[Myth Busters] Comparisons and Analysis on Montrezl Harrell's Measurements

Anthony Davis must have tanked his standing reach measurements to make his vertical leap look better.

 

Agreed, so tired of hearing "undersized".

This isn't the NBA of old, players aren't gawking giants anymore, they are quick, agile, athletic, and versatile.


PF in this era are NOT going to be 6'11-7'0. I think we are seeing this trend come of age.

 

Great post! Very well stated. "length and speed" is the new NBA.

 

Harrell is basically two arms with a body attached to them.

 

Dorsey wants to know if Harrell can compete with this in measurements:

 

shorter hight, but competitive length and reach are actually more desirable. shorter hight usually means quicker at running the floor and quicker laterally for PnR defense and closeouts.

i think he takes dorsey's roster spot. in fact, (sort of off topic) i think all 3 rookies make the final roster, barring a trade. wood replaces jones, and dekker replaces papa.

 

Agreed: if memory serves, Yao was actually a half inch shorter in wing span than in height. While he was very skilled, I felt that his advantage in height was somewhat negated by his relative wingspan.

 

Maybe I'm reading this wrong, but how is AD taller and have a longer wingspan than Harrell but a shorter standing reach?

Not saying you're wrong, just not understanding it.

 

OK, we won't call him undersized anymore. But can we stop with this theory that the league doesn't draft tall PF/Cs anymore, especially when AD, Love, Griffin, Pau and LA are all classic height PFs.

We can say the leverage that Hayes and Ben Wallace used helped defense, but they were role players who couldn't score. The majority of the scoring bigs are still big, and will be as part of the definition of the sport.

I'm getting as annoyed by the popular theory that the NBA is moving to small-ball all because GSW did it against certain competition. Often in the NBA, we go to extreme viewpoints based solely on the success of one team. You won't be playing much small ball when you have all-star bigs on your roster, because they are big and it is an advantage still.

 

Charles Barkley was 6'4 and won MVP. Size does not matter and it's overrated. What matters is how good and skill a player plays and how smart he is and how hard he works.

 

Ask bbholic about his neck theory.

 

I hope Harrell is agile and quick enough to switch onto guards and wings. That would be huge for our defense.

 

Shoulders are probably more narrow and Harrell's actual arms are therefor, longer. It could also have something to do with flexibility in the shoulders.

Two theories, one might be true.

 

Paging jopat... this should be fun.

 

AD does have a pretty long neck.

 

WTF, man? I know you didn't use that player with that phrase.

 

Yup, didn't think about shoulder width. That makes sense.

But I'm gonna hold out for jopat's neck theory just for the lulz.

 

There never was before, and their never will be again, a PF that good who was that short. People who use rare anomalies as the basis of their claims are creating hyperbole. Size is not overrated in the NBA. You might be thinking of NFL linemen. If Scola was as tall and long as McHale, he'd be a HOFer. If Barkley was as tall as Kemp with the athleticism Charles had in his 20s, he'd be a Top 10 player of all time.

 

Spoil that **** bro.


Also I'm not sure how correct Harrell's measurements are, he was listed at 6'5.75 two years years when he was 19.5

If you look at him standing next to Dekker who is listed as 6'7.5 barefooted, you can clearly see Dekker seems to be at least 2 inches taller.



Imo his pre draft measurement wasn't accurate. Also Harrell's "In shoes" height is only 6'7.5, giving him only a half of inch in height, he must of been wearing flats because that is the least is the lowest I'v ever seen added in height from shoes at the combine.

For example Cole Aldrich is listed at 6'9 flat bare footed, and then 6'11.25 in shoes. His shoes gave him 2.25 inches, but Harrell's only gave him .5 inch? Everybody usually gets at least an inch.

It just all seems off, I personally think it's a safe bet to list Harrell at 6'7 in shoes at most. With that being said though, I don't think that means ****, because he has bounce, a gigantic wingspan and is strong as hell. A couple more inches of neck doesn't make a difference IMO.