CavaliersFTW wrote:70sFan wrote:CavaliersFTW wrote:...
I have a question. Have you ever seen barefeet height numbers for 1990s centers? I'd love to see Hakeem, Robinson, Mutombo, Mourning and Ewing numbers. It's interesting whether Nate the Great was much shorter than Admiral. From what I've seen, they looks similar in terms of physical profile.
Also, is it true that Duncan is legit 6'11? That means he's taller than probably 80-90% of centers :O
Hakeem is 6-10
Robinson is 7-0 (and like thurmond, much much lighter than he looks) @228 at the time - per 1988 Olympics though I'm sure he bulked up to 250+ maybe even 265 eventually with all that weight training - but he had that deceptively light frame like Thurmond due to being so lean
Shaq was 7-0 though more accurately on Howard Stern he said he was 6-11 and 1/2 - he had a 7 foot 7 armspan and weighed 300 even as a rookie
Mutombo allegedly was 7-1.25 according to a draft circuit from the 90's but I've always found this one suspect - he does not tower over Bill Russell or Patrick Ewing. Not like 7 foot 1/2 inch Wilt does. I wonder if something got lost in translation or was mispublished as I'd find it much more plausible that he was 7-1.25 with shoes, than without.
Mourning is 6-9.5 with a 7-6 wingspan
Duncan is probably closer to 6-10 but he's missing from my spreadsheet so I still haven't found anything for certain on him.
Ewing is also probably closer to 6-10 but he's also missing from my spreadsheet so again I haven't found anything on him
Thanks for reply. I'm waiting for next centers breakdowns (and hope you'll include Lovellette, Kerr, Embry and Dukes). I'm in love with this project
