CaribouJim
02-22-2013, 04:29 PM
I've been meaning to post this since the article was published in SI in November and maybe someone already did, but with Redick now on the Bucks it jogged my memory. I know wingspan is an important metric when making an overall assessment on a player, but this article just blew me away - some eye-opening stats.
http://sportsillustrated.cnn.com/vault/article/magazine/MAG1206340/index.htm
"The only active player included in the SI analysis, which went back to the early 1990s, with an arm length shorter than his height is Magic guard J.J. Redick, who stands 6'4" and has a reach of 6'3¼"—not terribly unusual for a human being but downright Tyrannosaurus rex--ian in the NBA...At 6'2¾", Wizards guard John Wall might not be able to see the very top shelf at the grocery store, but with 6'9¼" worth of arms, no doubt he can reach it."
http://sportsillustrated.cnn.com/vault/article/magazine/MAG1206340/index.htm
"The only active player included in the SI analysis, which went back to the early 1990s, with an arm length shorter than his height is Magic guard J.J. Redick, who stands 6'4" and has a reach of 6'3¼"—not terribly unusual for a human being but downright Tyrannosaurus rex--ian in the NBA...At 6'2¾", Wizards guard John Wall might not be able to see the very top shelf at the grocery store, but with 6'9¼" worth of arms, no doubt he can reach it."