I really can't wait until the season starts back up. 8 ****ing pages over an inch or two.
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I really can't wait until the season starts back up. 8 ****ing pages over an inch or two.
[QUOTE=VeeCee15]Vince Carter is not 6'5 without shoes
he is like 6.'4.5 without shoes.
He is a bit shorter than Jordan[/QUOTE]
VC is not shorter than Jordan. He's about 1/2 an inch taller than Jordan and Kobe.
lol at this threads.. in the first few post ppl are arguing about 1 to 2 inches.. by the 8th page, ppl are arguing about 1/2 - 3/4 inches.. i guess by tomorrow, ppl will be arguing kobe is 6' 4.0000000001 inches and jordan is 6'4.000000003 inches..
[QUOTE=VeeCee15]Vince Carter is not 6'5 without shoes
he is like 6.'4.5 without shoes.
He is a bit shorter than Jordan[/QUOTE]
Vince measured 6'5 1/2" without shoes.
[URL="http://www.draftexpress.com/nba-pre-draft-measurements/measurements.php?year=1998&sort2=DESC&draft=0&pos=0&sort=1"]http://www.draftexpress.com/nba-pre-draft-measurements/measurements.php?year=1998&sort2=DESC&draft=0&pos=0&sort=1[/URL]
[URL="http://thehrr.com/Samples/june'98.pdf"]http://thehrr.com/Samples/june'98.pdf[/URL]
loool is this a ****ing joke?
Who gives a flying **** if he's 6'4'', 6'10''....who ****ing cares.
I don't understand the purpose of this thread, or its relevance to any of these stars' success in this league.
[QUOTE=Korki Buchek]It's obvious that Kobe is clearly two inches taller than both Wade and Kidd on that Team USA pic. So either Kidd and Wade are in reality 6'2, or their shoes have much thinner soles than Kobe's, or that pic is photoshopped.[/QUOTE]
The pictures Lebron23 posted of Kobe and Wade are much better. It's Wade and Kobe side by side with good posture and they look to be almost indenticle heights. However there can be many little things to throw that off when judging for example what time the people got up(you shrink during the day, your true height is when you wake up out of bed and you continue to shrink very slowly all day, you can lose about 0.5-0.75 inches in a day, the soles of the shoes as you mentioned and very subtle posture things. Even though he looks 6-4 flat in the good angle pictures with Wade in general he looks closer to 6-5 and someitmes taller so i'd say the 6-4 3/4 measurement sounds correct.
[QUOTE]Kobe homers just want people to think that Kobe is shorter so that it looks more impressive what he's doing on the court. It goes both ways, sometimes fans of a player want people to think that he's taller than he really is to make him look more impressive. Like with Tracy McGrady, I've seen some of his fans claim that he really is 6'10, so that it looks more impressive that a big man like that can play the SG position.[/QUOTE]
I've seen that too. It's possible T-Mac grew to around 6'7" w/o shoes and 6'8"-6'9" w/ shoes but even with shoes 6'10" is absurd. That would put him around the same height as Dwight Howard and Amare Stoudemire.
[QUOTE=Korki Buchek]How the hell can it be better, let alone "much" better? The Team USA pic was practically MADE for showing the height difference between the players. And Kobe looks full two inches taller than Wade. Here's another pic:
[IMG]http://img168.imageshack.us/img168/8736/81778383za1.jpg[/IMG][/QUOTE]
Wade is slouching a lot while Kobe is standing as straight as possible. Isn't that obvious?
This is as accurate of a picture as you are going to find for judging Wade and Kobe's height.
[IMG]http://i244.photobucket.com/albums/gg34/NBA7902/NBA%20Height%20Comparison/73357840.jpg[/IMG]
[IMG]http://i244.photobucket.com/albums/gg34/NBA7902/NBA%20Height%20Comparison/73357841.jpg[/IMG]
Considering Wade measured 6-3 3/4 then 6-4 3/4 is accurate for Kobe.
[QUOTE]You can always find pictures from different angles to show some player is taller than another. Like on this one, Kobe looks taller than the 6'7 listed Caron Butler:
But that Team USA picture is as good as you can find of getting an indication of a player's true height. After seeing it, I think that the official NBA height listings are more accurate than I previously thought. They seem to fit perfectly with the Team USA pic.[/QUOTE]
I'm well aware of angles.
NBA listed heights really aren't reliable either.
