wade is 6'2. I reckon Nate robinson is about 5'5 which would make mugsy bogues about 4'11.
[COLOR="White"]I am being sarcastic of course![/COLOR]
[QUOTE=kentatm]Last night local Dallas sports guys were on TV and one of them said that Brandon Bass is not 6'8 as listed but really 6'6.
NBA players have false heights listed ALL the time.
Hell, ALL major athletic team sports seem to. In high school, my playing size magically gained two inches and thirty pounds on gameday.[/QUOTE]
The military sometimes does the opposite. When I joined the military they deducted 6 inches and 70 pounds from me in order to make "uniform statistics". That just goes to show you how much bull shit there is in stats and that's what people like to use to prove things.
[QUOTE=Richie2k6]These are the reason. Just like AI isn't 6"0 either. More like 5"10.[/QUOTE]
Iverson is 5-11 barefoot according to his draft measurement. However, he looks about 5-8 or 5-9 to be honest.
[QUOTE=step_back]It's all just PR by the NBA to make you go oooo and ahhhh, everyone knows that height is over the top. shaq 7'1?!? more like 6'10. Also kobe is about 6'4 at most and wade is 6'2. I reckon Nate robinson is about 5'5 which would make mugsy bogues about 4'11.
[COLOR="White"]I am being sarcastic of course![/COLOR][/QUOTE]
[QUOTE=Lakas Fan Yo]The military sometimes does the opposite. When I joined the military they deducted 6 inches and 70 pounds from me in order to make "uniform statistics". That just goes to show you how much bull shit there is in stats and that's what people like to use to prove things.[/QUOTE]
[QUOTE=Batz]Shit gave me a chuckle. :oldlol:[/QUOTE]
I repped you guys. Check your user cp.
[QUOTE=Solid Snake]So how tall was..........E. Boykins?[/QUOTE]
5-7 barefoot. He was measured at that in some interview. Again, it proved the NBA makes up heights for marketing purposes. They exaggerated how short he was (5-5 in shoes) to make for more marketing.
[QUOTE=step_back]It's all just PR by the NBA to make you go oooo and ahhhh, everyone knows that height is over the top. shaq 7'1?!? more like 6'10. Also kobe is about 6'4 at most and wade is 6'2. I reckon Nate robinson is about 5'5 which would make mugsy bogues about 4'11.
[COLOR="White"]I am being sarcastic of course![/COLOR][/QUOTE]
5'7 3/4" - Nate Robinson
Musgy Bogues - 5'1"
Spud Webb - 5'5 1/2"
[QUOTE=Lebron23]I repped you guys. Check your user cp.[/QUOTE]
Thanks.
[QUOTE=Lakas Fan Yo]Thanks.[/QUOTE]
No problem.
Exact same height as Bron Bron
[img]http://img176.imageshack.us/img176/6877/lebronmagic.jpg[/img]
[QUOTE=D-Rose]So if Kobe is 6'4 then Wade must be 6'2??
[img]http://butthegameison.com/blog/wp-content/uploads/2009/06/Dwyane-Wade-Kobe-Bryant.jpg[/img]
[img]http://d.yimg.com/eur.yimg.com/ng/sp/p5/20080726/01/2597133243.jpg[/img]
Jordan and Kobe are both 6'6
[img]http://vote4prize.net/kobe-vs-jordan/km.jpg[/img][/QUOTE]
Jordan is a horrible dresser...that is nasty
[B]Thats bull shit that Jordan and Bryant are 6`6
TRUE 6`6 (1.98 mt) was:
Dan Majerlie and Mark Aguirre
Jordan and Barkley where both 6`4 3/4, so is Bryant: round up 6`5
Magic was 6`7 1/2 but he had a bulcky upper body and torso so looked taller[/B]
[IMG]http://vegetarukawa.files.wordpress.com/2008/06/larry-and-magic.jpg[/IMG]^
[IMG]http://www.weallscheme.com/wp-content/uploads/2010/07/Larry-Bird-Magic-Johnson-Michael-Jordan.jpg[/IMG]
[IMG]http://3.bp.blogspot.com/_-DSk2dwUb04/TGcQZBJhzKI/AAAAAAAACRY/UwG28zdIxyE/s1600/dream-team-rings.jpg[/IMG]
[B]Magic`s height was hyped up because he played and ball handled like a 6`1 dude.
Barkley`s was lifted to 6`6 because they wanted to size him up for the NBA: most didn`t believe he could play PF at 6`4 3/4.[/B]
[B]I have friend who lives in Miami and has meet Wade
When he came to my home town he was like amazed he was around 1.92 mt at most but played Jordan like athletically (true). That is 6`2 1/2.[/B]
[QUOTE=Lakas Fan Yo]Yep, Barkley is 6-7 barefoot according to his mug shot. Those are very accurate, much more than any NBA draft measurement or listing, because they have to get them right.
Anyone that has been arrested before knows that they measure you straight against the wall and they deduct your shoes and hair in the measurement, so the height they get is your actual height.[/QUOTE]
:facepalm
[B]No he is not he is 6`4 3/4 almost 6`5, same as Jordan and Bryant
His weight was around 260 lbs (
[QUOTE=Round Mound]:facepalm
[B]No he is not he is 6`4 3/4 almost 6`5, same as Jordan and Bryant
His weight was around 260 lbs (