[arenas809]

The NBA released the measurements for Chicago predraft participants Thursday. As happens every year, everyone came up a little short.
In fact, most of the prospects measure a half to three-quarters of an inch shorter than they did at the Portsmouth camp. Apparently, tape measure use is no longer a exact science.

• Cincinnati's Jason Maxiell measued just 6-foot-5 without shoes. However his 7-3¼ wingspan makes up for a lot.

• Florida's David Lee measured just 6-7¾ without shoes, nearly an inch shorter than the Nuggets measured him.

• George Washington's Pops Mensah-Bonsu measured just 6-7¼ without shoes.

• Memphis' Sean Banks was 6-5¾.

• Oakland's Rawle Marshall came in at just 6-4½ in socks.

• Chicago State's Deji Akindele was only 6-9½, well below the 7-1 measurement he had in college.

• Gonzaga's Ronny Turiaf measured 6-8 in socks.

• UTEP's Omar Thomas had the most shocking measurement. He played power forward this year but measured just 6-3¼.

A few guys made up for short measurements with long wingspans.

• Maryland's John Gilchrist measured just 6-1¼ in socks but had a 6-9¼ wingspan.

• Brandon Rush had a 6-11¼ wingspan.

• Charlotte's Eddie Basden's span was 6-10¼.

• Deng Gai had a 7-4½ span.

• Banks had a 7-1 wingspan.

• Marcus Campbell had a 7-6 wingspan. So did D'or Fisher.

[mattmo]

Link?

[HKF]

Sean Banks is only 6'6? Man.

[KB21]

Is there a link to the measurements?

[ralaw]

Originally Posted by arenas809

• UTEP's Omar Thomas had the most shocking measurement. He played power forward this year but measured just 6-3¼.

This is one thing I could never figure our about camp measurements. So did he look 6'-8" on the court??

[The Mad Viking]

Well, the big difference is that they are finally measureing the players in socks.

Measuring in shoes is just stupid. For one thing, a player can stack two insoles inside a particulary thick pair of shoes, and add over 2" to their height. And you know rosters are always listed with fractions rounded up.

So no, none of these guys are shorter than you thought, other than perhaps Akindele and Omar Thomas, who appear to have been real good liars.

By the way, I'm 6-5 in socks and I spent a few minutes next to the Raptor's Rafael Araujo. He is listed as 6-11. There is no way he is more than 6-8 in socks.

Standing reach. I want to know standing reach!

[FtnIrish2]

Edit: whoops.

[jdg]

Originally Posted by The Mad Viking

Well, the big difference is that they are finally measureing the players in socks.

Measuring in shoes is just stupid. For one thing, a player can stack two insoles inside a particulary thick pair of shoes, and add over 2" to their height. And you know rosters are always listed with fractions rounded up.

Actually, since players play in their shoes, it makes sense to measure them in their shoes. I heard a year or two back that you can only have a difference of 2 inches between your barefoot height and your shoe height. I guess it stops guys from wearing stilettos to their measurements.

And I will add to the people asking for a link.

[arenas809]

This is from Insider folks.

[Max Payne]

So what about Sean May, Simien, Diogu and Taft ?

[Darius Miles Davis]

Originally Posted by HKF

Sean Banks is only 6'6? Man.

Yeah, well 6' 5.75" is the same exact height as Andre Iguodala last year. That's at the short end for the 3 position, but he should be fine.