Celtics guard Isaiah Thomas, 5'9", dreamt of growing to be over 6-feet tall when he was younger, and he got creative in trying to reach his goal faster.
In Tim Layden's feature story on Thomas for The Crossover, he recounts a story from Thomas's mother about the method her son used to use to encourage his body to stretch to new heights.
"Thomas has always been short. He was not one of those kids who matured young and became dominant in sports, only to stall out and watch other boys catch up and pass him. In the third-grade class picture from Naches Trail Elementary School in -Tacoma, Wash.