Players who "grew" in the offseason and are now "6'11"

Post #1 » by **cupcakesnake** » Tue Oct 3, 2023 8:37 pm

Every year there's casual quotes from coaches, teammates or various other team officials indicating a growth spurt.
Seems like it happens every couple seasons with Jayson Tatum (he must be 7'2" now just like Jonathan Kuminga!). Last offseason it was Ant growing to 6'6" (but he never looked any different by my eye).

The guys I've heard it this offseason so far are Scottie Barnes and Jaden McDaniels.

- Jaden is 23 and was 6'9" barefoot when drafted. So he's around 6'10.5" in shoes so this isn't really a stretch, even if he didn't grow.
- Scottie is 22 and was 6'7" barefoot when drafted. He's have to legit grow 2+ inches for this claim to even be defendable. It's not impossible at his young age, and his near 7'3" wingspan already have him big man size.

Anyone else hearing about any mythological growth spurts? Any believable ones?

Tor_Raps · Post #2 » by **Tor_Raps** » Tue Oct 3, 2023 8:51 pm

Can't wait for Barnes to become the same height as Wemby next year lol

Mickey8 · Post #3 » by **Mickey8** » Tue Oct 3, 2023 8:53 pm

Kuminga is 7"2 according to dummy from ESPN.

Johnny Bball · Post #4 » by **Johnny Bball** » Tue Oct 3, 2023 8:58 pm

Barnes is trolling. Who grows 4" over a summer at 22 years old?

Roy T · Post #5 » by **Roy T** » Tue Oct 3, 2023 9:05 pm

Wembanyama is 8'23" with shoes.

Bornstellar · Post #6 » by **Bornstellar** » Tue Oct 3, 2023 9:13 pm

Roy T wrote:Wembanyama is 8'23" with shoes.

That's just ridiculous.

He's clearly 7'11"

Roy T · Post #7 » by **Roy T** » Tue Oct 3, 2023 9:49 pm

Bornstellar wrote:
Roy T wrote:Wembanyama is 8'23" with shoes.

That's just ridiculous.

He's clearly 7'11"

With or without shoes and socks?

iye6ry4e7r3 · Post #8 » by **iye6ry4e7r3** » Tue Oct 3, 2023 10:07 pm

Anthony Randolph.

About 4 years in a row.

Dr Aki · Post #9 » by **Dr Aki** » Tue Oct 3, 2023 10:14 pm

Vanderbilt (24) apparently grew 2 inches according to Phil Handy

Yeh, nah

Moahst · Post #10 » by **Moahst** » Tue Oct 3, 2023 10:17 pm

The rumor amongst Rockets fans two months ago was that Alperen Sengun had grown from 6'10'' to 7' or maybe 6'11'', but I think maybe everyone has walked all of that talk back.

Memories · Post #11 » by **Memories** » Tue Oct 3, 2023 10:23 pm

Bornstellar wrote:
Roy T wrote:Wembanyama is 8'23" with shoes.

That's just ridiculous.

He's clearly 7'11"

That’s perfect. He should be sponsored by them too.

Michael Jordan · Post #12 » by **Michael Jordan** » Tue Oct 3, 2023 10:25 pm

Rockets will discover Fred Van Vleet shrunk from his listed height of 6'1 to 5'10

dc · Post #13 » by dc » Tue Oct 3, 2023 10:44 pm

cupcakesnake wrote:Anyone else hearing about any mythological growth spurts? Any believable ones?

Lebron measured 6'7.25" w/o shoes at 18 years of age. He clearly looks taller than that now, even though nobody ever made claims about some magical summertime growth spurt.

There were stories about a "summertime" growth spurt for KG. To me KG grew between 1-2 inches about 2 years after being drafted. He clearly looked taller.

Paul George allegedly went from 6' 7.75" to 6'9" a couple years after being drafted. I dunno about this one. I kind of put it in the same boat as Ant Edwards. He really didn't look any taller.

AD I think definitely grew. He measured out at 6' 9.25" w/o shoes at the combine, but he pretty much looks eye to eye with most 6'11" guys. Of course he'll probably deny this because he doesn't want to play center.

With Kuminga now at 7'2", Tatum is probably 7'4" by now.

JN61 · Post #14 » by **JN61** » Tue Oct 3, 2023 10:50 pm

Johnny Bball wrote:Barnes is trolling. Who grows 4" over a summer at 22 years old?

Person in a need of a new contract.

Blame Rasho · Post #15 » by **Blame Rasho** » Tue Oct 3, 2023 11:28 pm

The only real one that I remember being real was Hedo Türkoğlu from being 6’8 to being 6’10.

Dr Aki · Post #16 » by **Dr Aki** » Tue Oct 3, 2023 11:33 pm

dc wrote:
cupcakesnake wrote:Anyone else hearing about any mythological growth spurts? Any believable ones?

Lebron measured 6'7.25" w/o shoes at 18 years of age. He clearly looks taller than that now, even though nobody ever made claims about some magical summertime growth spurt.

There were stories about a "summertime" growth spurt for KG. To me KG grew between 1-2 inches about 2 years after being drafted. He clearly looked taller.

Paul George allegedly went from 6' 7.75" to 6'9" a couple years after being drafted. I dunno about this one. I kind of put it in the same boat as Ant Edwards. He really didn't look any taller.

AD I think definitely grew. He measured out at 6' 9.25" w/o shoes at the combine, but he pretty much looks eye to eye with most 6'11" guys. Of course he'll probably deny this because he doesn't want to play center.

With Kuminga now at 7'2", Tatum is probably 7'4" by now.

They standardised heights a while back to be barefoot measurements (i.e. not include shoes)

Interestingly, these measurements are of player's heights without their shoes and are rounded to the nearest inch. Since the players don't play without shoes, many of the NBA's players have lost some height on their official records.

Sane · Post #17 » by **Sane** » Wed Oct 4, 2023 12:16 am

Moahst wrote:The rumor amongst Rockets fans two months ago was that Alperen Sengun had grown from 6'10'' to 7' or maybe 6'11'', but I think maybe everyone has walked all of that talk back.

Alpi came in 6'10 barefoot and he was one of the youngest players in his draft (had just turned 18 IIRC). After two years, he claims to be 6'11 barefoot - which is a 7 footer for most of NBA history (they used to measure players in shoes). That's pretty reasonable. Rockets officially listed him 6'11 yesterday.

If you watch his rookie games vs his games with Turkey last month, he's clearly taller. To me at least.

DrModesty · Post #18 » by **DrModesty** » Wed Oct 4, 2023 12:34 am

Supposedly Ousmane Dieng is now 6'11. Not too hard to believe given he was 6'10 last year and only recently turned 20.

baldur · Post #19 » by **baldur** » Wed Oct 4, 2023 12:41 am

Nba is like online dating. Everybody adds 1 or 2 inches to their actual height. SMH.

The Laker Kid · Post #20 » by **The Laker Kid** » Wed Oct 4, 2023 1:40 am

Zion apparently grew sideways