Real players' height - yesterday's real life photo with Carlos Arroyo and JJ Barea

[HomieWeMajor]

cavsFTW just buss all kind of nuts over his keyboard

[Lebron23]

cavsFTW just buss all kind of nuts over his keyboard

[Swaggin916]

There's a website called draftexpress that puts this to bed.

For players like Barea and Arroyo though who never went... yea who knows. it's an eye test.

[HomieWeMajor]

DanTheMan is about to make a video compilation of old time players getting their height and weight measured

[inclinerator]

nice fanny pack ******* <3

[fandarko]

nice fanny pack ******* <3

Gotta fit in the cameras...

[steve]

There's a website called draftexpress that puts this to bed.

For players like Barea and Arroyo though who never went... yea who knows. it's an eye test.

Someone pointed this out but Barea went to Portsmouth and has his official height listed on Draft Express.

[RoundMoundOfReb]

NBA inflating the heights of their players is largely a myth perpetuated by Euroleague and 60s era stans...The most that typically happens is that the in-shoes height is used instead of the barefoot one.

[LAZERUSS]

NBA inflating the heights of their players is largely a myth perpetuated by Euroleague and 60s era stans...The most that typically happens is that the in-shoes height is used instead of the barefoot one.

Not a "myth" at all. It is a well-known fact. Kevin Love is listed at 6-10...and was measured barefoot at under 6-8. "Big Ben" Wallace was listed at 6-9, and by his own admission was 6-7. For years Tim Duncan was listed at 7-0, but measured 6-11. Greg Oden was listed at 7-0, but measured 6-11. Dwight is listed at 6-11, and is barely over 6-9.

And in the 80's the exaggerations were often worse. Anyone close to 6-11 was listed at 7-0+. Ralph Sampson was listed at 7-4, and was barely 7-1. Hakeem was listed at 7-0, and was barely 6-10.

Conversely, if you back to the 70's and before that, players were measured bare-foot, and some, like Bill Walton were probably taller than their listed height. Bill Russell was listed at 6-9 in his pro career, and was a shade under 6-10. Elvin Hayes was listed at 6-8 until the draft, when he measured 6-9 1/2. Wilt was listed at 7-1, and was at the very least, a shade over that.

And of course, the "60's stans" have argued that this perception that Wilt faced much shorter centers has been proven false. Aside from the several legitimate seven-footers that Wilt faced in his career, there were also the dozen or so 6-11 centers he battled. Players like Bellamy, Thurmond, Lanier, and other's, that would most certainly be listed at 7-0+ in today's NBA. Chamberlain, himself, would probably measure 7-3, and Kareem most certainly would have.

[fandarko]

Just got back from the arena, I was pissed off for not being able to get close to the Argentinians and Puerto Ricans for more pics.

They played a super fun game for 3rd place (Puerto Rico prevailed) and never got out to watch the finals.

Just so you know, Barea played like a stud, running the team, making razor sharp passes, driving and penetrating at will. It's the first time that I've seen him playing like an alpha dog and man leader. Arroyo looked washed out from yesterday and didn't play a lot.

Barea was so fun to watch that he was chased down hard by the fans after the game: http://postimg.org/gallery/7lxycome/

The revelation for me was Facundo Campazzo, the 23-year old, 5-10 point guard from Argentina. http://postimg.org/image/kvzxo7vt1/

I don't recall the last time I enjoyed watching a point guard more. The guy is a pass first PG, but is in complete control of the game. Something like Rubio, but unlike Ricky, he can shoot (you can see it in the warmups, good shooting form), but doesn't force it. But everything is there - quickness, court IQ, great ball handling, crisp and often flashy passes, every move on time, just great. No wonder Real Madrid signed him for a multi-year deal, the guy flat out looked like the best player on the court tonight.

Turkey and Serbia played a boring and complicated brand of basketball, almost painful to watch after the flashy South American style the previous game. Phoenix's draftee Bogdan Bogdanovic sealed the deal for Serbia late in the game with a couple of threes and a left handed dunk.

Here's a couple of interesting pics from tonight and yesterday:

Argentina's Walter Hermann: http://postimg.org/image/q8tdg3939/

Me with Euroleague legendary shooter from the 90's, the Turkish JJ Redick (Duke version) Ufuk Saridza:

http://postimg.org/image/xm461b3r9/

Carlos Arroyo with a bunch of kids looking like their older brother: http://postimg.org/image/mdpzdipxh/

Warrior's Nemanja Nedovic and Luis Scola: http://s26.postimg.org/uaaglr1e1/20140816_193429_3.jpg

Milwaukee's Taleban center Miroslav Raduljica
(Serbia):http://s26.postimg.org/vo23h20nd/P1000503.jpg

Suns' draft pick Bogdan Bogdanovic http://s26.postimg.org/e0kaiuqq1/20140816_200612.jpg

The Belgrade Arena: http://s26.postimg.org/a5gwga7k9/20140816_202808.jpg

[outbreak]

Dwight Howard was 6"9 and listed as 6"11. Happens to all the players. Jameer Nelson isn't 6 foot, Patty Mills isn't 6 foot. Almost every player has an inch or two added to their height. It's not that big a deal really.

[HomieWeMajor]

Wilt got measured at 213 cm in his rookie year but during conversion the measurer messed up and added an inch

[LAZERUSS]

Wilt got measured at 213 cm in his rookie year but during conversion the measurer messed up and added an inch

Wilt's listed height of 7-1 was, in fact, low. He was certainly taller than that, and there were those that believed he was at least 7-2. In the NBA-ABA ASG in '72, the announcer claimed that Wilt looked noticeably taller than the 7-2 Gilmore.

[buddha]

most point guards are 6'1 or 6'2

[fandarko]

Dwight Howard was 6"9 and listed as 6"11. Happens to all the players. Jameer Nelson isn't 6 foot, Patty Mills isn't 6 foot. Almost every player has an inch or two added to their height. It's not that big a deal really.

Isn't it?

For example, 6-9 was back in the day a mythical size for guards and Magic was marketed as a 6-9 PG.

In reality, he was shorter and you can clearly see in the pictures he was like two inches shorter than Bird. Bird was probably closer to 6-10 and Magic was 6-8.

No big deal, I agree, it's a marketing thing. A 6-9 Magic sounds a lot better than 6-7 Magic.

The same for Barkley, MJ and Kobe.

When NBA players come to play international games, fans are often surprised at how smaller they look than imagined, especially the guards.

That later adds to the awe, since they of course kill it on the court regardless of being an inch or two shorter than perceived.