Length is a commodity

roslolian · Oct 31, 2025 at 2:54 AM

Rokman said: ↑

I've actually thought a perfect team would consist of nearly all 6'8" guys for 25 years. Seems to be more of those guys who are very skilled all the way around than the 6'9" guys.
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The perfect team is actually 5 Wembys so 5 7'6 guys. It used to be 5 Lebrons but 7'6 with shooting and skills is almost impossible to beat.

basso · Oct 31, 2025 at 6:50 AM

Dr of Dunk said: ↑

Yeah, and Hakeem was always listed as 7'0". It's been speculated for a while that Magic Johnson wasn't really that tall. People have been arguing about it forever. Even standing next to Bird, he was probably 1-2" shorter in many pics (there's one where they're fighting over a championship trophy where Larry's not standing up straight and he still looked 2" taller.), but then I think Larry was probably at least an inch taller than he was listed (6'9"), too. But anyway, I once read someone post that Magic said in one of his books he was something like 6'7" or 6'8", but I never verified. Magic also said he was 6'9" once to Conan O'Brien while they were standing next to one another. Conan is 6'4" and it sure didn't look like there was 5" of height difference between them. Even if a quote from one of his books says he was shorter, he's also said he was 6'9", too. In the end, it's a who knows - that's why I was saying it was debatable.
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Akeem was 6' 10" at best, probably even shorter now. when he stands next to Yao, it's startling how much bigger Yao is.

I always thought Magic played, and stood, with a bit of a hunched back.

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