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chuck_wagon44 wrote:Lakers starting center:
6'9'' Dwight Howard
Pennebaker wrote:And Bird did it while being a defensive liability. But he also made All-Defensive teams, which was another controversial issue regarding Bird and votes.
JN61 wrote:Will they do accurate measurements or continue to use inaccurate Yank way to measure height of round to closest inch? With metric system this all would be so much easier.
Players I have interested in are Durant and Howard. How much will they gain/lose.
JN61 wrote:chuck_wagon44 wrote:Lakers starting center:
6'9'' Dwight Howard
Exactly, but to me it's more stunning what he managed to do in his career if he would tell his real height. A lot more respect after officially seeing how short he really is, it can be seen on the court but official wording always makes the difference.
Doctor MJ wrote:I don't understand why people jump in a thread and say basically, "This thing you're all talking about. I'm too ignorant to know anything about it. Lollerskates!"
NO-KG-AI wrote:Is it still going to be the team turning in these “official” numbers?
Anyone notice it’s always teams that aren’t doing a whole lot of contending that are busy promoting how all their young prospects are growing 4 inches over the summer?
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Gooner wrote:PlatinumState wrote:A lot of people gonna lose their minds when Lebron measures 6'5"
LeBron is 6'8.25".
Swish1906 wrote:Forte IV wrote:I'm honestly just excited to see how short JJ Barea really is
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og15 wrote:dhsilv2 wrote:Clyde Frazier wrote:
They're saying that's why they didn't:
I do think more players should have weight clauses in their contract like diaw did, though.
As long as they took the weight at the same time every year, I think it would be an interesting point of reference over time, but this is all about gambling so I guess it doesn't matter.
Yea, it could be interesting. Many guys are going to lose some weight as the season goes on, it's actually expected, which I think some people don't understand about the off-season bulking up, that it's part of a training regimen and weight loss is expected, so the guys won't be like that for most of the season. I don't know what time would be the "ideal" time to do it though.
dacrusha wrote:The_Hater wrote:They should be taking accurate weights at the same time, those numbers are even more inaccurate than height. At least they can now grabbing accurate heights from the college combines and camps.
Nah, accurate weights may spell the end of the '15 pounds of muscle' threads.
wayoftheroad wrote:We’re getting bodied by Moochie Norris lmao
Senor Chang wrote:dacrusha wrote:The_Hater wrote:They should be taking accurate weights at the same time, those numbers are even more inaccurate than height. At least they can now grabbing accurate heights from the college combines and camps.
Nah, accurate weights may spell the end of the '15 pounds of muscle' threads.
what about ivan drago comparison threads? are those safe
batmana wrote:Dental check-up. Seriously though, "certify" is being used super loosely here, teams will simply have to submit those things and the league will take their word for it.Mickey8 wrote:How they are going to certify Thon Maker's age???
I seriously doubt teams are going to ask their players to get measured every summer but at least some might do it.
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Uzbekistan claims that Ilyasova is playing with a fake age, name, and identity. They say he's really 35 year old Uzbek Arsen, who left the country as a teen. The guy has no birth certificate. So how's the NBA gonna handle that?batmana wrote:Dental check-up. Seriously though, "certify" is being used super loosely here, teams will simply have to submit those things and the league will take their word for it.Mickey8 wrote:How they are going to certify Thon Maker's age???
I seriously doubt teams are going to ask their players to get measured every summer but at least some might do it.
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gorz wrote:I always found it interesting that ppl almost always reference charles barkely as 6'4 but jordan 6'6 when they are exactly the same height.
sixerswillrule wrote:For some reason, when people want to emphasize how short some players are, they will mention what their height would be without shoes (while most other players are known by their height in shoes), and maybe even subtract 1 inch on top of that. Iverson was 5'10", Barkley was 6'4", etc.