Here's legit 7'1" Shaq next to then 7'0" listed Tim Duncan(Shaq is leaning)
[IMG]http://i244.photobucket.com/albums/gg34/NBA7902/NBA%20Height%20Comparison/51056426.jpg[/IMG]
[IMG]http://i244.photobucket.com/albums/gg34/NBA7902/NBA%20Height%20Comparison/51960408.jpg[/IMG]
Shaq has 3-4 inches on Duncan easily.
Shaq next to 7'0" listed Hakeem Olajuwon
[IMG]http://i244.photobucket.com/albums/gg34/NBA7902/NBA%20Height%20Comparison/359255.jpg[/IMG]
[IMG]http://i244.photobucket.com/albums/gg34/NBA7902/NBA%20Height%20Comparison/1872785.jpg[/IMG]
O'Neal also has 3-4 inches on Olajuwon
Shaq next to 7'0" listed Patrick Ewing
[IMG]http://i244.photobucket.com/albums/gg34/NBA7902/NBA%20Height%20Comparison/72280376.jpg[/IMG]
Shaq easily has 3-4 inches on Ewing too(minus Ewing's hair).
The NBA listings are unreliable on both ends.
6'5" listed Desmond Mason measured 6'6" without shoes when he was drafted and 6'5" listed John Starks admitted to being 6'2" once. How the hell are 2 people 4 inches apart in height listed at the same height?
Then you have some guys who request to be listed shorter than they actually are. One well known example is Kevin Garnett who was 6'11" w/o shoes when he was drafted and admitted to growing to 6'11 3/4" several times yet he's listed 6'11"? KG thinks he'll have to play center or be expected to play like a center if he's listed 7 feet.
Bill Walton is another. Everyone who played against him swears he's a 7 foot, Walton was always slightly taller than Robert Parish as well but because Walton thought 7 feet was a freakish height he refused to be listed that height.
Kobe standing right next to Caron Butler
[IMG]http://i244.photobucket.com/albums/gg34/NBA7902/NBA%20Height%20Comparison/KobeCaron.jpg[/IMG]
Yes he's slouching but regardless he isn't taller than 6'5 1/4" Caron Butler even if he straightened up his posture a bit.
The heights I've heard for Kobe are.
6'4"(his claim)
6'4 3/4"(his wifes claimed measurement of him)
6'5 1/4"(His supposed FIBA measurement)
great
[QUOTE=Lebron23]Check the 1997 NBA Pre Draft Measurements Idiots.
[url]http://www.draftexpress.com/nba-pre-draft-measurements/?page=&year=1997&sort2=DESC&draft=0&pos=0&sort=[/url]
Next time use your brain instead of insulting me, and you are so stupid.
High Potential > YOU[/QUOTE]
T Mac grew since he enterred the league. I remember people reporting that after his growth spurt he was up to 6'8+. It's not rare to see 18 year olds continue growing an inch or sometimes even 2, so those pre-draft numbers are in no way conclusive to his current height.
The most accurate picture is the OLYMPIC MENS BASKETBALL PICTURE.
Kobe is clearly 2-3 inches taller than WADE.
So wade is either 6'1.5 if Kobe is 6'4. LOL
Lebron23 is a moron.
Kobe is like 195 cm. I stood very close to him and he was just a pinch taller than me and im 193 cm
[QUOTE=VeeCee15]The most accurate picture is the OLYMPIC MENS BASKETBALL PICTURE.
Kobe is clearly 2-3 inches taller than WADE.
So wade is either 6'1.5 if Kobe is 6'4. LOL
Lebron23 is a moron.[/QUOTE]
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The Most accurate pictures are the one that VCMVP1551 posted in this thread, and you're still a piece of $hit.
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and Jeff ( Mr. Insidehoops ) also posted the NBA Draft measurements in this site, and if you don't believe it just GTFO..
[url]http://www.insidehoops.com/chicago-camp-measurements.shtml[/url]
Please stop trolling in this site, and you're a very annoying gimmick account.
[QUOTE=VeeCee15]The most accurate picture is the OLYMPIC MENS BASKETBALL PICTURE.
Kobe is clearly 2-3 inches taller than WADE.
So wade is either 6'1.5 if Kobe is 6'4. LOL
Lebron23 is a moron.[/QUOTE]
You're an idiot look at the pictures of Kobe and Wade above where they both have good posture and are standing next to eachother without anyone in between them. Kobe is clearly no more than an inch taller than Wade.
Kobe is 6-4 3/4 and Wade is 6-3 3/4. Get over it.
From the man himself as well as his wife and another person who saw him in person and his wife who measured him.
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