When it comes to one of the most essential physical characteristics of a basketball player - his height - the NBA universe almost always misses the mark. We hear constantly about a player’s height and sometimes about his wingspan, but how many of you can actually do the mental math when you are told a player is 6-foot-8 with a 6-foot-11 wingspan? Does that mean he has the reach of Stretch Armstrong or a T-Rex? To make things simpler on all of us, here’s my plea to the NBA Universe:
Can we please start using standing reach as the new gold standard for height?