What about Gerald Green?

[DaDakota]

why are u still posting in this thread? all but one of us Spurs fans have made it clear we don't want this jackass. If you want him, fine....take that piece of garbage and run with it.....and continue to bow out in the 1st round....

Oh, sorry, I didn't realize that when Biggems decides that all Spurs fans fall in line....my bad.



DD

[exstatic]

wrong

green = 48 inch vertical

http://archive.southcoasttoday.com/d...7/13sports.htm

i like green, plus his stroke is underrated

That's like believing something from a Buck Harvey column. Are you really that gullible? No one has a 48" vert. If the combine measured him at 39", then his vert is that, plus or minus maybe an inch.

[exstatic]

I'm all for working and refining a player's game or their at ude, but not both. That's too big a project.

[angelbelow]

he just doesnt have the work ethic, if one day it clicks then we'll take him. i think hes got all star potential, if only he had half of kobes work ethic.

[ChumpDumper]

wrong

green = 48 inch vertical

http://archive.southcoasttoday.com/d...7/13sports.htm

i like green, plus his stroke is underrated

As a rookie, Green said, his vertical leap was measured at 46 inches. He doesn't know what it is now, but suspects it is a couple of inches higher. In any case, he is reaching rare heights with his dunks.

http://www.boston.com/sports/basketb...serious_stuff/

So Green claims his vertical leap increased seven inches in a couple of months, then two more in a year -- and another newspaper adds the two numbers.

And another internets legend is born....

[Kill_Bill_Pana]

He was 18 years old when he did that, he was still growing, I believe.

DD

If look at nbadraft.net can see 6-8 is listing from high school. They never change it. He is list 6-8 200 in high school but NBA measure him 6-7 192. I see in Celtics blog they see he end up 6-7 225.

Still very good size for SG player.

[anakha]

Owned by Kill_Bill.

Oh, the humanity...

[mystargtr34]

at Gerald Green saying his vertical leap was 46 inches when he was measured at 39.

39 is probably the maximum humanly possible for someone that tall.

[JamStone]

It's entirely possible that a 18 year old kid that had a 39 inch vertical could improve it 9 inches after weight training and conditioning over a couple years.

[The Franchise]

It's entirely possible that a 18 year old kid that had a 39 inch vertical could improve it 9 inches after weight training and conditioning over a couple years.

I agree. Carl Landry improved his by 4.5 inches over the summer last year.

[FilSpursFan]

We don't need his dunks.. next!

[exstatic]

It's entirely possible that a 18 year old kid that had a 39 inch vertical could improve it 9 inches after weight training and conditioning over a couple years.

The problem with that is that it wasn't a couple of years, it was a few months. I would also think it more probable to happen if the vertical weren't already very good, and the inflated figure weren't impossible. Dominique, one of the best skywalkers in NBA history, didn't have anywhere near a 48" vert. The best vert in the combine last year ( and they're all being coached and prepped now) was 42".

[mystargtr34]

Good point... i could believe someone with a 14" standing vert like Jared Jordan to increase his vert to about 22" in a 'couple years'... but for a guy who is so developed with a 39" vert... being 6'7" also... i could probably see him maxing out at 41" or 42"...even thats unlikely.

I mean is it even possible for a human being to have a vert above 45"?

[outmap]

I think he has plenty mentally, he has just been with two horrible franchises, and has not had time to be trained.

You guys don't think him being around Pop, Manu, Duncan, and Parker etc.....would teach him how to be a professional?

I think he could become a great player in the right situation, and that has to be on a team with established leaders, and a system.

To me, that is San Antonio.

Heck, he would probably only cost the LLE.....

DD

At LLE, sure! The Spurs can gamble.

[Biggems]

Good point... i could believe someone with a 14" standing vert like Jared Jordan to increase his vert to about 22" in a 'couple years'... but for a guy who is so developed with a 39" vert... being 6'7" also... i could probably see him maxing out at 41" or 42"...even thats unlikely.

I mean is it even possible for a human being to have a vert above 45"?

it depends........are his genes spliced with kangaroo, rabbit, grasshopper, or flea?

[spursjustice]

wrong

green = 48 inch vertical

http://archive.southcoasttoday.com/d...7/13sports.htm

i like green, plus his stroke is underrated

Could that be his vertical after one step?
A 48-inch vertical is pretty amazing. I am in no position to say that article is wrong, but I believe the scouting reports more.

[mystargtr34]

yea... hey you decided to finally come to a real forum.... werent you on espn.com boards for a while...

I think we were the only Spurs fans there.... the other 5 thousand members were Lakers/Cavs/Heat fans

[mystargtr34]

Could that be his vertical after one step?
A 48-inch vertical is pretty amazing. I am in no position to say that article is wrong, but I believe the scouting reports more.

come on now you think that would be a standing vert?

The highest standing vert EVER recorded was 36 inches i believe by some high jumper/.. but i have no link so dont take my word ...

The max standing vert in the NBA is probably about 32"

Were talkin Max vert...

[manufor3]

I think he has plenty mentally, he has just been with two horrible franchises, and has not had time to be trained.

You guys don't think him being around Pop, Manu, Duncan, and Parker etc.....would teach him how to be a professional?

I think he could become a great player in the right situation, and that has to be on a team with established leaders, and a system.

To me, that is San Antonio.

Heck, he would probably only cost the LLE.....

DD

you mean the t'wolves and rockets?

[spursjustice]

come on now you think that would be a standing vert?

The highest standing vert EVER recorded was 36 inches i believe by some high jumper/.. but i have no link so dont take my word ...

The max standing vert in the NBA is probably about 32"

Were talkin Max vert...

This is pushing my memory, butdidn't Antonio McDyess and Darvin Ham have verticals of 42"? McDyess also had a one step vertical of 51".

I am big on links but I am work now and don't have time to google it

[JamStone]

Michael Jordan had a 48 inch vertical.

I read somewhere that Spudd Webb increased his vertical from 34 to 46 inches in his early 20s.

If it doesn't specifically say "standing" vertical, a "vertical jump" is with off a few steps, or "max vertical."

The article that stated Gerald Green had a 48 inch vertical was this past February before the all star weekend dunk contest. His combine vertical of 39 inches was in the summer of 2005.

The world record for a vertical jump is about 61 inches.