Charles Barkley says the NBA lies about player heights, so does DraftExpress:

The metric system is so much better than feet an inches...

what is your real height, morning height, afternoon, or evening height? Cause we are 3/4 inch or 0.75 inch taller in the morning.

Some of these players grew taller since being measured by the league during the NBA Pre Draft Camp.

[img]http://www.topendsports.com/testing/images/stadiometer.jpg[/img]

Renaldo Balkman 6'5.75" to 6'6"

[url]http://www.draftexpress.com/profile/Renaldo-Balkman-588/[/url]

Keith Benson 6'10" to 6'11"

[url]http://www.draftexpress.com/profile/Keith-Benson-5712/[/url]

Herbert Hill 6'7.75" to 6'8.75"

[url]http://www.draftexpress.com/profile/Herbert-Hill-584/[/url]

Justin Williams 6'7.25" to 6'8"

[url]http://www.draftexpress.com/profile/Justin-Williams-346/[/url]

[url]http://pba.inquirer.net/10497/sundov-tallest-balkman-shortest-among-comms-cup-imports[/url]


[B]2013 PBA Commissioner's Cup.[/B] Former NBA players Bruno Sundov (7'2 3/4") Keith Benson (6'11") and Former Knicks Renaldo Balkman (6'6") were recently measured.

[quote]Rain or Shine’s Bruno Sundov was officially measured at 7 feet, 2

[QUOTE=La Frescobaldi]In America everything has to get bigger and better every year or you failed. I never did understand the logic of corporate-America; it has actually destroyed some great companies.

Heights haven't changed much at all in the 45 years I've been watching the NBA, except that forwards are taller and guards are slightly smaller.

People say "there's more 7 footers in the league today therefore so and so couldn't make it in today's league." Or whatever. Which is almost pure corporate-America logic. In the NBA, a player can either get it done, or he can't; height has little impact on the world class athletes. There's more teams so naturally, there are more players, of all sizes.

On average though it's the same it has always been, it's simply the players lying about their height to get a payday. And then they have to support the lies the rest of their careers.[/QUOTE]




This is a great post.

Barkley and Reggie talking in the holy name of the nba:

At 0:31

[URL="http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=P0HuPUBvMQ0"]http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=P0HuPUBvMQ0[/URL]

This one is hillarious at 0:34

[URL="http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=W86ihKshdhw"]http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=W86ihKshdhw[/URL]

P.S. Seem that Charles lies too :P