NBA teams were notified this week that they must certify and submit the precise height and age for every player within the first week of training camp, league sources tell @NYTSports
— Marc Stein (@TheSteinLine) September 26, 2019
Yes!!! I've been saying for a while that it would be fantastic if players could actually be measured before each season and have those stats released.
This is because every year, there are players who are measured at a certain height or weight, aged 18 at the combine, or sometimes even younger, and then proceed to grow. Despite this, their official measurement never changes. This is how we have people like Kevin Durant being listed at 6'9, despite openly being a 7 footer.
This change in regulation will put an end to this. If Zion has grown and he's actually 6'8 instead of 6'6, we will find out. When we suspect that a player has grown between 18 and 22, we will know. Almost everyone agrees that Ingram seems to be more like 6'10 or 6'11 than his listed 6'9: now we'll know.
Glad to see this change being made. Stein doesn't mention weight in his tweet, but I wouldn't be surprised if that is included as well, along with height and age.