TrueWarrior wrote:magnumt wrote:TrueWarrior wrote:Ill be very happy if this guy can just make the team and be that high character / hard working / obligatory 12th man for us. He def has to get in, and stay in, better shape before he can ever think about playing for us. Hes actually a decent athlete, but his standing reach is only 8'8.5'' which is 2 inches shorter than Markieff Morris'.
Harrellson has alot going against him to become an NBA player, but you cant question his heart, motor, and toughness. Those are traits that are hard to come by in big men these days. At best Im hoping he can be a goon type to give us 10 mpg at some point, but Im not expecting it. Just happy to have the big guy on board.
People pay too much stock into Standing Reach man. That's how gems fall and become steals.
Quite a few current and past successful NBA Players did NOT have high standing reaches. Also, I believe Harrellson's standing reach is only an inch or 2 shorter than Amare's.
--Mags
Amare has a 9'0.5'' standing reach. Harrellson's is pretty bad Mags. Small for even PFs. Not sayin he cant play in this league, but it wont be easy. He has girth though

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the one positive though is that his no step vert is very good, which is more important for big men (since they tend to jump straight up and down for blocks and rebounds, as opposed to guards who get a running start for their jumps). so taking that into account, his no step max vert reach is only about an inch worse than enes kanter's:
http://www.draftexpress.com/nba-pre-dra ... =5&sort=11not even trying to reach here (no pun intended)- the no step vert rule for big men has been used for a while. maybe getting down to 10% bf would help him even more.
edit: also, rick jackson had pretty dissimilar reach measurements on three different occasions so maybe that metric isn't as reliable as we think.