tale of the tape

["Thomas Murphy" <tfmiii@worldnet.att.net>]

Which is it - does Murphy have really short arms or are the two wingmen next
to him just freaks?

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

At first I thought Murphy must be suffering from Michael Smith/Kevin Willis
sized arms but then I noticed that his wingspan was only a bit shorter than
kwame brown or tyson chandler. Of course THEY may have short arms too! (esp.
when compared with Diop, Woods and Haywood). Bradley does look good in
comparison with Murph in terms of wingspan given they are the same size -
when in shoes.

Too bad we can't get these measurement for active players - I wonder what
Walker and Pierce measure out compared to say Waltah and Moiso?

> Shane Battier - 6'9.5" shoes; 6'8.25" w/o shoes - 229 lbs - wing span:
> 6'10.5"
> Michael Bradley - 6'11" shoes; 6'9.25" w/o shoes - 227 lbs - wing span:
> 7'1.5"
> Kwame Brown - 6'11.5" shoes; 6'10" w/o shoes - 243 lbs - wing span: 7'1"
> Tyson Chandler - 7'0.5" shoes; 6'11.5" w/o shoes - 224 lbs - wing span:
7'1"
> Jason Collins - 6'11.5" shoes; 6'10.25" w/o shoes - 251 lbs - wing span -
> 7'4.5"
> 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"
> Joe Forte - 6'4.5" shoes; 6'3.5" w/o shoes - 193 lbs - wing span 6'6.5"
> Eddie Griffin - 6'10.25" shoes; 6'9.25" w/o shoes - 222 lbs - wing span
7'3"
> Brendan Haywood - 7'1.5" shoes; 6'11.75" w/o shoes - 266 lbs - wing span
> 7'6.5"
> 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"