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What is Kevin Garnett's actual height?

Posted: Wed Jul 13, 2016 1:57 pm
by Jim Naismith
Kevin Garnett and Tim Duncan are both listed as 6' 11".

What is KG's actual height?

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Re: What is Kevin Garnett's actual height?

Posted: Wed Jul 13, 2016 1:58 pm
by Ikerd
6'13"

Re: What is Kevin Garnett's actual height?

Posted: Wed Jul 13, 2016 2:00 pm
by Mich3006
Thanks for putting in the " 7´3" above" in the poll... Kevin Muresan :lol:

I´d say he´s 7´0" (if Duncan´s height is 6´11" for real though)

Re: What is Kevin Garnett's actual height?

Posted: Wed Jul 13, 2016 2:01 pm
by Lord Eder
I thought it was widely known they he was over 7' but never wanted to be listed above 6'11 because he didn't want to play C in his younger days

Re: What is Kevin Garnett's actual height?

Posted: Wed Jul 13, 2016 2:06 pm
by xNewYorkMadex
Who is #9 in that photo?

Re: What is Kevin Garnett's actual height?

Posted: Wed Jul 13, 2016 2:08 pm
by Jim Naismith
xNewYorkMadex wrote:Who is #9 in that photo?


Tom Gugliotta

Re: What is Kevin Garnett's actual height?

Posted: Wed Jul 13, 2016 2:09 pm
by brutalitops
He's 7 foot. Most people after a few years knew he was 7 foot. As someone said, he didn't want to play C so he listed himself as 6'11"

Re: What is Kevin Garnett's actual height?

Posted: Wed Jul 13, 2016 2:15 pm
by Jim Naismith
Ayatollah wrote:I´d say he´s 7´0" (if Duncan´s height is 6´11" for real though)


From this photo, it seems Duncan is as tall as KG's eye level.

So KG should be at least 2 inches taller?

Re: What is Kevin Garnett's actual height?

Posted: Wed Jul 13, 2016 2:17 pm
by jpengland
Jim Naismith wrote:
Ayatollah wrote:I´d say he´s 7´0" (if Duncan´s height is 6´11" for real though)


From this photo, it seems Duncan is as tall as KG's eye level.

So KG should be at least 2 inches taller?



Slouching and stood behind slightly so difficult to draw any conclusions from that.

Re: What is Kevin Garnett's actual height?

Posted: Wed Jul 13, 2016 2:36 pm
by ken6199
Clearly somewhere between 7' and 7'1 with shoes, not the reported 6'11. (On draftexpress, 6'11 w/o shoes, N/A with shoes.)

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On par with Dirk (a recognized 7'0) with his head slightly tilted back, tad taller than TD/Okur, lot taller than A'mare.

Re: What is Kevin Garnett's actual height?

Posted: Wed Jul 13, 2016 2:55 pm
by MaxRider
he admitted he is 7' w/o shoes
didn't want to list as 7' because that usually mean you should play C
so he opt to list as 6'11"

Re: What is Kevin Garnett's actual height?

Posted: Wed Jul 13, 2016 3:05 pm
by jimmy_smith
7' w/o shoes
7'1" - 7'2" with shoes

He's once said he don't want to be list as 7 footers, so he tell to list himself as 6'11" instead.

Re: What is Kevin Garnett's actual height?

Posted: Wed Jul 13, 2016 3:13 pm
by Perishable517
Yao Ming. Holy Hell.

Never fails to shock me when I see highlights and pics like this on how much bigger than others he is.

Re: What is Kevin Garnett's actual height?

Posted: Wed Jul 13, 2016 3:32 pm
by EddieJonesFan
I'd suspect 6'11 is about right, although it could be the measurement from when he was 19 and he grew a little more after that. Duncan could very well just be 6'10 in shoes, and he's slouching and leaning his head forward and that picture.

Re: What is Kevin Garnett's actual height?

Posted: Wed Jul 13, 2016 5:58 pm
by kodo
I think he might have been 6' 11" at one point it seemed like he grew an inch or two.

Isiah Rider in the pic below is listed at 6' 5"

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Re: What is Kevin Garnett's actual height?

Posted: Wed Jul 13, 2016 6:04 pm
by Blackfyre
ken6199 wrote:Clearly somewhere between 7' and 7'1 with shoes, not the reported 6'11. (On draftexpress, 6'11 w/o shoes, N/A with shoes.)

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On par with Dirk (a recognized 7'0) with his head slightly tilted back, tad taller than TD/Okur, lot taller than A'mare.

Sorry for derailing, but this made me google old all star team photos :lol: . Just as I thought.
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Re: What is Kevin Garnett's actual height?

Posted: Wed Jul 13, 2016 6:33 pm
by Marcus
ken6199 wrote:Clearly somewhere between 7' and 7'1 with shoes, not the reported 6'11. (On draftexpress, 6'11 w/o shoes, N/A with shoes.)

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On par with Dirk (a recognized 7'0) with his head slightly tilted back, tad taller than TD/Okur, lot taller than A'mare.


Forgot Josh Howard was an all-star.

Re: What is Kevin Garnett's actual height?

Posted: Wed Jul 13, 2016 7:01 pm
by wablty
Kevin Garnett is famously 6'13". That is to say, he's about 7'1" but refuses to let anyone list him as over 7' because he doesn't want to be a Center and have his playstyle changed.

It's a product of the era he came from. If someone found a 7' shooting guard today, people would think it's amazing. "He moves like a guard, can stroke it and is 7' tall. Wow."

If someone found a 7' guard 20 years ago, they'd say "Get your skinny ass back down onto the block where you belong."

Re: What is Kevin Garnett's actual height?

Posted: Wed Jul 13, 2016 8:12 pm
by Klomp
Flip Saunders, the late Minnesota Timberwolves coach and executive, often said he referred to Kevin Garnett as “6-foot-13” because, like Durant now, the former MVP feared people would view him as a center as opposed to a power forward. Garnett, who was unavailable for comment, is still listed at 6-foot-11.

http://www.wsj.com/articles/why-nba-players-lie-about-their-height-1462316051

Re: What is Kevin Garnett's actual height?

Posted: Wed Jul 13, 2016 8:21 pm
by Minnesota Power
So hes 7 foot 1 inch