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[QUOTE=TheTenth]Ok I will see what I can do.
What about Bob Cousy being able to dunk? Where did you get that information? Sorry, it's my last question, I promise. :lol[/QUOTE]
Only heard it from an old fan of the game - don't remember where he heard it so just treat it as hear say as I/he could be mistaken.
Stan Okoye was measured 6'3" barefoot with a 7'2" wingspan. (undrafted)
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[B]"I think wingspan is every bit as important, maybe way more important than your height," said Minnesota Vice President of Basketball Operations [SIZE="4"][COLOR="DarkGreen"]Kevin McHale, who had an 8-foot wingspan in his day[/COLOR][/SIZE]. "You've seen those guys that are 6-11, and they've got those pterodactyl arms. Those guys, they don't do too well." [/B]
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D-Wade is better.
[QUOTE=Mass Debator]Stan Okoye was measured 6'3" barefoot with a 7'2" wingspan. (undrafted)[/QUOTE]
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[B]"I think wingspan is every bit as important, maybe way more important than your height," said Minnesota Vice President of Basketball Operations [SIZE="4"][COLOR="DarkGreen"]Kevin McHale, who had an 8-foot wingspan in his day[/COLOR][/SIZE]. "You've seen those guys that are 6-11, and they've got those pterodactyl arms. Those guys, they don't do too well." [/B]
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Excellent post.
Take a look at the 7-2 Sampson. VERY short arms. I suspect that there were at least a few players in the league at the time that had a higher standing reach than Sampson.
ur the worst poster on this site
literally no one cares how long people arms are who played in other era's, i would rather see more kobe vs lebron threads
[QUOTE=Round Mound][url]http://www.cantonrep.com/printable.php?ID=415663[/url]
[B]"I think wingspan is every bit as important, maybe way more important than your height," said Minnesota Vice President of Basketball Operations [SIZE="4"][COLOR="DarkGreen"]Kevin McHale, who had an 8-foot wingspan in his day[/COLOR][/SIZE]. "You've seen those guys that are 6-11, and they've got those pterodactyl arms. Those guys, they don't do too well." [/B]
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His wingspan was 7-3 or 7-4 it's been a while since I researched so now I can't quite remember which of the two it was but it certainly is not even close to 8 feet, that is a myth. Patrick Ewing and Wilt Chamberlain were also some of the players labeled with the mythic "8 foot wingspan" but it's all a myth.
[QUOTE=LAZERUSS]Excellent post.
Take a look at the 7-2 Sampson. VERY short arms. I suspect that there were at least a few players in the league at the time that had a higher standing reach than Sampson.[/QUOTE]
Sampson does not have very short arms. Sampson had a 7-4 wingspan. He stood approximately 7-1 inch tall (not anywhere close to his 7-4 list info). It isn't a spectacular wingspan for that height but it isn't bad either.
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Nearly 6'4 with a 7ft 1 wingspan and a 8' 6.5" reach[/QUOTE]
I remember this guy from his college days at UNC Greensboro! He was vastly underrated.
[B]Sampson was More like 7
[QUOTE=Round Mound][B]Sampson was More like 7
[QUOTE=CavaliersFTW]Sorry but he just isn't - Mark Eaton is 7-3.75 w/o shoes and there is an interview with him and Chick Hearn and Chick asks him about what it's like facing the other 7-4 guy in the league (Sampson) and he proceeds to tell Chick that he's actually only 7-3 and 3/4 not quite 7-4 and secondly that Sampson is nowhere near 7-4. Chick asks him about how tall he thinks Sampson is and he replies "about 7-1". No matter how tall Sampson looks to you Eaton - a guy who is genuinely nearly 7-4 saw him up close and in person and was being genuinely honest in the interview. Look at the Red on Roundball videos with Sampson in them standing next to the Celtics center Robert Parish. Parish was no more than 7-0 w/o shoes and they look almost identical in height - Sampson looking only about an inch taller - which goes along with what Eaton said. Also Sampson is not taller than Jabbar - that photograph is misleading - look at a dozen photographs with him and Jabbar and you'll see more times than not he appears shorter than Jabbar.[/QUOTE]
[B]From the 1986 NBA Finals DVD I Have Sampson Does Close to Jabbar. He is Probably Not 7