NBA Pre Draft Measurements: The Long and Short of it
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!

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!
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Don't forget Pavel Podkolzine!
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by Jon L on
May 29, 2025 4:45 PM EDT
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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, 2025 4:49 PM EDT
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You and you're talents....
you’re like Captain Planet’s homeless brother.
by IcemanCometh on
May 29, 2025 4:56 PM EDT
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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, 2025 5:02 PM EDT
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I do these thing to piss you off....
unless it’s a completely misspelled, in which case my fingers slipped.
by IcemanCometh on
May 29, 2025 5:28 PM EDT
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Austin Daye....
get that boy a Ham Sandwich!!!
by IcemanCometh on
May 29, 2025 4:48 PM EDT
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Or 72
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by Scott Schroeder on
May 29, 2025 4:49 PM EDT
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2 times a day..
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by Scott Schroeder on
May 29, 2025 5:02 PM EDT
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love the tiny ones!
they’re so cute. BK should make a commercial about them.
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by daddydai on
May 29, 2025 6:04 PM EDT
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And include supermodels
and two dudes that look like Scott.
by IcemanCometh on
May 29, 2025 6:09 PM EDT
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Standing Reach
Blake Griffin 8’ 9"
DuJuan Blair 8’ 10.5"
wtf?!?!?!?!?!?
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by daddydai on
May 29, 2025 6:07 PM EDT
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I wanna see their vertical stats.
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by daddydai on
May 29, 2025 6:08 PM EDT
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They're coming...
I predict Hansbrough’s vert to be exactly 22.5"
by IcemanCometh on
May 29, 2025 6:09 PM EDT
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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, 2025 10:16 AM EDT
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