who are short basketball players?
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['Muggsy Bogues – 5-foot-3. Guard Tyrone Bogues of the Charlotte Hornets stands on the court | Todd Warshaw/Getty Images.', 'Earl Boykins – 5-foot-5. ... ', 'Spud Webb – 5-foot-6. ... ', 'Keith Jennings – 5-foot-7. ... ', 'Greg Grant – 5-foot-7. ... ', 'Charlie Criss – 5-foot-8. ... ', 'Isaiah Thomas – 5-foot-9. ... ', 'Nate Robinson – 5-foot-9. ... ']
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Point guard (1): The point guard is the team leader and play caller on the basketball court. ... Shooting guard(2): The shooting guard in basketball has the main responsibility of making long outside shots including the three-point shot.
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['Honorable Mention: Jahlil Okafor - 275 pounds. The 76ers drafted the big man with the 3rd overall pick in the 2015 draft. ... ', '#5 Robin Lopez - 275 pounds. ... ', '#4 Andre Drummond - 279 pounds. ... ', '#3 Zion Williamson - 285 pounds. ... ', '#2 Tacko Fall - 289 pounds. ... ', '#1 Boban Marjanovic - 290 pounds.']
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Basketball – Wilt Chamberlain (48 inches/1.22m) and Michael Jordan (46 inches/1.17m) Wilt “The Stilt” Chamberlain owns the highest vertical jump in NBA history, reaching a height of 48 inches.
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Since an NBA game court is 94 feet (29 m) long, the midcourt line is 47 feet (14 m) away from each baseline. Half court shots are widely considered to be the lowest percentage shot in basketball.
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['Bill Russell. 12 of 12.', 'David Robinson. 11 of 12. ... ', 'Dave Cowens. 10 of 12. ... ', 'Willis Reed. 9 of 12. ... ', 'Artis Gilmore. 8 of 12. ... ', 'Billy Cunningham. 7 of 12. ... ', 'Nate "Tiny" Archibald. 6 of 12. ... ', 'Chris Mullin. 5 of 12. ... ']
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Kwame Brown can't palm the ball and he's a 7 footer who was drafted #1. Dwayne Wade and Tyreke Evans are both 6'4 with a 6'11 wingpsan which makes them so dangerous.
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['Bill Russell.', 'Hakeem Olajuwon.', 'Tim Duncan.', 'Dikembe Mutombo.', 'Wilt Chamberlain.']
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Basketball positions with the numbers as they are known: 1–Point guard. 2–Shooting guard. 3–Small forward.
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Leaping ability. The average WNBA player, at just under 6 feet, is about 7 inches shorter than her male counterpart. (Average data for all collegiate female players isn't available.) Height is only part of the problem, though—plenty of 6-foot male players can dunk.
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Players in a basketball game have assigned basketball positions: center, power forward, small forward, point guard, and shooting guard.
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Tall NBA Players Who Had Relatively Short Parents. ... This can be tough on young players with parents who are below six feet in height since how tall you are is largely dependent on genetics. Even with a dad over 6 feet, young basketball players are not assured they would make it to 6 feet especially with a mum below 5'4” ...
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Yet, in a 2007-08 player survey, the average player in the National Basketball Association (NBA) is listed at 6 ft 7 in (2.01 m) in shoes. However, from the 2019-20 season onward, NBA teams are required to provide accurate height measurements without shoes.
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['Omri Casspi (Memphis Grizzlies)', 'Danilo Gallinari (Los Angeles Clippers)', 'Serge Ibaka (Toronto Raptors)', 'Dwight Howard (Washington Wizards)', 'Kenneth Faried (Houston Rockets)', 'Tony Parker (Charlotte Hornets)', 'Tyson Chandler (Los Angeles Lakers)', 'Kobe Bryant (Los Angeles Lakers)']
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['Kentucky-107 players. ... ', 'UCLA-97 players. ... ', 'North Carolina-90 players. ... ', 'Duke-83 players. ... ', 'Kansas-72 players.', 'Indiana-66 players.', 'Louisville-58 players.', 'St.']
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With both rims at 10 feet (120 inches), an average NBA player more than meets the vertical jump requirement to dunk a ball (which is assumed to be the rim height plus 6 inches), whereas a WNBA player is short by about 10 inches.
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['Kemba Walker. ... ', 'Russell Westbrook. ... ', 'Dirk Nowitzki. ... ', 'DeAndre Jordan. ... ', 'Anthony Davis. ... ', 'DeMar DeRozan. ... ', 'John Wall, Bradley Beal. ... ', 'Udonis Haslem. Haslem, just like Nowitzki has known how to remain extant in this league.']