[QUOTE=Round Mound][B]From the 1986 NBA Finals DVD I Have Sampson Does Look Taller Than Jabbar. He is Probably Not 7
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[QUOTE=Round Mound][B]From the 1986 NBA Finals DVD I Have Sampson Does Look Taller Than Jabbar. He is Probably Not 7
[QUOTE=CavaliersFTW]Sit down height is totally different than standing height.... Jerry West sits as tall as Wilt Chamberlain in photographs, but he's nowhere near as tall - because Chamberlain was so long in the limbs. Torso length determines sitdown height, not overall height. Different people have different length torsos. And again, he isn't taller than Kareem:
[IMG]https://pbs.twimg.com/media/A2P2E66CUAAuz31.jpg[/IMG]
[url]http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=bzZjAohZlPM[/url]
Sampson and Parish... nowhere near 4 inches in height difference[/QUOTE]
[B]I See...Well Still Things He Did at 7
Those 8 ft wingspan claims for McHale. :roll:
[QUOTE=Round Mound][B]I See...Well Still Things He Did at 7
[QUOTE=CavaliersFTW] Jerry West at 6'3 could dunk [/QUOTE]
I believe he recently stated that he's actually 6'4 1/2"
In any case: This is him dunking at 5:08, right? Is that the only in-game NBA dunk of his that exists on film?
[url]http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Gr2Phq6KlYA[/url]
A 6'9 wingspan is average for a 6'4 black male
West is the 3rd best SG of all time in ANY era.
[QUOTE=stalkerforlife]West is the 3rd best SG of all time in ANY era.[/QUOTE]
:applause:
[QUOTE=Cocaine80s]A 6'9 wingspan is average for a 6'4 black male[/QUOTE]
pretty unusual to have it as a blindingly quick white guy tho
[QUOTE=CavaliersFTW]pretty unusual to have it as a blindingly quick white guy tho[/QUOTE]
Yea I think most white and asians have wingspan the same or slightly longer than their height. Black people usually have a few more inches for some reason
[QUOTE=Cocaine80s]Yea I think most white and asians have wingspan the same or slightly longer than their height. Black people usually have a few more inches for some reason[/QUOTE]
Geographic ancestry. In nature "species" that live closer to hot climates/equilateral regions have longer limbs for thermoregulation, where as the colder the climate there is generally shorter limbs and extremities. This phenomena is just as true in humans as it is in say, wolves, deer, or any other wide ranging species this is observable in. Inuit peoples for example have relatively short stocky arms and legs, just like arctic wolves. It's just a helpful adaptation to the climate, you tend not to die young from frost bite wounds when your limbs are short and thick. Inversely, if you have a very long lean frame you tend not to die of heat exhaustion during the dry season in the open savanna. Over 10s of thousands of years a gradual shift in physical traits among populations happens. The differences in humans are subtle, an untrained eye wouldn't see it or care, but it's there. Relatively longer limbs in the 20th and 21st century have developed an unanticipated secondary benefit... they help in sports where long reach is beneficial, such as basketball.
Inb4 someone claims this is racist and unscientific.
[QUOTE=Cocaine80s]Yea I think most white and asians have wingspan the same or slightly longer than their height. Black people usually [B]have a few more inches[/B] for some reason[/QUOTE]
they always have a few more inches...
[QUOTE=dubeta]they always have a few more inches...[/QUOTE]
No, it's a population trend. There can be people from any geographic region with long arms or short arms. But the frequency changes of how often people tend to have longer or shorter limbs depending on how their ancestors adapted to their geography. It isn't even cut and dry about "blacks/whites/asians". There are certain areas in Africa or Europe or Asia where people have longer or shorter limbs even compared to other "Black / White / Asians". There are many different types of ancestral groups of people on this planet. Something like several hundred in Africa and at least 40 more over the rest of the world with lots of mixture (there's more genetic diversity in Africa because it's where our species evolved)
[QUOTE=dubeta]they always have a few more inches...[/QUOTE]
How would you know?
****** :lol
I see I just got trolled