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NDWDave
NDWDave
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I guess you have a similar thing in Rugby where scrum halves were always small and then Mike Phillips came along and was 6’3”. Similarly Lomu was a giant on the wing

I guess if you like basketball and are small, you get drawn towards certain positions. Maybe it is like Cricket where wicket keepers are usually quite short?
SPR
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9:35am, 21 Sep 2020
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Never officially looked this up but, 5, 4, 3 are front court positions so height helps given you were traditionally expecting to play more inside in this positions. 1 and 2 more quickness required and perimeter positions so height not seen as needed and a limiter on quickness I guess. Obviously the game is more perimeter based and many tall players are quick now.
NDWDave
NDWDave
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9:41am, 21 Sep 2020
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Position Height (no shoes) Height (shoes) Wingspan Standing reach
PG 6' 1.1" 6' 2.1" 6' 5.0" 8' 1.2"
SG 6' 4.2" 6' 5.4" 6' 8.2" 8' 5.1"
SF 6' 6.5" 6' 7.8" 6' 11.1" 8' 8.8"
PF 6' 7.7" 6' 9.0" 7' 1.0" 8' 11.0"
C 6' 9.7" 6' 11.0" 7' 2.8" 9' 1.2"

I'm about the same height as the average PG which surprised me
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GregP
GregP
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[while we’re having a hoops break, according to the Seattle Times, more people in Washington support the Supersonics than the Trailblazers even though the Supersonics don’t actually exist]
GregP
GregP
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That’s great Dave - can you find a baseball one?
SPR
SPR
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9:46am, 21 Sep 2020
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NDW would be interesting to see current stats. If you'd asked me to come up heights for each position, I'd have come up with pretty much those numbers from based on that time frame (I'd have had an inch extra on 4 and 5).
SPR
SPR
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9:47am, 21 Sep 2020
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SPR
actually given the .z on the heights, it's pretty much bang on what I'd have said.
NDWDave
NDWDave
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http://wearefanatics.com/baseball-players-shapes-sizes/#:~:text=Size%20and%20Position,a%20bit%20shorter%20and%20heavier.

(links looks like it might not work)

Variation is much smaller by average - about 3 inches between 2B (5.11 / 190lb) vs 1B (6.2.5 / 225lb) Bigger range though I suspect
GregP
GregP
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9:58am, 21 Sep 2020
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Link doesn’t work but I should be able to reverse engineer it. Stand by
GregP
GregP
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http://wearefanatics.com/baseball-players-shapes-sizes/#:~:text=Size%20and%20Position,a%20bit%20shorter%20and%20heavier

Looks like I’ve got the same problem - but yes, second base is the little guy.

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