NBA Draft Combine Tomorrow (5/16/13)/Measurements pg. 6

[da ThRONe]

I'd hardly call a 6'6" wingspan on a 6'2"ish (in truth, you are as tall as you are outside of shoes, so it makes Rudy Gobert, Durant, Otto Porter, AD's wingspans all the more freakish) terrible. It's just a lil' disappointing because you'd like a lil' more length for a 6'3" combo guard. It's what helps Gordon out immensely.

Agreed how is a +3" wing pan terrible?

[Eman5805]

Also, did I read right? Did Nerlens Noel weigh in at 206lbs? Jesus. As if I needed even more reason to not want him.

[Snarly]

Agreed how is a +3" wing pan terrible?

It's good on protypical height for the position. Most NBA players are +3 or +4. For a shorter guy like McCollum who has a typical wingspan for his height and is projected to be a SG, that's not good in my eyes. Especially one that is slated to go in the top 10.

[FlyGirl]

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Kansas's Ben McLemore says his first three interviews were Cleveland, Minnesota and New Orleans.

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[Eman5805]

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"Contingencies", me thinks.

``Based on what I heard from the doctors and trainers, Eric’s situation is pretty good for us,’’ Williams said. ``They just needed to clean up some stuff from him so he can be 100 percent.We feel like he will be that way well before the season starts.’’

http://www.nola.com/pelicans/index.s...rward_a_1.html

Hm...

[da ThRONe]

It's good on protypical height for the position. Most NBA players are +3 or +4. For a shorter guy like McCollum who has a typical wingspan for his height and is projected to be a SG, that's not good in my eyes. Especially one that is slated to go in the top 10.

He's listed as a PG from everything I've seen.

[Snarly]

He's listed as a PG from everything I've seen.

He's listed as a tweener. But if you watch him play a couple of times, you can tell he's more of a SG than a PG. I don't believe any team is going to draft him to be their PG.

Don't take this the wrong way. I think he's going to be a nice scorer in the league. I question his ability to be a full time starter. I think he's going to be a very valuable 6th man type.

[donato]

Shabazz Muhammad - Measured out well enough imo. 6'6 in shoes with a 6'11 wingspan. Good enough size for a SF.

Measurements aside, I feel like we already have Shabazz Muhammad on this team. Except he goes by the name Xavier Henry. Pass.

[tyler]

Random thought about the measurements...

1. Shabazz Muhammad - Measured out well enough imo. 6'6 in shoes with a 6'11 wingspan. Good enough size for a SF.
2. Rudy Gobert - There's no doubt in my mind, he's going to be a top 10 pick. If he shows good fluidity and touch around the basket, Look out.
3. Cody Zeller - Measured out better than I expected. Legit 7fter in shoes. Unfortunately, we have confirmation on his T-Rex arms.
4. Steven Adams - Measured out very well. As expected. He's a much better prospect than his late first round grade people are giving him.
5. Otto Porter is as advertised. Long! He's measured out almost as well as Aminu. That's great for him.
6. Victor Oladipo - I was disappointed. I wish he was his listed height at 6-5. No more SF talk for him.
7. Nerlens Noel - measured out very well. 206lbs is pathetic though. I could see teams shying away from him due to his weight.
8. Ben McLemore - Measured out good. A heair under 6-5 in shoes. This basically puts him in Ray Allen territory in terms of height. I thought he was going to measure out shorter.
9. Trey Burke - this guy keeps answering critics... time and time again.
10. CJ McCollum - 6-3 in shoes? With a terrible wingspan at 6'6. Major disappointment.

Can we please stop with all this 6'6 good enough for sf... I mean damn aren't we already small with Ej... 6'6 is an ideal SG not SF and plus he would get destroyed by LBJ, Melo , Rudy , Durant , George, even barnes

[Snarly]

Can we please stop with all this 6'6 good enough for sf... I mean damn aren't we already small with Ej... 6'6 is an ideal SG not SF and plus he would get destroyed by LBJ, Melo , Rudy , Durant , George, even barnes

My post had nothing to do with the Pelcans. Those are general thoughts. He's 225 with a 6'11 wingspan. That's similar to what Henry measured and Williams considered him a SF.

