05-10-2023, 04:35 PM
(05-09-2023, 10:55 PM)SweetFidelia Wrote: This height / injury discussion has been brought up by Craig Miller of The Ticket on multiple occasions. The magic # is 7’3” and up. Weight isn’t really a factor. You can find much stuff on the web, such as…As of 2019, only 26 players in NBA history. Only 12 played over 2 NBA seasons (total games). HOF: Ming, Sampson, Sabonis. Porzingis would probably be the next best (highest PPG on the list). Then you’ve got guys like Smits and Ilgauskas….pretty good players. The 3 HOF guys only have 5-6 seasons of games played due to injuries. Sabonis was 31 when he was finally allowed to come over but went downhill pretty fast. Eaton is the games leader at 875. He was never hurt. It’s a really, really small sample, but it’s worth considering.
Sports announcers have not done a lot of research on this. They just go by what someone else has said. Most of 7'3" players didn't play because they sucked, not because they were injured.
There are 12 players that were complete spares:
Chuck Nevitt 7'5"
Pavel Podkolzin 7'5"
Sim Bhullar 7'5"
Priest Lauderdale 7'4"
Peter John Ramos 7'3"
Hasheem Thabeet 7'3"
Swede Halbrook 7'3"
Keith Closs 7'3"
Ha Seung-Jin 7'3"
Aleksandar Radojevic 7'3"
Walter Tavares 7'3"
Tibor Pleiß 7'3"
Then you have a probable spare:
Tacko Fall 7'5"
Then you have your career backup players:
Boban Marjanovic 7'4"
Randy Breuer 7'3"
Lets eliminate the player with a pituitary gland disorder:
Gheorge Muresan 7'7"
So already 16 of your 26 players are eliminated. I can go through the rest if you like. Spoiler alert, injuries only derailed the careers of 2 of them (Sampson & Ming)