How Tall is Kevin Durant?

[Sarcastic]

I don't understand why people are so infatuated with exactly how tall a player is, or what is his exact vertical jump, or how fast he is.

[Jasper]

I don't understand why people are so infatuated with exactly how tall a player is, or what is his exact vertical jump, or how fast he is.

OK let me pose this question to you then:

If Durant is a legit 6'10" or 6'11" and plays the SF position and gets older , but stays the same body type , he will not have the athletic gifts of a shorter player , playing that same position 10-12 years from now.
He will become slower , he will have a tougher time guarding a 6'7" quicker player , playing the baseline end to end and he will not be able to defend or play the PF or center position , because of a lack of weight and muscle mass.
So how do you see him playing in 10 years from now ????

I only see him playing as a spot up shooter and his teammates taking up the slack on his weak a$$ defense.

[VishaltotheG]

I hope Durant gains some weight and switches to full time PF in the future.

[SCdac]

you don't dunk a ball with the top of your head or play basketball bare foot. It's all about his reach in combination with his height. 7'4 wingspan is pretty freakish for a human being. his standing reach is higher than Chris Bosh's, according to draft express.

[paintingshade]

you don't dunk a ball with the top of your head or play basketball bare foot. It's all about his reach in combination with his height. 7'4 wingspan is pretty freakish for a human being. his standing reach is higher than Chris Bosh's, according to draft express.

qft

though if durant has grown (i suspect around half an inch) then perhaps his wingspan is longer too. maybe 7'5, which is the same as yao ming.

[evilmonkey]

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[Force]

OK let me pose this question to you then:

If Durant is a legit 6'10" or 6'11" and plays the SF position and gets older , but stays the same body type , he will not have the athletic gifts of a shorter player , playing that same position 10-12 years from now.
He will become slower , he will have a tougher time guarding a 6'7" quicker player , playing the baseline end to end and he will not be able to defend or play the PF or center position , because of a lack of weight and muscle mass.
So how do you see him playing in 10 years from now ????

I only see him playing as a spot up shooter and his teammates taking up the slack on his weak a$$ defense.

Umm, you don't think he will have a post up game? Look at what Dirk can do with that height in the post. Durant is better than that too. LOL at just being a spot up shooter...go learn about basketball before posting here.

[eliteballer]

I don't understand why people are so infatuated with exactly how tall a player is, or what is his exact vertical jump, or how fast he is.

So how do you understand why people are infatuated with men putting an orange ball into a 10 foot cylinder?

[YouCallILose]

Durant is 6' 9 1/2" in shoes which would make him right around 6'11 in shoes

He's not 7' but he looks like it because of his wingspan

I dont see how this guy doesn't end up at power forward in the next few years...what the hell is OKC thinking playing him @ the 3 when they have a 6'8 or 6'9 guy at PF

[magnax1]

about 6-10 or so

[TennesseeFan]

Durant is almost 7'0.

[bballer]

he is actually only 5ft10. he on on a podium which is elevated cause they wont the gold.

[Maga_1]

he's big

[Noah Rose]

Remember him saying he's really just a little over 6'9 and a few cm.

[chazzy]

I dont see how this guy doesn't end up at power forward in the next few years...what the hell is OKC thinking playing him @ the 3 when they have a 6'8 or 6'9 guy at PF

Because he would get punked by a lot of PFs defensively