http://www.goduke.com/SportSelect.db...45&SPSID=22727
1 Zion Williamson F 6-7 285 Fr. Spartanburg, S.C. (Spartanburg Day School)
2 Cam Reddish F 6-8 218 Fr. Norristown, Pa. (Westtown School)
3 Tre Jones G 6-2 183 Fr. Apple Valley, Minn. (Apple Valley)
5 R.J. Barrett F 6-7 202 Fr. Mississauga, Ont. (Montverde Academy [Fla.])
12 Javin DeLaurier F 6-10 234 Jr. Shipman, Va. (Saint Anne's-Belfield)
13 Joey Baker F 6-7 200 Fr. Fayetteville, N.C. (Trinity Christian School)
14 Jordan Goldwire G 6-2 181 So. Norcross, Ga. (Norcross)
15 Alex O'Connell G 6-6 176 So. Roswell, Ga. (Milton)
20 Marques Bolden C 6-11 250 Jr. DeSoto, Texas (DeSoto)
30 Antonio Vrankovic C 7-0 269 Sr. Zagreb, Croatia (Pine Crest School [Fla.])
41 Jack White F 6-7 222 Jr. Traralgon, Victoria, Australia (Australian Institute of Sport)
50 Justin Robinson F 6-10 202 Jr. San Antonio, Texas (San Antonio Christian Academy)
51 Mike Buckmire G 6-2 173 So. Blue Bell, Pa. (Germantown Friends School)
53 Brennan Besser G 6-5 190 Sr. Chicago, Ill. (Latin School)
Is Justin Robinson undergoing a Robinsonian growth spurt? I seem to remember he was closer to 6'7 before.
maybe I'm wrong, but I think these "measurements" are self reported...I know in the past you could look at roster "measurements" from year to year and sometimes they would could not be reconciled
with various comments from the coaching staff...
p.s. Williamson was officially measured in October and he was an even 6-5 without shoes...so yeah, he's kind of 6-7 in basketball terms...
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Why are you wasting time here when you could be wasting it by listening to the latest episode of the DBR Podcast?
Yeah, DukeMBB posted a video today of the team doing combine tests, which they do every summer. Zion reaches the top of the max vert bar and reportedly set a Duke record on that test. 285 is a little surprising though, he looks slimmer than in his high school videos. Maybe he’s somehow managed to add even more muscle?
Aside from Zion we are actually kind of a skinny team. Good height and athleticism across the board though.
I suspect Maggette and Hill predated this testing at Duke. But I'd not be shocked if Zion outjumped Hill. Maggette might be a different story. Henderson actually had a surprisingly low (for him) vertical at the NBA combine. Allen's number was quite good, but not outlandish either. Also, we don't know if it is the highest vertical or highest max reach (highest point at which a player reached on his leap). If it was the latter, then the height and reach advantage Zion has over Henderson and Allen would play into things.
I would think the videos make it very easy to believe...
But doing some math, if his standing reach of 8'7" is accurate, and the tweet of 2.3' above the rim is true, that comes out to about a 44.6" vertical. That would be 2nd highest all time at the NBA combine (going back to 2000), and in the top 10 historically depending on how accurate some reported numbers were (not sure I believe Wilt having a 48inch vertical). His weight of 285(!) puts him up there with maybe only Lebron and Wilt to move that kind of mass as high as he does (though even those two didn't play that heavy). He is a truly amazing physical specimen - let's hope his basketball skills (and health) can keep up.
For your reference:
Grayson 40.5
Corey 39-40
Gerald 35
Grant unavailable
I think we tend to overestimate vertical numbers based on how easily or quickly some guys dunk. At 6'8", Grant didn't really need an insane vertical to dunk like he did - none of his most famous dunks have his head anywhere near the rim. He was just such an amazingly graceful and yet explosive athlete that we feel like he must have been jumping higher.
Here is the video of Zion's vertical measurement.
https://twitter.com/DukeMBB/status/1015033823711711237
Coach K on Kyle Singler - "What position does he play? ... He plays winner."
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Didn't Dawkins have a 42" vertical, or something close?
I know he had springs for legs, and a jackknife for a waist.
And then there was David Thompson. 44"? 48"? 50"? Depends which video you watch after Googling DT. Here's the 44" video.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=uQPVKQIFxVk
He's still the greatest college player I've ever seen.
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FWIW, I was told a few years back that Carmen Wallace had the highest vertical of any Duke player in K's tenure. Didn't have an exact number, however. Wallace graduated in 1997, btw.
And yes, some of these numbers can be a bit iffy. I'm sure I'm not the only person who recalls DeMarcus Nelson suddenly becoming 6-4 as a senior.