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Andrew Bynum Hand Size

admin — Mon, 04 Apr 2011 10:00:58 +0000

andrew bynum-hand-size

Andrew Bynum like most basketball players have long arms and large hand sizes. This helps them to block shots and control ball more easily.

How many points justin bieber scored in all star celebrity game?

admin — Sat, 19 Feb 2011 20:07:35 +0000

In his misserable all star appearance Justin Bieber scored 8 points (3 treys and 1 two pointer), turned over 4 times, got luck with 4 assists and 2 rebounds and for this performance he was nominated the MVP.

Nba.com even blocked comments on his video highlights maybe because they were all negative (notice in the screenshot below how it says no comments yet, but near the video text show that there were 7 comments left)

Strange Shadow On Basketball Court

admin — Fri, 31 Dec 2010 18:50:22 +0000

While Carmelo Anthony is attacking the rim, strange shadow behind him is watching. The shape of this shadow is odd.

Strange Shadow Carmelo

Kevin Durant Real Height 6″11?

admin — Mon, 20 Sep 2010 08:37:58 +0000

kevin-durant-real-height 6-11?

Looking at this picture can you say that Kevin Durant’s real height is only 6″9? Marc Gasol is a legit 7″1 so it should be 4 inches difference between the two (thus giving Durant a 6″11′ ). However from this picture it is clear that Kevin Durant is at most 2 inches smaller. Without heads those two players would be pretty much equal because Gasol has really large head which adds height. Having in mind that Durant has enormous length hands he is a walking 7″1 small forward. He will be a mismatch 99% of his career for other players. NBA should really have to update his height in official page because Durantulla grew taller.

Rajon Rondo Hand Size

admin — Mon, 12 Jul 2010 21:19:00 +0000

Rajon Rondo has some big hands. Even NBA commentators joked that Rajon Rondo needs hand reduction surgery to be able to shoot free throws more accurately. Look yourself at Rajon Rondo’s hands.

Rajon Rondo hand size

From this angle it looks like his little finger ir longer than his index finger, that’s really unusual. But it can be just bad angle and his index finger is in the movement in this picture.

Rajon Rondo hand lenght

You what’s gonna happen in this situation to poor Fisher. Rajon Rondo use his hand size to block the shot.

Kevin Durant’s Wingspan

admin — Sun, 21 Mar 2010 09:52:54 +0000

Kevin Durant Wingspan

A basketball player who has large wingspan can play taller than his height. Generally european basketball players have shorter wingspans than afro american players.

Various sources (Wikipedia and others) quote that Kevin Durant wingspan is 7’5. Having in mind that average people have the wingspan the same as their height puts Durant in the next category. He is 6’9 (2,06 m) but can definitely play like a center.

See how long Kevin Durant looks in this Nike Commercial:

Sorry, Michael Jordan Is More Popular Than Kobe Bryant

Joshy — Sat, 26 Sep 2009 15:09:47 +0000

I often see hot debates in forums or chat rooms who is the best basketball player. Young generation who haven’t seen Jordan playing is always sticking to today’s superstars like Kobe, Lebron or Garnett. Although favorite players can be a matter of personal preference but statistics never lie.

Let’s see who is the first result on Google search “Michael Jordan”, “Kobe Bryant” and “Lebron James”

Kobe with Jordan are the first results on Google for their names while Lebron is third. So if the amount of people clicking first search result is approximately the same, then more popular player would be the one who has the most page views per day.

Luckily, there is a service that can show you how many times a particular Wikipedia page was opened on every day. I ran 3 searches and now see that Michael Jordan is more popular than Kobe Bryant and Lebron James because on average Michael Jordan wikipedia page is seen by more than 10 thousand people while Kobe and Lebron is in the range of 6-8 thousand page views.

Michael Jordan on Wikipedia

Kobe Bryant on Wikipedia

Lebron James on Wiipedia

p.s. strange that on September 23 there were 0 page views for Lebron James according to this graph.