Amar'e only 6'7"?????

[Mr. Sun]

The steal of the 2002 draft, taken after washouts such as Jay Williams, Dajuan Wagner, and Nikoloz Tskitishvili, Stoudemire is a force in the paint despite being about 6 feet 7 inches (he’s generously listed at 6-10).

http://www.boston.com/sports/basketball ... _his_case/

[-SDU-]

No way is he 6'7. But I do think 6'10 is generous at times. When I'm
on my pc, not my phone, I'll paste a photo that backs this up

[lilfishi22]

I think he's like 6'8, maybe 6'9 but listed generously as 6'10 with shoes. Gotta remember as well that Amare was really young back when he was drafted so he may have grown an inch or so.

[b-ball forever]

Def not 6-7, he mesured in @ 6-8.5 without shoes and 6-10 w/ shoes at the 2002 draft.

He prolly grew bout half an inch since then, 6-9 without shoes/6-10 with em now.

[LV-Suns]

http://www.draftexpress.com/profile/Ama ... mire-4498/
6'8.5 without shoes, 6'10 with shoes.

[Cash]

Remember, with some rare exceptions, nearly ALL listed heights in the NBA are heights in shoes.

[Never Fear 33 Is Here]

I don't know why anyone measures themselves without shoes. What in life do you do without shoes on?

EDIT: On another note, who the hell has basketball shoes that have an inch and a half sole?

[nashrambler13]

I don't know why anyone measures themselves without shoes. What in life do you do without shoes on?

what?? no swimming!?!?

[DBrimstone]

I don't know why anyone measures themselves without shoes. What in life do you do without shoes on?

what?? no swimming!?!?

I take showers in my dr martins

[Never Fear 33 Is Here]

I don't know why anyone measures themselves without shoes. What in life do you do without shoes on?

what?? no swimming!?!?

I knew someone would come out with something like that.

Let me clarify. What in life do you do without shoes on that actually requires you to know how tall you are? Or more to the point doing in a vertical manner, i.e. not horizontal.

[hunterxaz]

nash is 6'3 and stat towers over him. no way he's only 4 inches taller.

[the_warden]

Remember, with some rare exceptions, nearly ALL listed heights in the NBA are heights in shoes.

I disagree, but only because I think a lot of listed heights are outright lies. Love this article from a while back: http://www.slamonline.com/online/kicks/2009/08/kicks-6-the-power-of-3/

Duncan, KG, and T-Mac start talking about height midway through. It's a great article all around though.

[nashrambler13]

I don't know why anyone measures themselves without shoes. What in life do you do without shoes on?

what?? no swimming!?!?

I knew someone would come out with something like that.

Let me clarify. What in life do you do without shoes on that actually requires you to know how tall you are? Or more to the point doing in a vertical manner, i.e. not horizontal.

what?? no swimming!?!?

if michael phelps was an inch shorter, he would not have won all of those medals!!

[WTFsunsFTW]

I don't know why anyone measures themselves without shoes. What in life do you do without shoes on?

EDIT: On another note, who the hell has basketball shoes that have an inch and a half sole?

I think you answered your own question there...

[Sandra]

nash is 6'3 and stat towers over him. no way he's only 4 inches taller

I think Nash is actually a bit below 6'2''. On TV Conan O'Brien asked him of his height and Nash answered kinda "6-2 on a good morning"

[Cash]

Remember, with some rare exceptions, nearly ALL listed heights in the NBA are heights in shoes.

I disagree, but only because I think a lot of listed heights are outright lies. Love this article from a while back: http://www.slamonline.com/online/kicks/2009/08/kicks-6-the-power-of-3/

Duncan, KG, and T-Mac start talking about height midway through. It's a great article all around though.

Good article. Sure, you definitely get the straight lies, but I think those only come into play with stars, and not even most stars, and thus are relatively rare exceptions. KG is one of the most famous. I remember when he hit his prime in Minny, either his coach or GM was quoted in SI as saying KG's 7'2" in shoes. It's well-known that he's insisted on being listed at 6'11" since he was a rookie so he wouldn't be thought of as a center. You can see he's an inch or two taller than Duncan when they stand next to each other, but Duncan's listed at 7'0". Even though Duncan was listed at 6'10" at Wake Forest.

McGrady always looked 6'8" to me, but KG and Duncan sound pretty sure that he's 6'10" in that interview. Hedo Turkoglu somehow went from being 6'8" with the Kings to 6'10" with the Magic. But these are the exceptions, not the rule. If you go through DraftExpress' database of pre-draft measurements and compare the "in-shoes" measurement to the player's current listed height, you'll find that they almost universally agree.

[magee]

^Turk looked as tall as Howard when they were standing next to each other last year.

[Miklo]

nash is 6'3 and stat towers over him. no way he's only 4 inches taller

I think Nash is actually a bit below 6'2''. On TV Conan O'Brien asked him of his height and Nash answered kinda "6-2 on a good morning"

\Yeah Nash is listed at taller than he is, so just because he is listed at 6'3" isn't proof enough that Amare is taller than 6'7"

I however would put Amar'e maybe at 6'9. When you look at him on the court he appears to be about the same height as players who are 6'8"-6'9", but definitely taller than 6'7" and probably a bit shorter than 6'10"

[Orange_Blooded]

I don't know why anyone measures themselves without shoes. What in life do you do without shoes on?

If I had my way the world would be carpeted and I'd never wear shoes... socks, thats the way to go. Nice clean white socks.

[Never Fear 33 Is Here]

I don't know why anyone measures themselves without shoes. What in life do you do without shoes on?

If I had my way the world would be carpeted and I'd never wear shoes... socks, thats the way to go. Nice clean white socks.