Accurate Player Heights Predictions

[draftnightsuit]

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So much for the whole Embiid grew to 7'2 talk from last year or whenever.

If he’s 6’11.75” barefoot then he’s 7’1” in shoes, so it’s not far off.

[TurinTurambar]

The interesting thing about all of this is that a lot of players have been honest about their height. Dr. J maintains he's 6'6", Charles Barkley always says he's 6'4 1/2", Kobe said he was 6'5" on MTV True Life (Probably rounding up from 6'4.5" but hey), so I'm not entirely sure what purpose the puffed up heights really served. Like, I wouldn't have been less of a Kobe fan if he was just listed at 6'5" or whatever. All that really happened was the discrepancy generated the interest in this stuff, and now I'm genuinely super curious about how tall guys really are.

People on Twitter are saying Marvin Bagley (listed at 6'11") was measured at 6'8"! That's crazy!

I want to know if LeBron is really 6'8" or 6'9". Does it really matter? Nope not really. Am I checking Twitter for it regularly? You betcha.

[Duke4life831]

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So much for the whole Embiid grew to 7'2 talk from last year or whenever.

If he’s 6’11.75” barefoot then he’s 7’1” in shoes, so it’s not far off.

But that isn't the narrative that has gone around for the last couple years. Embiid growing a couple inches has been the narrative. Embiid wasn't 6'9 when he entered the league.

I think its going to be curious to see which players still get called by their shoe heights vs the players that get called by their barefoot height.

[MrGoat]

The interesting thing about all of this is that a lot of players have been honest about their height. Dr. J maintains he's 6'6", Charles Barkley always says he's 6'4 1/2", Kobe said he was 6'5" on MTV True Life (Probably rounding up from 6'4.5" but hey), so I'm not entirely sure what purpose the puffed up heights really served. Like, I wouldn't have been less of a Kobe fan if he was just listed at 6'5" or whatever. All that really happened was the discrepancy generated the interest in this stuff, and now I'm genuinely super curious about how tall guys really are.

People on Twitter are saying Marvin Bagley (listed at 6'11") was measured at 6'8"! That's crazy!

I want to know if LeBron is really 6'8" or 6'9". Does it really matter? Nope not really. Am I checking Twitter for it regularly? You betcha.

I suspect Barkley is under billing it. There are mug shots of him from a 1991 arrest where he appears to be at least 6' 7" in shoes that aren't hard to google

[marcush]

OMG the Sixers listed Embiid at 7’0 and he came in at 6’11.75.

[NO-KG-AI]

OMG the Sixers listed Embiid at 7’0 and he came in at 6’11.75.

And yet they announce him at 7'2 in there opening lineup, and the coach says he's 7'2.

[RealShaneGray]

A couple guys that I'm interested in seeing is PG and Giannis. KD and Embiid were two guys that everyone talked about how they grew so much since entering the league, yet Embiid still is under 7 foot and KD grew less than an inch. PG's "growth" has been talked about a ton as well, same as Giannis. Im curious if all that was just narrative driven which kind of just became truth because everyone started repeating it, or did they actually grow.

I think it's pretty clear that George didn't grow to 6'10, sinec he isn't Durant sized... and Giannis isn't 2-3 inches taller than the 6'10 Durant, so his 6'9-6'10 range he came in at is probably close to spot on.

Wasn't George listed at 6'8 when he joined the league, even though he was measured at 6'7,75 without shoes? So that made him a legit 6'9 if he was listed with his shoes. Maybe he grew 0,25-0,5 inches and they added 1,5-1,75 inches to make him look like 6'10?


I'M also surprised about Horford. He was drafted when he was 21 and was measured at 6'8 without shoes. So he grew 1,25 inches after turning 21?

https://stats.nba.com/draft/combine-anthro/#!?SeasonYear=2007-08&sort=HEIGHT_WO_SHOES&dir=1

Thunder had George at 6'9". Don't know where the 6'10" talk is from. Horford measured 6'8 3/4" at combine from where I'm looking. But good point. About everyone of Sixers vets are above their combine heights. Sixers probably gave them a lil extra.

[RealShaneGray]

Poor Highsmith. 6'7" listing from Sixers and he came in at 6'4 1/4". Ouch.

Besides that looks like almost every vet came in a little higher than their combine so either it was first thing In morning or they gave them round ups. But most combines were early morning so who knows.

[RealShaneGray]

OMG the Sixers listed Embiid at 7’0 and he came in at 6’11.75.

And yet they announce him at 7'2 in there opening lineup, and the coach says he's 7'2.

Because for 35 years the standard was shoe heights . I kinda thought almost every basketball fan knew this.

[NO-KG-AI]

OMG the Sixers listed Embiid at 7’0 and he came in at 6’11.75.

And yet they announce him at 7'2 in there opening lineup, and the coach says he's 7'2.

Because for 35 years the standard was shoe heights . I kinda thought almost every basketball fan knew this.

Except the Sixers and the fans of the Sixers were adamant that Embiid had grown massively and was well over 7 feet without his shoes.

[RealShaneGray]

The interesting thing about all of this is that a lot of players have been honest about their height. Dr. J maintains he's 6'6", Charles Barkley always says he's 6'4 1/2", Kobe said he was 6'5" on MTV True Life (Probably rounding up from 6'4.5" but hey), so I'm not entirely sure what purpose the puffed up heights really served. Like, I wouldn't have been less of a Kobe fan if he was just listed at 6'5" or whatever. All that really happened was the discrepancy generated the interest in this stuff, and now I'm genuinely super curious about how tall guys really are.

People on Twitter are saying Marvin Bagley (listed at 6'11") was measured at 6'8"! That's crazy!

