Re: Chicago measurements

[Kestutis.Kveraga@xxxxxxxxxxxxx (Kestutis Kveraga)]

--- You wrote:
Here's a link to all the measurements at the Chicago pre-draft camp. No real
surprises, other than T.J. Ford being even shorter than advertised.
--- end of quote ---

Wow...I knew he was short, maybe even shorter than 5'8" or whatever his real
height is supposed to be, but 0'0"?! With a wingspan of 0'0"?! You can't do
much with a wingspan like that. 
Speaking of short (although in other realms they may be considered 'normal')
wingspans, it's funny how you can pick out all the white guys in the camp  just
by looking at the height/wingspan ratio. If the wingspan is about the same as
the height, it's a white guy. If the wingspan is 3-10 inches longer than the
height, it's a black guy. There are a few exceptions (LaVell Blanchard, Joel
Cornette), but basically there's very little overlap in the distributions.  The
lesson here: you can safely subtract a couple of inches from the height of any
white player (save for someone like McHale, maybe) when making NBA comparisons,
because that's their effective "height" in NBA basketball. 

Kestas