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NO-KG-AI wrote:FWIW, Russell was closer to 250 than 215 in his prime. And he's 6'9 in socks, much like Dwight Howard.

is this true?

Howard is a tall 6'10" or a short 6'11"

Howard was 6'9" before coming to the NBA, but continued to grow.

I'd say 6'9 or 6'10, he's pretty short (compared to other big men) if you actually look but his hops/arms more than fix that

Dwight measured 6'9" at the draft camp without shoes, but with shoes he measured 6'10.25". Because he was only 18, he most likely grew another inch or so, so yea like drsd said he's probably between 6'10" and 6'11".

6'9 in socks when he was 17. Probably 6'10 in socks now. Definitely not 7'0. Probably 6'11 or so in shoes. And Thief seems to confirm this.

For real ... as opposed to ... "for fake"?

Sorry ... just one of my pet peaves with the modern day abuse of the English language. Just a part of getting old I guess.

Howard is just short of 7'0 in shoes now, which puts him at ~6'10.5 out of them.

In the team photo on yahoo or something he looks the same size height wise as Pat Garrity..


That cracked me up

the mod was nice and gave me a link

http://www.draftexpress.com/nba-pre-dra ... ft=0&sort=

Soul wrote:In the team photo on yahoo or something he looks the same size height wise as Pat Garrity..


That cracked me up

Pat did measure 6'10 1/4" in shoes so it makes sense.

Dwight is 6'11" in shoes, but he always slouches so he looks shorter.

AdamTheGreek wrote:Dwight is 6'11" in shoes, but he always slouches so he looks shorter.

That's actually what I say. Most people I deal with are shorter than I, so I do slouch.

Howard Mass? Like 5'9".

SS_MagicMark wrote:Howard Mass? Like 5'9".

So he's a real person? I assumed that he was just an account in the system.

mhectorgato wrote:So he's a real person? I assumed that he was just an account in the system.

He lives in the interweb. He messages me on MSN every so often to say ahoyhoy. Cept he doesnt say that.

damo[23] wrote:He lives in the interweb. He messages me on MSN every so often to say ahoyhoy. Cept he doesnt say that.

Brian Hill has no knowledge of the interweb

mhectorgato wrote:-= original quote snipped =-



So he's a real person? I assumed that he was just an account in the system.

Kind of like the Matrix?

drsd wrote:Howard was 6'9" before coming to the NBA, but continued to grow.

I never saw those measurements...I know he was 6'10" 1/4 at the predraft camp in socks, never heard of a 6'9" measurement.

Off topic, but since it's a D12 thread, I'll ask. Is there a record for consecutive games with a dunk? I just thought of it today. I wonder when the last time D12 didn't have atleast 1 dunk in a game.

I remember him saying he was a little bit shorter than Hedo, in a Sentinel interview circa 2006. So he's prolly 6'9" and something or 2.07 in metrics.

The nba height measurement "with shoes" is stupid btw.