Jahlil Okafor's Height

[sixerswillrule]

They measure with shoes and without shoes, I dont get the arguement. NBA lists heights with shoes because it sounds better when their players are taller

Pretty much this.

Not everyone is listed in shoes, though. Paul is 6'1" in shoes. Wade is 6'5". Iguodala is 6'7". Durant is 6'10 or maybe even 6'11" since he probably grew. The listings are kind of random. Beasley is 6'8" in shoes and is for some reason listed at 6'10"...?

they arent really random, they just dont update them if the player grows like Durant, Paul George etc...

They also dont universally round up or down the same way

I wasn't really talking about growing, mainly the measurements from the combine. All of the guys above (minus Beasley) are listed at what they measured in without shoes. Most players are listed at in shoes but some are not. So yeah it's random.

[JDizzel3000]

I have yet to see a single argument (extreme or otherwise) that justifies the adding of a variable?

I'm glad that most people here have some sense.

Most people do. JDizzel seems to be the exception.

Height is height. I dont care how tall you are in shoes.

My Wealth of And 1's in this thread would disagree with that ...lmao


I also love that last quote.... Wellll uhhhhhh "height is height" uhhhhhhhh except when your in shoes ...."that's not height" lmao

[JShuttlesworth]

I'm glad that most people here have some sense.

Most people do. JDizzel seems to be the exception.

Height is height. I dont care how tall you are in shoes.

My Wealth of And 1's I'm this thread would disagree with that ...lmao

Intelligence and And1s aren't correlated...if anything I'd say the opposite is true. Keep thinking that though, Im glad you get your self worth from And1s.

[JDizzel3000]

Most people do. JDizzel seems to be the exception.

Height is height. I dont care how tall you are in shoes.

My Wealth of And 1's I'm this thread would disagree with that ...lmao

Intelligence and And1s aren't correlated...if anything I'd say the opposite is true. Keep thinking that though, Im glad you get your self worth from And1s.

And failed logic on top of failed logic doesn't make a good point lmao ...you usually won't win people over with gibberish ..sorry that more people see it my way you probably should piece together a better arguement little buddy

besides ....I don't get anything from and 1's aside from the opportunity to laugh at your failed logic ...such as the beauty posted below


"Height is height" .....errrrrrr unless your in shoes ...errrrrr "then that's not height"....lmao

[Unbreakable99]

The people who say the real height is with shoes have no common sense. It's laughable. Just stop. Real height is barefoot.

[JDizzel3000]

The people who say the real height is with shoes have no common sense.It's laughable. Just stop. Real height is barefoot.

True

[MaxRider]

The people who say the real height is with shoes have no common sense. It's laughable. Just stop. Real height is barefoot.

yup
true height is the height they measure you when you visit your doctor
unfortunately in basketball they don't display your real height

[JShuttlesworth]

And failed logic on top of failed logic doesn't make a good point lmao ...you usually won't win people over with gibberish ..sorry that more people see it my way you probably should piece together a better arguement little buddy

besides ....I don't get anything from and 1's aside from the opportunity to laugh at your failed logic ...such as the beauty posted below


"Height is height" .....errrrrrr unless your in shoes ...errrrrr "then that's not height"....lmao

height
hīt/Submit
noun
1. the measurement from base to top or (of a standing person) from head to foot

"Lolz"

[sixerswillrule]

true height is the height they measure you when you visit your doctor
unfortunately in basketball they don't display your real height

They display it at the draft combine. So everyone knows the real height of players, the shoes part is just a waste of time really. Teams aren't stupid (well, some might make you think otherwise...), they see the height without shoes just like we do. It's not like Spencer Hawes showing up with platform shoes and getting listed at 7'1" as a result actually made a difference

[sixerswillrule]

height
hīt/Submit
noun
1. the measurement from base to top or (of a standing person) from head to foot

"Lolz"

I let it go a while ago, feels much better!

[JShuttlesworth]

height
hīt/Submit
noun
1. the measurement from base to top or (of a standing person) from head to foot

"Lolz"

I let it go a while ago, feels much better!

[JDizzel3000]

And failed logic on top of failed logic doesn't make a good point lmao ...you usually won't win people over with gibberish ..sorry that more people see it my way you probably should piece together a better arguement little buddy

besides ....I don't get anything from and 1's aside from the opportunity to laugh at your failed logic ...such as the beauty posted below


"Height is height" .....errrrrrr unless your in shoes ...errrrrr "then that's not height"....lmao

height
hīt/Submit
noun
1. the measurement from base to topor (of a standing person) from head to foot

"Lolz"

Shoes aren't apart of your base while on the court now?

Lolz .....


