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    Default What is the tallest first five in NBA history?

    Is it the showtime Lakers?

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    Default Re: What is the tallest first five in NBA history?

    Quote Originally Posted by hangintheair
    Is it the showtime Lakers?
    Check this out...

    1988 Lakers
    Magic Johnson - 6'8"
    Byron Scott - 6'3"
    James Worthy - 6'9"
    AC Green - 6'9"
    KAJ - 7'2"
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    Total - 403"


    1985 Rockets
    John Lucas 6'3"
    Lewis Lloyd 6'6"
    Rodney McCray 6'7"
    Hakeem Olajuwon 7'0"
    Ralph Sampson 7'4"
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    Total - 404"


    Crazy close.

    Anyway, that Rockets team was the first to come to mind.
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    Default Re: What is the tallest first five in NBA history?

    Showtime is up there.

    TMac/Yao Rockets

    Late 90's Bullets were pretty big.

    90's Magic

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    Default Re: What is the tallest first five in NBA history?

    Quote Originally Posted by RedBlackAttack
    Check this out...

    1988 Lakers
    Magic Johnson - 6'8"
    Byron Scott - 6'3"
    James Worthy - 6'9"
    AC Green - 6'9"
    KAJ - 7'2"
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    Total - 34'1"


    1985 Rockets
    John Lucas 6'3"
    Lewis Lloyd 6'6"
    Rodney McCray 6'7"
    Hakeem Olajuwon 7'0"
    Ralph Sampson 7'4"
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    Total - 34'0"



    Crazy close.

    Anyway, that Rockets team was the first to come to mind.
    Hakeem was barely 6-10, if that. And Sampson was barely 7-2.

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    Default Re: What is the tallest first five in NBA history?

    im pretty sure bulls started these lineups for all those times rodman was suspended

    harper 6'6"
    jordan 6'6"
    pippen 6'7"
    kukoc 6'11"
    longley 7'2"

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    Default Re: What is the tallest first five in NBA history?

    Quote Originally Posted by jlauber
    Hakeem was barely 6-10, if that. And Sampson was barely 7-2.
    They're listed at 7'0" and 7'4". I assume we are going by their listed height? Otherwise, this devolves into nothing but petty disagreements about fractions of inches.

    http://www.basketball-reference.com/teams/HOU/1987.html

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    Default Re: What is the tallest first five in NBA history?

    Quote Originally Posted by DuMa
    im pretty sure bulls started these lineups for all those times rodman was suspended

    harper 6'6"
    jordan 6'6"
    pippen 6'7"
    kukoc 6'11"
    longley 7'2"
    Rodman actually didn't start sometimes just strategically in his last bulls season.

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    Default Re: What is the tallest first five in NBA history?

    I think 90's bullet with Muresean, Howard and Webber.. Dunno if these 3 started at the same time..

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    Default Re: What is the tallest first five in NBA history?

    Quote Originally Posted by RedBlackAttack
    They're listed at 7'0" and 7'4". I assume we are going by their listed height? Otherwise, this devolves into nothing but petty disagreements about fractions of inches.

    http://www.basketball-reference.com/teams/HOU/1987.html
    I am going by ACTUAL heights.

    Eaton TOWERED over Sampson. And there are those that claim that Hakeem was only 6-8. He was certainly nowhere near 7-0.

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    Default Re: What is the tallest first five in NBA history?

    Quote Originally Posted by jlauber
    I am going by ACTUAL heights.

    Eaton TOWERED over Sampson. And there are those that claim that Hakeem was only 6-8. He was certainly nowhere near 7-0.
    Listed heights. Not your estimates based on one guy standing next to another guy. Or some random argument you had on the Internet. It really isn't difficult to understand.

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    Default Re: What is the tallest first five in NBA history?

    Quote Originally Posted by I LUV KOBE
    I think 90's bullet with Muresean, Howard and Webber.. Dunno if these 3 started at the same time..
    I believe they did, I will investigate. good one.

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    Default Re: What is the tallest first five in NBA history?

    Quote Originally Posted by jlauber
    I am going by ACTUAL heights.

    Eaton TOWERED over Sampson. And there are those that claim that Hakeem was only 6-8. He was certainly nowhere near 7-0.
    name a team or GTFO

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    Default Re: What is the tallest first five in NBA history?

    Quote Originally Posted by I LUV KOBE
    I think 90's bullet with Muresean, Howard and Webber.. Dunno if these 3 started at the same time..
    ^^^That is a good one.

    Scott Skiles - 6'1"
    Calbert Chaney - 6'7"
    Chris Webber - 6'9"
    Juwan Howard - 6'9"
    Gheorghe Muresan - 7'7"

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    Total - 405"

    So far...

    1. 1995 Bullets
    2. 1986 Rockets
    3. 1988 Lakers
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    Default Re: What is the tallest first five in NBA history?

    Quote Originally Posted by jlauber
    I am going by ACTUAL heights.

    Eaton TOWERED over Sampson. And there are those that claim that Hakeem was only 6-8. He was certainly nowhere near 7-0.
    Hakeem was definitely not 6'8"

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