I want to know if LeBron is really 6'8" or 6'9". Does it really matter? Nope not really. Am I checking Twitter for it regularly? You betcha.

Dr. J was often listed at 6'7" tho. And Lebron probably was close to 6'9" in his thick Lebrons. Definutely nowhere close to that barefoot.

[VDT]

It will be weird now with some teams giving the actual barefoot heights while others continue giving heights in shoes.

If the NBA wanted to do that they should measure the players themselves.

[marcush]

And yet they announce him at 7'2 in there opening lineup, and the coach says he's 7'2.

Because for 35 years the standard was shoe heights . I kinda thought almost every basketball fan knew this.

Except the Sixers and the fans of the Sixers were adamant that Embiid had grown massively and was well over 7 feet without his shoes.

Who was adamant? The Sixers listed him at 7’0 in the official heights on sixers.com.

[NO-KG-AI]

Because for 35 years the standard was shoe heights . I kinda thought almost every basketball fan knew this.

Except the Sixers and the fans of the Sixers were adamant that Embiid had grown massively and was well over 7 feet without his shoes.

Who was adamant? The Sixers listed him at 7’0 in the official heights on sixers.com.

And yet, during introductions they called him 7'2, the coach calls him 7'2, Embiid said his doctors told him he grew to 7'2. and the fans argued that he has grown to 7'2, and all the beat writers reported that he grew to 7'2.

So what happened to all that growth? Keep pretending that this wasn't a thing, or a topic.

viewtopic.php?f=6&t=1734491

Also, props to the 6ers for posting the real number, because we can use EMbiid and Simmons height to dispel the myths about all these guys growing 3 inches, when Embiid makes them look like small children still.

[marcush]

Except the Sixers and the fans of the Sixers were adamant that Embiid had grown massively and was well over 7 feet without his shoes.

Who was adamant? The Sixers listed him at 7’0 in the official heights on sixers.com.

And yet, during introductions they called him 7'2, the coach calls him 7'2, Embiid said his doctors told him he grew to 7'2. and the fans argued that he has grown to 7'2, and all the beat writers reported that he grew to 7'2.

So what happened to all that growth? Keep pretending that this wasn't a thing, or a topic.

viewtopic.php?f=6&t=1734491

Also, props to the 6ers for posting the real number, because we can use EMbiid and Simmons height to dispel the myths about all these guys growing 3 inches, when Embiid makes them look like small children still.

Meh.... it was never a thing for me, I never read the beat grunts.

I came to my opinion by just quickly searching the teams official website and it stated 7’0. He came in at 6’11.75, so the team actually overstated by 0.25 of an inch.

[Johnny Bball]

Except the Sixers and the fans of the Sixers were adamant that Embiid had grown massively and was well over 7 feet without his shoes.

Who was adamant? The Sixers listed him at 7’0 in the official heights on sixers.com.

And yet, during introductions they called him 7'2, the coach calls him 7'2, Embiid said his doctors told him he grew to 7'2. and the fans argued that he has grown to 7'2, and all the beat writers reported that he grew to 7'2.

So what happened to all that growth? Keep pretending that this wasn't a thing, or a topic.

viewtopic.php?f=6&t=1734491

Also, props to the 6ers for posting the real number, because we can use EMbiid and Simmons height to dispel the myths about all these guys growing 3 inches, when Embiid makes them look like small children still.

But ...doctors measured him at 7' 2" though.... Sixers fans can't be making that up right?

[Sixerscan]

I don't know what you guys are talking about, he's 7'2"

[GregOden]

Who was adamant? The Sixers listed him at 7’0 in the official heights on sixers.com.

And yet, during introductions they called him 7'2, the coach calls him 7'2, Embiid said his doctors told him he grew to 7'2. and the fans argued that he has grown to 7'2, and all the beat writers reported that he grew to 7'2.

So what happened to all that growth? Keep pretending that this wasn't a thing, or a topic.

viewtopic.php?f=6&t=1734491

Also, props to the 6ers for posting the real number, because we can use EMbiid and Simmons height to dispel the myths about all these guys growing 3 inches, when Embiid makes them look like small children still.

But ...doctors measured him at 7' 2" though.... Sixers fans can't be making that up right?

#1 it could've been a morning measurement

#2 Some doctors do measure lying down instead of standing up. You are around an inch or so "shorter" standing up than your length would be measured laying down.

[GregOden]

The interesting thing about all of this is that a lot of players have been honest about their height. Dr. J maintains he's 6'6", Charles Barkley always says he's 6'4 1/2", Kobe said he was 6'5" on MTV True Life (Probably rounding up from 6'4.5" but hey), so I'm not entirely sure what purpose the puffed up heights really served. Like, I wouldn't have been less of a Kobe fan if he was just listed at 6'5" or whatever. All that really happened was the discrepancy generated the interest in this stuff, and now I'm genuinely super curious about how tall guys really are.

People on Twitter are saying Marvin Bagley (listed at 6'11") was measured at 6'8"! That's crazy!

I want to know if LeBron is really 6'8" or 6'9". Does it really matter? Nope not really. Am I checking Twitter for it regularly? You betcha.

I suspect Barkley is under billing it. There are mug shots of him from a 1991 arrest where he appears to be at least 6' 7" in shoes that aren't hard to google

Police mug shot photos are notoriously inaccurate.

[Duke4life831]

Basketball players heights have always been with shoes. So I really have no issue people calling Embiid 7'1 or KD 6'11. The only thing Im harping on is, it is clear as day all the stories about these guys growing 2-3 inches since draft day are all pretty bogus. And if we are going to go with height with shoes, then lets call everyone with their heights with shoes. The picking and choosing on who gets the shoe bump and who gets the barefoot measurement (sometimes even less) is the annoying part to me.