[Kibner]

Can we please stop with all this 6'6 good enough for sf... I mean damn aren't we already small with Ej... 6'6 is an ideal SG not SF and plus he would get destroyed by LBJ, Melo , Rudy , Durant , George, even barnes

Iggy holds his own against those guys and he is a similar size to Shabazz, iirc.

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[HornetGuru]

people put too much emphasis on height, charles barkley was too short for a PF wasnt he? how'd that workout

[tyler]

people put too much emphasis on height, charles barkley was too short for a PF wasnt he? how'd that workout

You named one person... and even so why would you want to take that risk on height anyway

[Snarly]

people put too much emphasis on height, charles barkley was too short for a PF wasnt he? how'd that workout

And yet, he still went top 5. There's a lot more to Barkley thank just his height. He was a freak of nature. Guys like Barkley doesn't grow on trees. He's a very rare breed. You'll probably won't see another Barkley in your lifetime.

[HornetGuru]

You named one person... and even so why would you want to take that risk on height anyway

I can name a hundred people who were undersized and were very good or still are good, ill do it later when I'm not on my phone, and the reason u take the risk is if u can play u can play

[BallSoHard]

people put too much emphasis on height, charles barkley was too short for a PF wasnt he? how'd that workout

Exception not rule. Nate Robinson is serviceable but I'm sure he's not was gms are looking for in terms of measurable a because there's so little people with length "deficiencies" that break the rule. We bring up chuck Hayes as well but all he's been is a serviceable backup.

[BallSoHard]

I can name a hundred people who were undersized and were very good or still are good, ill do it later when I'm not on my phone, and the reason u take the risk is if u can play u can play

I bet you can't name 100s of people that were 2 standard deviations from mean height of position at current year. They'll be outliers; there always is. I also don't think Shabazz falls in the extremely undersized dept like chuck and chuck did either. So I don't think we're completely disagreeing.

[bradael]

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With a 29.2% chance at a top 3 pick... if the Pelicans land a top 3 pick, they're most likely taking McLemore or Porter. They'd be dumb not to interview him.

[tyler]

So you are telling me Shabazz can defend the SF position

[BallSoHard]

So you are telling me Shabazz can defend the SF position

No, I'm saying Shabazz can guard a 2 or a 3 equally as bad lol.

[tyler]

And the fact that you all want to undersize on the position we need the most... To me I think i think the SF is strongest position in the game and under sizing isn't an option

[BallSoHard]

And the fact that you all want to undersize on the position we need the most... To me I think i think the SF is strongest position in the game and under sizing isn't an option

Who said "all of us" want to be undersized at the 3? Besides you.

[HornetGuru]

You named one person... and even so why would you want to take that risk on height anyway

ALLEN IVERSON, CHARLES BARKLEY, BILL RUSSEL, kenneth farried, dejuan blair, ty lawson, aaron brooks, avery johnson, paul millsap, damon stoudamire, nate robinson, earl boykins, spud webb, leonard robinson, LARRY JOHNSON, ben wallace, muggsy bogues, DENNIS RODMAN, wes unseld, ELGIN BAYLOR,

[HornetGuru]

And the fact that you all want to undersize on the position we need the most... To me I think i think the SF is strongest position in the game and under sizing isn't an option

never said i wanted an undersized guy, simply said they can be successful and dont look too much into size.

[UNO Gracias]

Earl Boykins, Nate Robinson, Ty Lawson, CP3,Monta Ellis, AI, Desmond Mason, Ariza, Dantly, Unseld, Chuck Hayes, Ben Wallace, Elgin Baylor, Muggsy, Larry Johnson, Truck Robinson, Stoudamire, Millsap, Dejuan Blair...what was that about size?

I would take a 6'3 CJ Mc over a 6'6 Shabazz.