6'7 Wade or 6'8 Barkley

[LAZERUSS]

Barkley was simply one-of-a-kind. To win a rebounding title, at 6-5, as well as well as average 23 ppg on .594 shooting was just incredible.

As a sidenote, one of the greatest "post-up" players of all-time, was also only 6-5. Adrian Dantley seldom shot from more than 15 ft., and yet put together several seasons of 30 ppg and on FG%'s as high as .580.

[Ikill]

Someone reopen the dumbest things posted on ISH thread we have a new contestant.

There not undersized length is more important than height and both of them have very good length.

[KyrieTheFuture]

There aren't many players I know of at ~ that height that played PF but I can name 2. One of them was sort of "elite" (or nearly so). Post-knee-injury Elgin Baylor in the late 60's after the Lakers traded Rudy LaRusso - Elgin (6-5 w/o shoes) slid to the 4 and Tommy Hawkins (6-4.5 w/o shoes) slid to the 3. Baylor still put up his typical all-star level numbers despite being at the 4. At that time, they were not as relatively good as Barkleys numbers, but still, Baylor was all-star level while playing at 4. The other guy I know of is http://www.draftexpress.com/profile/Jason-Maxiell-419/. 6-5 is definitely small for a PF. You gotta be very strong, long or clever, or bulky or something to offset being 6-5 to play a PF in the NBA. Baylor at 236lbs was as heavy as most PF's in the 60's, and Maxiell and Barkley are obviously even bigger yet, and look at Maxiells wingspan - I wonder if Barkleys was long like that too.

*EDIT* Another one would be Gus Johnson, he was the best defensive forward of his time, and a perennial All-star as well. Still I agree, 6-5 is short for any PF.

God I love how much you know about the NBA's history did not know Elgin was that small. Always saw him as 6' 7" when I imagined him playing for whatever reason.

[LAZERUSS]

God I love how much you know about the NBA's history did not know Elgin was that small. Always saw him as 6' 7" when I imagined him playing for whatever reason.

Baylor was always listed at 6-5. Unlike so many of the "modern" players, who were much shorter than their "listed" heights.

[Round Mound]

[B]Elgin was a SF NOT a PF. He Did Not Play The Post Like Charles Did.

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[Ikill]

[QUOTE=Round Mound][B]Elgin was a SF NOT a PF. He Did Not Play The Post Like Charles Did.

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[CavaliersFTW]

[QUOTE=Round Mound][B]Elgin was a SF NOT a PF. He Did Not Play The Post Like Charles Did.

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[ralph_i_el]

would this 6'7" Dwade have a 7'3" wingspan? Because he's already dealing with a longer wingspan than most 6'7" guys.

6'8" chuck is putting up 15+ rpg for 10 years

[CavaliersFTW]

would this 6'7" Dwade have a 7'3" wingspan? Because he's already dealing with a longer wingspan than most 6'7" guys.

6'8" chuck is putting up 15+ rpg for 10 years

If Wade went from 6-3.75 w/o shoes to 6-7 w/o shoes (a ~4.3% increase in height) than he would have a 7 foot 1.75 inch wingspan (4.3% more lengh than his 6-10.25 wingspan). Using cube law for 3 dimensional objects, his body mass (assuming he is at his typical 230lbs at his current height) would baloon up to 259.67lbs. He'd basically rival Lebron as a physical specimen.

All these things would apply to Barkley too. Barkley had an impressive wingspan as well. I don't know any meaurements of it but you can see on film the guy had long arms. His body mass would be in Shaq territory. His weight at 6-4.75 was 250-286lbs. At 6-8 (a height increase of 4.2%) his body mass using the cube law would then range from 282lbs-322lbs.

[TheTenth]

Barkley was simply one-of-a-kind. To win a rebounding title, at 6-5, as well as well as average 23 ppg on .594 shooting was just incredible.

As a sidenote, one of the greatest "post-up" players of all-time, was also only 6-5. Adrian Dantley seldom shot from more than 15 ft., and yet put together several seasons of 30 ppg and on FG%'s as high as .580.

Dantley is another one of the underrated legends. Do you know of any useful books/websites to learn about him?