Are you saying he shrunk? He measured at the predraft camp at 6'5.25". Were you wearing your heels?
Heh... recently and over the years I've read soooooo many claims from posters of various players having growth spurts into their 20s justifying their listed measurement being several inches above what they measured barefoot at their respective combines. I've linked studies on growth showing how incredibly rare it is for males to grow significantly in their late teens/early 20s to no avail. I think you may be referencing a thread years back where posters were claiming CJ went on a late growth spurt after his combine making him a good fit size wise next to Dame. He was almost 22 years old at the time and measured 6'2.25 barefoot. The year prior, following 4 years of college Lillard had measured 6'1.75 barefoot at his respective combine. We shall see.
@BonesJones and I talked about him on our podcast out later today. He thinks Durant will be a legit 7 footer. I think you're closer at 6-10.
There will be very few barefoot 7-footers. I'd expect fewer than 30 league-wide.
Yup, I'd imagine both Nurk and Collins will be just a tad under. Meyers might sneak over, he's pretty close to being legit.
For the posters who prefer reality based discussions, it will definitely have some benefits. Having an accurate baseline set of facts will debunk ridiculous claims from fantasy land posters trying to justify arguments they're making based on BS. It will shed light on whether a 2 can reasonably be expected to guard a 3 on switches etc. when we're debating Free Agents. Teams have no reason to fudge these sorts of measurements, but players do.
How does this help us know if a two can guard a 3 on switches... In another thread some where you literally say “height doesn’t matter they don’t play with the top of their heads”, now you’re saying knowing their height is going to help us know if a two can guard a three on switches...
You just stated "For the most part we're probably talking on average at most an inch and probably less". Apparently proving your point is showing yourself to be completely wrong, which is par for the course with our discussions. Math says that on average it's double what you just claimed. For the 3 most recent Blazer 1st rounders, the difference was 1.75" twice and 2.5" for Little. I now see that more official listings have Little at 1.5" over his barefoot measurement... I got lazy and just punched his name into google but again, my overall point is that I want one set of accurate baseline facts.
No I didn't (obviously) and have stated my dislike for the w/shoes measurement listings in our previous back and forths. It's on you that I have to keep repeating points that you can't remember. I'm happy the league has come to it's senses and is requiring barefoot measurements, which is why I started this thread... this shouldn't have to be explained.
Again, you just claimed in your previous post that the difference between current listings and barefoot would be "at most an inch and probably less." Can you keep anything straight?
It doesn't, but thats not whats being discussed.
I'm hopeful a single accurate set of facts will help cut down completely inane discussions like this one... but that seems to be your thing.
I looked it up to correct myself you said.
I doubt I said it "doesn't matter", more likely that it's not as important as other metrics like weight, wingspan and standing reach. If we know a two guard is on the short, light and not so long side relative to other wings, we can reasonably guess he's going to struggle guarding the bigger wings unless he's got off the charts athleticism that helps him compensate.
Fair enough and I went and fact checked myself as to what you had said.
Yeah there is a bunch more to it than just height. A total mismatch is still what it is when it's a 6 footer guarding a 7 footer. But this 1-2 inches here and there seems to be a bit overblown?