When will the fails stop bro? Not only is your logic poverty ...your reading abilities have also lead you astray

[MaxRider]

true height is the height they measure you when you visit your doctor
unfortunately in basketball they don't display your real height

They display it at the draft combine. So everyone knows the real height of players, the shoes part is just a waste of time really. Teams aren't stupid (well, some might make you think otherwise...), they see the height without shoes just like we do. It's not like Spencer Hawes showing up with platform shoes and getting listed at 7'1" as a result actually made a difference

i guess your doctor didn't use the auto height measurement thing on you
you stand on the platform barefoot and the little device moving down till it hit your head and stop
people usually duck their head down a little when the device hit your head (there is some force to push your head down when you're not prepare for it)
i lost an inch in my height measurement because of that lol
i use this height for my driver license
i have people look at my license and look at me and say i look taller
i just say it's the shoes

the thing is they can pick whatever height they want people to see
agent may want them to list their height taller if they are center
Tarik Black predraft measurement show he is 6'8.5" w/ shoes
but his NBA profile page listed him as 6'11" (do you think he grew 2 inches after the draft?)
when he was with the Rockets early this season he is about the same height as Ariza
6'9" center Dwight Howard don't look as good on paper as 6'11"
Garnett is 7' but he doesn't want people to think him as a 7 footer is not playing center so he kept is at 6'11"

not everyone attend the draft combine
Towns didn't this year
in the past LeBron didn't either

[MaxRider]

And failed logic on top of failed logic doesn't make a good point lmao ...you usually won't win people over with gibberish ..sorry that more people see it my way you probably should piece together a better arguement little buddy

besides ....I don't get anything from and 1's aside from the opportunity to laugh at your failed logic ...such as the beauty posted below


"Height is height" .....errrrrrr unless your in shoes ...errrrrr "then that's not height"....lmao

height
hīt/Submit
noun
1. the measurement from base to top or (of a standing person) from head to foot

"Lolz"

i think Iman Shumpert is 6'7"

[Joseph17]

Okafor is starting to impress me the more I watch him and his film. I mean look at the hands on this guy...

[tweet]https://twitter.com/SSpakeESPN/status/584499399763562497[/tweet]

When I watched him he seemed to dominate smaller players but rely struggled against size. Are you seeing that on film?

It takes time for some big men to learn how to use their size. Bynum was getting blocked by 6'7" PF's when he was a rookie in Summer League, and he's one of the longest players I've ever seen. Even Lebron took a couple years before he realized how to use his strength over smaller players. We're talking about teenagers here.

Exactly. Okafor seems like a much better prospect to me. Longer wingspan, probably taller, and much more skilled. Towns will be better on defense because of his lateral quickness and he's a better shooter, but that's about it. I can't see Towns being a better offensive player than Okafor.

[Kobblehead]

It's 2015 and we have a 5 page thread talking about height? Height is irrelevant. Length is what matters. I thought this was common knowledge by now.

[sixerswillrule]

true height is the height they measure you when you visit your doctor
unfortunately in basketball they don't display your real height

They display it at the draft combine. So everyone knows the real height of players, the shoes part is just a waste of time really. Teams aren't stupid (well, some might make you think otherwise...), they see the height without shoes just like we do. It's not like Spencer Hawes showing up with platform shoes and getting listed at 7'1" as a result actually made a difference

i guess your doctor didn't use the auto height measurement thing on you
you stand on the platform barefoot and the little device moving down till it hit your head and stop
people usually duck their head down a little when the device hit your head (there is some force to push your head down when you're not prepare for it)
i lost an inch in my height measurement because of that lol
i use this height for my driver license
i have people look at my license and look at me and say i look taller
i just say it's the shoes

the thing is they can pick whatever height they want people to see
agent may want them to list their height taller if they are center
Tarik Black predraft measurement show he is 6'8.5" w/ shoes
but his NBA profile page listed him as 6'11" (do you think he grew 2 inches after the draft?)
when he was with the Rockets early this season he is about the same height as Ariza
6'9" center Dwight Howard don't look as good on paper as 6'11"
Garnett is 7' but he doesn't want people to think him as a 7 footer is not playing center so he kept is at 6'11"

not everyone attend the draft combine
Towns didn't this year
in the past LeBron didn't either

I wasn't talking about the listed heights. I was just saying that the heights without shoes are out there so everyone knows it.

[carl_english]

Having greater height allows you to block the view of the person you are guarding somewhat.

[Scubetrolis]

Height is not irrelevant, length just may be more important. It harder to see over someone who is 7 Feet, than someone who is 6'10.


NBA should only post height and weight without shoes, and update it every year after training camp.


the doctor measures and weighs me every time I go in, and it takes all of about 2 seconds.

[Quentin]

Height is not irrelevant, length just may be more important. It harder to see over someone who is 7 Feet, than someone who is 6'10.


NBA should only post height and weight without shoes, and update it every year after training camp.


the doctor measures and weighs me every time I go in, and it takes all of about 2 seconds.

Does he ask you to cough while he's measuring you?