Did Domantas Sabonis have the craziest growth spurt ever? Or is he lying about his size

[peZt]

Domantas Sabonis was measured at 6'10 IN SHOES in 2015 when he was 19, so most likely done growing. That would put him at 6'8,75 barefoot or let's say 6'9.

Measured 6’10’’ in shoes, with a 6’10.5’’ wingspan and 238 lbs at the 2015 Nike Basketball Academy

https://www.nbadraft.net/players/domantas-sabonis/

The NBA now lists him at 7'1
https://www.nba.com/player/1627734/domantas-sabonis

So either he grew 3-4 inches after the age of 19 or this is the most extreme case of inflated height in the NBA.


7'1 is Gobert, Embiid, Roy Hibbert, Brook Lopez type of height btw

[SeattleJazzFan]

ESPN has him at 7’, bball reference at 6’11. Honestly it seems like these sites are pulling the numbers out of their asses

[JujitsuFlip]

No, I don't think anyone will top Rodman... Dude grew 8 inches after high school.

[evilution]

ESPN has him at 7’, bball reference at 6’11. Honestly it seems like these sites are pulling the numbers out of their asses

Nah, Sabonis is the one LYING about his SIZE! Throw him out of the league! /s

[naabzor]

I mean Embiid is listed at 7 so yeah, completely bull.

[cupcakesnake]

He does look bigger than when he came into the league. Might just be the added strength and stronger beard game though.

I wouldn't put much weight (or height!) into NBA.com or any other random site's listed heights. There's nothing official about them. I'm not sure what the process is but I think they just list the guys at whatever height they feel like.

Sabonis looks big but not 7'1". Wouldn't be insane if he grew an inch and a bit and might be scraping 7'0" in shoes.

[Shohoku High]

That's 2019. Same height as Turner who is 6'11".

[JayMKE]

lol Sabonis giving himself an extra 2", if he's 7'1" then a lot of guys are 7'3"

[Saint_Killa]

He`s 6'10"-6"11 being absolute max'ish.

[Thaddy]

Doesn't matter the height if he can't protect the rim. The Kings will likely need to find a 4 that can do that if they want to improve their contention odds.

[UcanUwill]

He is most definitely not 7'1, it is just NBA thing. As Euro you know to any Euro to NBA transfer, we add 2 inches on player height, cause NBA, they like being perceived as tallest, even when its fraudulent.

[Spice Melange]

No, I don't think anyone will top Rodman... Dude grew 8 inches after high school.

David Robinson. 5'9 Junior year of High School, 6'6 Senior year of High school. Then 2 years later 7'0

Dwight Howard. 5'10 in 8th grade, 2 years later 6'9

[johanliebert]

Didn’t nba teams measure all players in 2020 during the heild fiasco.

[jasonxxx102]

He's not 7'1

[OxAndFox]

Yeah...players don't get to pick their own height.

[TheNG]

Any guy would want to add 2 more inches to himself

[LakersLegacy]

Any guy would want to add 2 more inches to himself

Unless your wife is complaining about it already

[Mickey8]

Of course they are lying, he's hardly 6"10 , Jokic is definitely 6"11 in the shoes and he's much taller than Sabonis. Sabonis and Sengun are basically the same height.

[Mickey8]

That's 2019. Same height as Turner who is 6'11".

They are not, bad angles will do wonders. Turner is taller.

[Mickey8]

I mean Embiid is listed at 7 so yeah, completely bull.

Embiid is legit 7 footer.