Have they officially measured his vertical jump at the combine?
Have they officially measured his vertical jump at the combine?
It's clear that Miles has added a significant amount of body fat in his hands.
So when the NBA lists his stats, will they round his height up to 7'0"? Being able to call yourself a seven footer definitely "sounds" a lot better when you're trying to sell yourself as a center.
Also, this is off-topic but Austin measured at 6'-3.5" without shoes and 6'5" with, 205 lb. I expected him to be an inch or two shorter than that and a little lighter. Excellent height for a point guard, and I think teams could envision him getting by as a combo guard as well at that size.
Those body fat measurements are all messed up. They have John Henson and Fab Melo at basically the same fat percentage...
Jack Sikma scored over 2,200 points in college.
He sure doesn't belong on any list of college under-achievers.
Very interesting stuff. I'm genuinely surprised that Miles is, in basketball height, a 7-footer. Who'da thunk it?
However, I worry that teams will be concerned about his reach; 8'8.5" is more ideal for a SF (for reference, Gerald was 8'6.5", Battier 8'9", Singler 8'10", Deng 9'0.5"). It's a bit perplexing, actually; it's an extreme outlier for someone his size who doesn't have a strangely short wingspan. Actually, he appears to be the tallest player in recorded history to have a reach of 8'8.5" or lower - except for one Tyler Zeller, who came in at 8'8". Miles the enigma...
Really, a lot of the standing reach measurements from yesterday are a little strange, though. Anthony Davis can only reach 9'0? (shorter than Quincy Miller, Carlos Boozer, Derrick Favors, Kris Lang and Luol Deng?) Austin Rivers at 8'1"? (equal to J'Covan Brown, Stephen Curry and J-Will, 2" shorter than Nolan and 4" shorter than Sulaimon?).
The real winner was Henson, who had a spectacular, monster-NBA-center standing reach of 9'3.5" (signficantly higher than Drummond, Davis, and Ezeli, despite having inferior height/wingspan to all three). Really, "arm length" might be a more useful basketball measurement than overall wingspan.
I still remember in 1992, when Hurley was out with a broken foot, so Grant Hill was playing point guard, and at a timeout Coach K gave Laettner a rest. Cremins didn't see it coming, so Geiger ended up matched up with Hill, since Hill was the biggest player in the game for Duke. Hill's eyes were as big as saucers when he realized Geiger was on him. Hill did a little shake and bake and drove the lane. Got the foul on Geiger, but missed the shot, I think.
Yeah, he's in the Sam Perkins long arms club. Still think Sam had the longest wing span; I mean,The real winner was Henson, who had a spectacular, monster-NBA-center standing reach of 9'3.5" (signficantly higher than Drummond, Davis, and Ezeli, despite having inferior height/wingspan to all three). Really, "arm length" might be a more useful basketball measurement than overall wingspan.
the guy could almost scratch his ankles without bending over. Anybody remember the "Long Arms"
signs they use to wave at him in Cameron?
Yup - and even there, broad shoulders don't really "hurt", assuming a given height and arm length; they only hurt your standing-reach-in-comparison-to-height-and-wingspan, if that makes any sense. Thus my comment that "arm length" might be a more useful measurement than wingspan, as it would separate out the shoulder width component.
That's correct - the distinction I was trying to make was between wingspan and standing reach. Although I would note that one of the newer things they test at the Combine is "Max Vertical Reach", which would seem to combine standing reach and max vertical leap, so broad shoulders could theoretically "hurt" Miles there as well.
Now that the shoulders/arm length quandry is finally resolved, how many angels can sit on the head of a pin?