This is interesting. Official heights/weights from USA Basketball U18

[lightning1]

Patrick mcCaffery - 6'7 (barefoot) and 182 lbs
DJ Carton - 5'10.5 and 189 lbs

 

[tksirius]

I wonder if that's a misprint. Isn't Carton listed at 6'3" most places?

 

[JG10Hawk]

Looks like Pat is 177 lbs to me and the same wingspan as Carton at 6'6"? That doesn't seem right.

 

[RobHowe]

 

[WinOneThisCentury]

We need Carton.

 

[hawkdrummer1]

We need Carton and a power forward. (defender, rebounder, inside presence)

 

[revkev73]

We need a couple of PGs...

 

[GoHawks24]

We need defense.

 

[lightning1]

Looks like Pat is 177 lbs to me and the same wingspan as Carton at 6'6"? That doesn't seem right.

That can't be right. There's no way PMac only has a 6'6" wingspan.

 

[BryceC]

Of course it's right.

 

[SteveGarvey1]

Patrick mcCaffery - 6'7 (barefoot) and 182 lbs
DJ Carton - 5'10.5 and 189 lbs

If Carton is 5' 10.5" then does that mean Locure is really only about 5'7.5"? Not that I've seen them standing side-by-side.

 

[Fryowa]

Patrick mcCaffery - 6'7 (barefoot) and 182 lbs

McCaffery is 177.

Not good...not good at all.

 

[hawkdrummer1]

McCaffery is 177.

Not good...not good at all.

Fits the Fran mold perfectly. EDIT: before somebody goes off, I'm not criticizing a young guy who's battled through cancer. It's about Fran's apparent preference for skinny guys.

 

[thejumper5]

Height without shoes. Because there are lots of times where Big Ten players play without shoes on.

 

[Fryowa]

EDIT: before somebody goes off, I'm not criticizing a young guy who's battled through cancer. It's about Fran's apparent preference for skinny guys.

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[lightning1]

Height without shoes. Because there are lots of times where Big Ten players play without shoes on.

Exactly. I have no problem with kids being listed in shoe height.

 

[BigD]

Height without shoes. Because there are lots of times where Big Ten players play without shoes on.

Does this mean we should be recruiting kids from Alabama?

 

[thejumper5]

Height without shoes. Because there are lots of times where Big Ten players play without shoes on.

Looking a little closer, I find it interesting that shoes make a bigger difference for some athletes than they do for others. There seems to be anywhere between a 0.5" and 2.0" difference between barefoot height and shoes height.

It would be interesting to know more about the measurement methodology. Are they measuring the kids with/without shoes and then immediately measuring them again the other way? Are they waiting part of the day and potentially skewing the results (humans tend to be a bit shorter in the evening than in the morning).

I suspect that the range is primarily a result of athletes wearing diverging brands/models of shoes, in which case, I suppose there is some value in listing their non-shoes height in an effort to remove as many variables as possible in comparing the athletes.

 

[50613sivert]

Right. DJ has long arms and thick shoes.