9.55 inches in diameter (unless my math skills have atrophied to an all-time low) - a regulation ball is 30 inches in circumference.
I thought a basketball is 12 inches in diameter. The rim is 24" correct? I guess he may be 6'6".......but he doesn't seem wide at all, nor does he have big hands. Just my impression.
I got the 30" circumference figure from britannica.com, and by my highly scientific calculations (when pressed against my monitor, my thumbs are the width of the basketball in the picture) he is a little over 5.57 feet tall in that picture. Remember, we have no idea when the pic was taken. Again, this is assuming I still remember how to calculate the circumference of a circle 12 years after that knowledge became relatively useless in my daily life.
The NBA rim is 18" in diameter according to the NBA's Official Rules. I think the circumference of the standard NBA ball is somewhere around 29 or 30 inches.
The NBA standard rim is 18" in diameter and a basketball's diameter is exactly 1/2 of that... thus an official basketball diameter is 9"
I saw this article in the paper this morning. The sad thing is my brother will have to guard Auri this year. My bro is 2 years older than this kid, but loses 8 inches and over 150 pounds to him!!!
I feel sorry for your brother. The only "big" guy I know at my school is about my age, 15, and weighs about 296lbs.(probably about 6' or so.) He would be a great football player, but he has no aggressivness. He played basketball for a little bit. Not trying to be mean, but that was kind of funny. He would be useful for screens, though. (if we could only hit an open shot.)
Pete Newell said this kid's footwork and toughness was already better than any of the big men taken at the top of this years draft...
I knew another guy about 250 or so. About the same age too. I'm about to turn 16, so they may already be that age. Still... It was pretty scary when the 300lb guy was changing in the locker room. He did have a six-pack though....hehe...sorry man.
You didn't think I meant he had a "real" six-pack, right? Uh... he has the other kind. Its a 6-pack though. He also has man-boobs. Most of the time, I keep my eyes down at the bench when I'm changing. Too much nasty stuff around. I'm about to throw up right now, actually...
