Re: sportstalk: diop has worst vertical in Chicago

["j.hironaka" <j.hironaka@unesco.org>]

At 12:09 15/06/01 -0400, OzerskyJA wrote:

>Eddy Curry - 6'11.75" shoes; 6'10.25" w/o shoes - 301 lbs - wing span -
>7'6.5"
>DeSagana Diop - 6'11.25" shoes; 6'10" w/o shoes - 314 lbs - wing span -
>7'6.5"

Curry is half an inch taller than Diop in shoes, yet only a quarter inch 
taller in socks.

I guess it really IS the shoes. ;-)


>Michael Bradley - 6'11" shoes; 6'9.25" w/o shoes - 227 lbs - wing span:
>7'1.5"
>Brendan Haywood - 7'1.5" shoes; 6'11.75" w/o shoes - 266 lbs - wing span
>7'6.5"

Bradley and Haywood both showed up wearing an inch-and-three-quarter heels. 
What did they have a date afterwards?

I wonder if these shoes were specially designed for the NBA physical, or if 
they actually play in them?

>Richard Jefferson - 6'8.25" shoes; 6'7.25" w/o shoes - 223 lbs - wing span:
>7'0"

Richard Jefferson's taller than I imagined. I wonder how his ball handling 
skills are.

>Troy Murphy - 6'11" shoes; 6'9.75" w/o shoes - 230 lbs - wing span: 6'11"
>Jason Richardson - 6'5.75" shoes; 6'4.75" w/o shoes - 213 lbs - wing span:
>6'11.5"
>Jamaal Tinsley - 6'2" shoes; 6'0.75" w/o shoes - 199 lbs - wing span: 6'7.5"
>Rodney White - 6'8.75" shoes; 6'7.5" w/o shoes; 243 lbs - wing span: 6'11.5"
>Loren Woods - 7'1.75" shoes; 7'0.75" w/o shoes - 245 lbs - wing span 7'5.5"

Stop for a minute and imagine a 40 inch vertical without taking a step. 
That defies gravity. The worst of them, Sagana Diop, has like double my 
hops on a good day. Coming in last in hops with all those WBs around, he's 
a disgrace to his people. ;-)

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