Sports Illustrated: "Inch by Inch - The All-Time, All-Size All-Stars".

[Manute for Ever!]

This is an article from Sports Illustrated's "The Basketball Book". I can't find a link for it, so I'm just typing it out.

Who's the best at every size? Bird or Magic? Elgin or Oscar? Wilt or Shaq?
The arguments with the heights themselves: Was Russell 6'9" or 6'10"? Was Manute 7'7" or "only" 7'6"? Did Walton insist he 6'11" only because he didn't want to be regarded as a seven-foot freak? And how many shorter guys tacked on an extra inch or two?
We consulted the best availabe sources and rounded upward. Then we got down to the nitty-gritty and made the tough calls on the best at each height. For the sake of continuing those worthy arguments, we've also listed the runners-up.


5'3" - Muggsy Bouges



Runners-up
[LIST][*]Debbie Black[/LIST]


5'4" - Suzie McConnell



Runners-up
[LIST][*]Kim Mulkey[*]Lea Henry[/LIST]


5'5" - Earl Boykins




5'6" - Dawn Staley



Runners-up
[LIST][*]Tara Heiss[/LIST]


5'7" - Spud Webb



Runners-up
[LIST][*]Keith Jennings[*]Greg Grant[*]Monte Towe[/LIST]


5'8" - Ann Meyers



Runners-up
[LIST][*]Teresa Weatherspoon[*]Charlie Criss[*]Jennifer Azzi[/LIST]


5'9" - Calvin Murphy



Runners-up
[LIST][*]Larry Brown[*]Angelo Musi[*]Sue Bird[/LIST]


5'10" - Slater Martin



Runners-up
[LIST][*]Damon Stoudamire[*]Red Holzman[*]Nancy Lieberman[/LIST]


5'11" - Al Cervi



Runners-up
[LIST][*]Buddy Jeannette[*]Terrell Brandon[*]Avery Johnson[/LIST]


6'0" - Allen Iverson



Runners-up
[LIST][*]Sheryl Swoopes[*]Tim Hardaway[*]Louie Dampier[/LIST]

To be continued...

[Xsatyr]

Slater Martin representing my old High school, Jeff Davis! That was back before us mexicans took over the neighborhood.

[Abraham Lincoln]

http://sportsillustrated.cnn.com/vau...8257/index.htm

[Story Up]

What BS, they have Jordan at #1 among 6'6 and not Kobe.
[COLOR="White"]Gotcha ;)[/COLOR]

[AJ2k8]

This list is going to create the ultimate arguments

[miller-time]

[COLOR="White"]Gotcha ;)[/COLOR]

bastard, i was ready to do some kobe fan bashing!

[Manute for Ever!]

...continued

6'1" - Bob Cousy



Runners-up
[LIST][*]John Stockton[*]Isiah Thomas[*]Nate Archibald[/LIST]


6'2" - Jerry West



Runners-up
[LIST][*]Hal Greer[*]Cheryl Miller[*]Norm Nixon[/LIST]


6'3" - Dave Bing



Runners-up
[LIST][*]Steve Nash[*]Joe Dumars [*]Earl Monroe[/LIST]


6'4" - Walt Frazier



Runners-up
[LIST][*]Jason Kidd[*]Cliff Hagan[*]Candace Parker[/LIST]


6'5" - Oscar Robertson



Runners-up
[LIST][*]Elgin Baylor[*]Pete Maravich[*]John Havlicek[/LIST]


6'6" - Michael Jordan



Runners-up
[LIST][*]Kobe Bryant[*]Charles Barkley[*]Harry Gallatin[/LIST]


6'7" - Julius Erving



Runners-up
[LIST][*]George Gervin[*]Rick Barry[*]Scottie Pippin[/LIST]


6'8" - Jerry Lucas



Runners-up
[LIST][*]Connie Hawkins[*]Neil Johnston[*]Dolph Shayes[/LIST]


6'9" - Magic Johnson



Runners-up
[LIST][*]Larry Bird[*]Karl Malone[*]Elvin Hayes[/LIST]


6'10" - Bill Russell



Runners-up
[LIST][*]Moses Malone[*]George Mikan[*]Walt Bellamy[/LIST]

I'd take Bird over Magic, but I'm just transcribing their list. Final page coming up...

[Manute for Ever!]

http://sportsillustrated.cnn.com/vau...8257/index.htm

Cheers, I couldn't find it.

I'll still make the final page

[Yuki Nagato]

Ilgauskas over Sabonis? serious?

[Manute for Ever!]

Final page

6'11" - Bill Walton



Runners-up
[LIST][*]Kevin Garnett[*]Bob Lanier[*]Nate Thurmond[/LIST]


7'0" - Hakeem Olajuwon



Runners-up
[LIST][*]Tim Duncan[*]Dirk Nowitzki[*]Patrick Ewing[/LIST]


7'1" - Wilt Chamberlain



Runners-up
[LIST][*]Shaquille O'Neal[*]David Robinson[*]Vlade Divac[/LIST]


7'2" - Kareem Abdul-Jabbar



Runners-up
[LIST][*]Artis Gilmore[*]Dikembe Mutombo[*]Tom Burleson[/LIST]


7'3" - Zydrunas Ilgauskas



Runners-up
[LIST][*]Arvydas Sabonis[*]Randy Breuer[*]Keith Closs Jr.[/LIST]


7'4" - Ralph Sampson



Runners-up
[LIST][*]Rik Smits[*]Mark Eaton[/LIST]


7'5" - Yao Ming



Runners-up
[LIST][*]Chuck Nevitt[*]Slavko Vranes[/LIST]


7'6" - Shawn Bradley




7'7" - Manute Bol



Runners-up
[LIST][*]Gheorghe Muresan[/LIST]

[Rekindled]

candace parker over wade

[Story Up]

Ilgauskas over Sabonis? serious?

Sabonis in his prime is probably one of the ten greatest centers ever.
I agree, it's plain retarded.

[Manute for Ever!]

This list is going to create the ultimate arguments

That's kinda what I was hoping for when I started the thread, it's been pretty dull around here recently

[Reef]

candace parker over wade

That's what I thought too. There must be over 1000 guys who've played in the NBA at 6-4 that deserve to be up there before Parker.

[ShoeGuy]

this is kind of a funny/clever list