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NBA Pre Draft Measurements: The Long and Short of it

Know how I know Hasheem Thabeet is jumping?  His standing reach is only 9'5", but his hand is above the 10' hoop.  Thank you Bemidji State.

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Know how I know Hasheem Thabeet is jumping? His standing reach is only 9'5", but his hand is above the 10' hoop. Thank you Bemidji State.

Good news!  Draft Express published their pre draft measurements that were taken this week in Chicago.  I'm not much for physical attributes, as rarely does how tall someone is matter (Shawn Bradley, Manute Bol, Gheorge Muresan, Chuck Nevitt, Slavko Vranes and Priest Lauderdale among the tall).  Had they measured the vertical, bench press and things like that, there'd be more to read into, I think.  Sure, DeJuan Blair is short and fat, but we knew that already, didn't we?

Continue on for my brief analysis!

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Bigs

  • Hasheem Thabeet was the tallest player, coming in at just over 7'1" without shoes and a standing reach of 9'5".
  • Austin Daye is a genetic freak.  Over 6'9" without shoes, 9'2" standing reach, and weighing in at 192 pounds.
  • Taj Gibson came in at 6'8.5" without shoes and a 7'4" wingspan - Boom.
  • DeJuan Blair came in at 6'5.25" without shoes, a standing reach of 8'10.5" and weighing in at a whopping 277 pounds, the heaviest player at the 'camp'.

Wings/Combo Forwards

  • Earl Clark was the tallest, coming in at 6'8.5".
  • Tyler Smith came in a the shortest at 6'5.25"

Guards

  • Ty Lawson came in at 5'11.25" without shoes and a wingspan about an inch and a half longer.  As we thought, he's short, and apparently has dinosaur arms.
  • Greivis Vasquez was the tallest point guard at the camp, coming in at just under 6'5".  He probably won't be an NBA point guard, but if he is, he'll be one of the taller ones.
  • Eric Maynor was the skinniest player there, weighing in at 164 pounds on his 6'2.25" frame.
  • Jeff Teague had the longest wingspan, at 6'7.5".  Bilas will certainly love that length!

 

Poll
Does Size Matter?
Yes
26 votes
No
14 votes
Depends
37 votes
You've been watching too much late night television..
5 votes

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Don't forget Pavel Podkolzine!

Now writing for Ridiculous Upside, now with more draft coverage.

by Jon L on May 29, 2009 4:45 PM EDT reply actions   0 recs

Haha

I’d rather you have put “Remember Pavel Podkolzine!” because I’ve already forgot him. I should have added Martynas Andriuskevicius, because I love typing his name without having to look it up. One of my unknown talents..

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by Scott Schroeder on May 29, 2009 4:49 PM EDT up reply actions   0 recs

You and you're talents....

you’re like Captain Planet’s homeless brother.

by Aisander D on May 29, 2009 4:56 PM EDT up reply actions   0 recs

I'm also great at spell CHECKING

like knowing when to use yore, your and you’re.

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by Scott Schroeder on May 29, 2009 5:02 PM EDT up reply actions   0 recs

I do these thing to piss you off....

unless it’s a completely misspelled, in which case my fingers slipped.

by Aisander D on May 29, 2009 5:28 PM EDT up reply actions   0 recs

Austin Daye....

get that boy a Ham Sandwich!!!

by Aisander D on May 29, 2009 4:48 PM EDT reply actions   0 recs

Or 72

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by Scott Schroeder on May 29, 2009 4:49 PM EDT up reply actions   0 recs

2 times a day..

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by Scott Schroeder on May 29, 2009 5:02 PM EDT up reply actions   0 recs

love the tiny ones!

they’re so cute. BK should make a commercial about them.

Also Known as "4D" one step beyond 3D

by daddydai on May 29, 2009 6:04 PM EDT up reply actions   0 recs

And include supermodels

and two dudes that look like Scott.

by Aisander D on May 29, 2009 6:09 PM EDT up reply actions   0 recs

Standing Reach

Blake Griffin 8’ 9"
DuJuan Blair 8’ 10.5"

wtf?!?!?!?!?!?

Also Known as "4D" one step beyond 3D

by daddydai on May 29, 2009 6:07 PM EDT reply actions   0 recs

I wanna see their vertical stats.

Also Known as "4D" one step beyond 3D

by daddydai on May 29, 2009 6:08 PM EDT up reply actions   0 recs

They're coming...

I predict Hansbrough’s vert to be exactly 22.5"

by Aisander D on May 29, 2009 6:09 PM EDT up reply actions   0 recs

The more impressive thing about Blair was that he lost 40 pounds

Also some of the point guards are really small, which especially seems to hurt the draft stock of Lawson. While one of my favorite second round picks Rodrigue Beaubois has crazy-long arms for a player with his size on a level with Rondo.

And Givony wasn’t happy with Griffin

-Blake Griffin measured out well from a height perspective, but he doesn’t appear to have great length at all. His standing reach and wingspan are both far below average for a power forward, which likely helps explain why he is such an unimposing defender and shot-blocker. In fact, amongst the 42 power forwards in our database who were selected as top-15 picks, Griffin is just a quarter of an inch from ranking dead last in the wingspan category, and an inch from ranking dead last in standing reach. Yikes.

DraftExpress also has added a lot of very good media availability interviews, and workout videos in some player profiles. http://www.draftexpress.com/article/Measurements-released-3236/

by Norsktroll on May 30, 2009 10:16 AM EDT reply actions   0 recs

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