Anthropomorphic Measurement of NBA bigmen 60s/70s vs Modern NBA era

[QUOTE=Poetry]Does anyone have any idea if NBA games were recorded on film or video or filmed while live broadcasts were occurring?

I can never tell what frame rate the older games are running at.[/QUOTE]

It depends on the game, I can only recall two pieces of gamefilm so far from the 60's that are ~30fps like a live broadcast. The rest is pretty much all 25-23.97 like film

[QUOTE=dunksby]3" difference in average height and 25lbs in average weight is considerable actually.[/QUOTE]
he said by the 60s, which is only 1 inch difference on paper, but read the other responses and you'll get more info on why those numbers are probably all wrong anyways.

[QUOTE=dunksby]3" difference in average height and 25lbs in average weight is considerable actually.[/QUOTE]

but you are comparing 50's to today. look at 60's or 70's. the difference isn't all that much from that listing.

i don't buy it. today's player's may not be any taller, but they still carry more weight considerably. i actually think today's players need to drop few pounds. you don't need all that muscle in basketball. you can always gain functional strength without gaining all that muscle. MMA anyone?