Why do some NBA players lie about their height?

[mavs>spurs]

actually, spur fan would get mad at this but i think duncan is actually 6'9, 6'10.5 in shoes rounded to 6'11. they're both half a head shorter than 7'1 legit shaq.

[HarlemHeat37]

I haven't seen many, if not any, people that have that type of design, tbh..

It appears that he made it a priority to avoid any ink on his arms or shoulders, tbh..it looks absolutely hideous..the only reason for a young, heavily tatooed basketball player to avoid sleeves would be to maintain an image IMO..

[DeadlyDynasty]

It needs to be said again, but tattoos on black people look stupid as .

[mavs>spurs]

dunno, duncan's height is misleading. sometimes he looks short, sometimes tall. its hard to tell

[HarlemHeat37]

If they're dark-skinned, then I can see your point, you can't even see some of the tats..

Then again, here's a light-skinned NBA player's tat..if only he was darker..

[CitizenDwayne]

If they're dark-skinned, then I can see your point, you can't even see some of the tats..

Then again, here's a light-skinned NBA player's tat..if only he was darker..

That's almost as bad as Jackson's "praying hands holding a gun" tat.

[SpursIndonesia]

A nice pic for height comparison:



Damn, Yao's tall MF'er, 7'6" indeed !

[SpursIndonesia]

dirk and duncan are like 6'10.5 i think, pau is 7'0 and bynum is 7'1 best i can tell. i thought about this once a while back and that's what i came up with. most "7 footers" in the nba are 6'9 or 6'10 so dirk and duncan are in fact pretty tall. there are very few "legit" 7 footers barefoot. with shoes then yeah pau is over 7ft.

IMHO, Duncan and Dirk are both 7'0" with shoes, or just a shade under. Pau's clearly a legit 7'1" with shoes.

actually, spur fan would get mad at this but i think duncan is actually 6'9, 6'10.5 in shoes rounded to 6'11. they're both half a head shorter than 7'1 legit shaq.

Naah, as long they can play, the height doesn't concern me at all. If Blair can play better, his lack of height will never come into discussion.

One thing for sure, i'm glad that good guys like Timmy and Dirk can win their ring(s) without having to ride other alpha guy like Garnett did, rightfully playing as the no. 1 option.

[Spurs da champs]

Yes the angles often appear misleading & Duncan always has his neck down which makes him appear shorter.

[LnGrrrR]

KG didn't want to play center so he listed himself shorter tbh

Like Duncan however he moved to center as he got older

KG's only manning center because the Celtics have an extreme lack of depth at that position. Chris Wilcox was supposed to man the middle, but he started hanging around Jeff Green too much.