Re: Kareem, Wilt, Bill Russell - Detailed Player Measurements
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Originally Posted by dunksby
KD has def grown an inch or two, he looks like a legit 7 footer now, at least that's what I get from comparing him with the league's big men.
Depends on who your comparing him too because keep in mind the league's "7 footers" are usually not 7 feet tall. close to 6'10 is not unreasonable. IMO he's def not near 7 foot, it just looks that way because he's the one honeset dude who chose to be listed barefoot while everyone else in the league inflates the f*ck out of their listed height
IE, he and Dwight identical measurements... Dwight listed 6'11 and KD 6'9
It really ****s with peoples minds when they try to figure out player heights by comparing photographs
Re: Kareem, Wilt, Bill Russell - Detailed Player Measurements
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Originally Posted by CavaliersFTW
Depends on who your comparing him too because keep in mind the league's "7 footers" are usually not 7 feet tall. close to 6'10 is not unreasonable. IMO he's def not near 7 foot, it just looks that way because he's the one honeset dude who chose to be listed barefoot while everyone else in the league inflates the f*ck out of their listed height
IE, he and Dwight identical measurements... Dwight listed 6'11 and KD 6'9
It really ****s with peoples minds when they try to figure out player heights by comparing photographs
Re: Kareem, Wilt, Bill Russell - Detailed Player Measurements
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Originally Posted by CavaliersFTW
I'll keep him in mind to start looking, I might not find much on him it's usually only the "impressive" specimens that people go out of their way to take detailed measurements of. Some of the older era players don't even get measured (Hakeem, Ewing, Ralph Sampson) - Sampson outright refused when pressured for it (because he's virtually the same height as Kareem, if not a smidge shorter, he isn't 7'4). But if IIRC Barkley's precise height was 6'4 7/8 (or maybe it was 5/8) for the '92 Olympics. There's a popular pic of him being arrested that people like to use to suggest otherwise but that is him in whatever shoes he was wearing - barefoot he's very often cited to be right around 6'5
Re: Kareem, Wilt, Bill Russell - Detailed Player Measurements
