Anthony Davis has some of the smallest hands ever measured... next Kwame Brown?

[CavaliersFTW]

Ya. It's small fingers. And you skewed his numbers by averaging them to the low (?).

No I accidently typed 8 but corrected it to 8.5 but not before Superpippen replied

[CavaliersFTW]

anybody know how often he turned over the ball in college?

[Punpun]

It's freaking funny though. I believe Davis has like 1 ft over me and yet his hands aren't that much wider than mine. It's pretty funny.

[Clippersfan86]

LOL Pippen . Rondo's massive wingspan and hands for his size are absolutely a huge reason for his success. Especially defensively and on the boards. Even the crazy behind the back passes and layups can be attributed to that.

[tpols]

This would affect him a lot more on offense than defense.. but with his quickness and freak wingspan I dont think people will be poking the ball away from him that easily.

Kwame wasnt really an athlete. He was just big and somewhat coordinated.. sorta like the anti-Javale McGee.

[Punpun]

At least, Davis won't have the excuse of having big hands if he is an awful FT shooter. That's a plus.

[CavaliersFTW]

I bet this is why his offense is "raw" he can't hold onto the freaking basketball... good luck teaching him how to grow larger hands New Orleans

Maybe Stern didn't let MJ draft Anthony Davis for MJ's own protection? MJ might otherwise have drafted two Kwame Brown's

[LA_Showtime]

We don't do stereotypes on here, boy. If that were the case, we'd be predicting Anthony Davis' jail sentence. That, or we'd be asking ourselves which cousin his mother slept with.

[CavaliersFTW]

We don't do stereotypes on here, boy. If that were the case, we'd be predicting Anthony Davis' jail sentence. That, or we'd be asking ourselves which cousin his mother slept with.

who's stereotyping? the measurements of his hands are on record the numbers aren't a stereotype

[LA_Showtime]

who's stereotyping? the measurements of his hands are on record the numbers aren't a stereotype

The stereotype is that big men with small hands suck at basketball.

[DuMa]

kobe has small hands too. whats his measured wingspan by the way?

[Cali Syndicate]

Kemp supposedly had small hands yet was still an effective player. The downfall of Kwame Brown was all about his weak mentality. If Davis has an aggressive mindset he can overcome that kind of minor detail.

Good thing he won't be getting drafted by the Bobcats then

[Owl]

anybody know how often he turned over the ball in college?

Once a game, per Draftexpress.
Hand size can help, and this is a small red flag, but having soft hands is also pretty big. If he hasn't had a problem dropping passes thus far, I wouldn't expect him to suddenly develop one.
I'd feel more worried if he was coming out of high school like Kwame. But he's put up 14.2/10.4 with almost 5 blocks and one and half steals on 62% shooting against a pretty solid level of competition. Small hands might explain the low assist numbers though.

[CavaliersFTW]

The stereotype is that big men with small hands suck at basketball.

Length/Width of other NBA bigmen's hands past/present/future

Wilt Chamberlain
9.5 x 11.5

Shaquille O'Neal
11 x 9

Bill Russell
10.5 x 9.5

Dwight Howard
9.25 x 9.75

Yao Ming
10 x ?

Demarcus Cousins
9.25 x 10

Andre Drummond
9.5 x 9.5

Jerome Jordan
9 x 10.25

Wayne Embry
9.25 x 12

Enes Kanter
9.5 x 10.75










Anthony Davis
9 x 8.5

[CavaliersFTW]

kobe has small hands too. whats his measured wingspan by the way?

Kobe's hands aren't small, they are avg (just over 9" length but unknown width) - they are only called small because Kobe is in the mold of MJ and MJ had massive hands and Kobe's are small-er than MJ's whom he is often compared too.