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How tall is howard, for REAL 

Post#1 » by magicfan4life05 » Fri Mar 14, 2008 10:54 pm

NO-KG-AI wrote:FWIW, Russell was closer to 250 than 215 in his prime. And he's 6'9 in socks, much like Dwight Howard.



is this true?
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"I just think everybody needs to stop talking about it," Howard said. "There's more to life than free throws."
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Post#2 » by drsd » Fri Mar 14, 2008 11:25 pm

Howard is a tall 6'10" or a short 6'11"

Howard was 6'9" before coming to the NBA, but continued to grow.
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Post#3 » by SOUL » Fri Mar 14, 2008 11:26 pm

I'd say 6'9 or 6'10, he's pretty short (compared to other big men) if you actually look but his hops/arms more than fix that
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Post#4 » by UCFJayBird » Fri Mar 14, 2008 11:27 pm

Dwight measured 6'9" at the draft camp without shoes, but with shoes he measured 6'10.25". Because he was only 18, he most likely grew another inch or so, so yea like drsd said he's probably between 6'10" and 6'11".
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Post#5 » by Last Guardian » Fri Mar 14, 2008 11:28 pm

6'9 in socks when he was 17. Probably 6'10 in socks now. Definitely not 7'0. Probably 6'11 or so in shoes. And Thief seems to confirm this.
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Post#6 » by mhectorgato » Fri Mar 14, 2008 11:36 pm

For real ... as opposed to ... "for fake"?

Sorry ... just one of my pet peaves with the modern day abuse of the English language. Just a part of getting old I guess.
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Post#7 » by Cigamodnalro » Fri Mar 14, 2008 11:39 pm

Howard is just short of 7'0 in shoes now, which puts him at ~6'10.5 out of them.
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Post#8 » by SOUL » Fri Mar 14, 2008 11:39 pm

In the team photo on yahoo or something he looks the same size height wise as Pat Garrity..


That cracked me up
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Post#9 » by magicfan4life05 » Fri Mar 14, 2008 11:55 pm

the mod was nice and gave me a link

http://www.draftexpress.com/nba-pre-dra ... ft=0&sort=
Dwight Howard on his FT struggles:

"I just think everybody needs to stop talking about it," Howard said. "There's more to life than free throws."
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Post#10 » by Neon1 » Sat Mar 15, 2008 1:29 am

Soul wrote:In the team photo on yahoo or something he looks the same size height wise as Pat Garrity..


That cracked me up


Pat did measure 6'10 1/4" in shoes so it makes sense.
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Post#11 » by AdamTheGreek » Sat Mar 15, 2008 1:35 am

Dwight is 6'11" in shoes, but he always slouches so he looks shorter.
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Post#12 » by mhectorgato » Sat Mar 15, 2008 1:42 am

AdamTheGreek wrote:Dwight is 6'11" in shoes, but he always slouches so he looks shorter.


That's actually what I say. Most people I deal with are shorter than I, so I do slouch.
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Post#13 » by SS_MagicMark » Sat Mar 15, 2008 1:50 am

Howard Mass? Like 5'9".
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Post#14 » by mhectorgato » Sat Mar 15, 2008 1:58 am

SS_MagicMark wrote:Howard Mass? Like 5'9".


So he's a real person? I assumed that he was just an account in the system.
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Post#15 » by damo[23] » Sat Mar 15, 2008 2:10 am

mhectorgato wrote:So he's a real person? I assumed that he was just an account in the system.


He lives in the interweb. He messages me on MSN every so often to say ahoyhoy. Cept he doesnt say that.
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Post#16 » by TNMagicFan » Sat Mar 15, 2008 2:13 am

damo[23] wrote:He lives in the interweb. He messages me on MSN every so often to say ahoyhoy. Cept he doesnt say that.


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Post#17 » by kookie_819 » Sat Mar 15, 2008 3:15 am

mhectorgato wrote:-= original quote snipped =-



So he's a real person? I assumed that he was just an account in the system.


Kind of like the Matrix?
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Post#18 » by bucsmagicfan » Sat Mar 15, 2008 7:13 am

drsd wrote:Howard was 6'9" before coming to the NBA, but continued to grow.


I never saw those measurements...I know he was 6'10" 1/4 at the predraft camp in socks, never heard of a 6'9" measurement.
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Post#19 » by jonskilly » Sat Mar 15, 2008 7:23 am

Off topic, but since it's a D12 thread, I'll ask. Is there a record for consecutive games with a dunk? I just thought of it today. I wonder when the last time D12 didn't have atleast 1 dunk in a game.
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Post#20 » by aleZ » Sat Mar 15, 2008 8:17 am

I remember him saying he was a little bit shorter than Hedo, in a Sentinel interview circa 2006. So he's prolly 6'9" and something or 2.07 in metrics.

The nba height measurement "with shoes" is stupid btw.

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