Will Ford ever shut up about wingspan?

Post #1 » by **Alfred** » Fri Jun 27, 2008 1:32 am

I swear, this guy talks about wingspan on virtually every pick that has been made in every draft that I have seen him do commentary on. I know that wingspan is important and all, but he sounds like a broken record. It's just wingspan, wingspan, wingspan.

On Alexis Ajinca:
"He looks like he's playing uhh..... He looks like he's playing Nerf Basketball his arms are so freakishly long."

What?

Cevap · Post #2 » by **Cevap** » Fri Jun 27, 2008 1:37 am

Ford thinks it's a Red Rover draft with all this wingspan crap.

DFolks · Post #3 » by **DFolks** » Fri Jun 27, 2008 1:42 am

yeah, it is getting annoying! EVERY PICK dude is talking about wingspan...I mean there future NBA players, should they not have crazy physical attributes? WTF

killbuckner · Post #4 » by **killbuckner** » Fri Jun 27, 2008 2:59 am

What happened is that he heard a GM say that teams don't care about height anymore and only look at standing reach and wingspan so now he uses that whenever he can to look insider.

TheSheriff · Post #5 » by **TheSheriff** » Fri Jun 27, 2008 3:29 am

Do you mean Jay Bilas? the guy on the TV?

The NBA has realized that height is not important. Standing reach and wingspan is what matters. Who cares if a guy is a 7 footer if his standing reach is only 8'8"?

Post #6 » by **FNQ** » Fri Jun 27, 2008 5:51 am

TheSheriff wrote:Do you mean Jay Bilas? the guy on the TV?

The NBA has realized that height is not important. Standing reach and wingspan is what matters. Who cares if a guy is a 7 footer if his standing reach is only 8'8"?

We have a winner....

Wingspan is what makes these people marketable... length is underrated in the public area, not in the actual NBA though... When you have guys like Donte Greene w/T-rex arms who have less wingspan than say, a Brandon Rush (despite a 3" height difference) - that can really effect his jumper and ability to get it off cleanly.

Wingspan is one of the first things I look for in a draft prospect.

jumanji · Post #7 » by **jumanji** » Fri Jun 27, 2008 5:59 am

Bilas was the only one who knew what he was doing there. The other stooges were atrocius.