How is basketball considered a real sport?

[LetsGoIslanders]

I ask this in all seriousness. This has been a nagging thought in my brain for a few years. In every other major sport you can advance to a professional level at 5'10", the average height for a man in US/Canada. The NFL is a bit of an outlier, but kickers and talented players can be celebrated players at 5'10". The average NBA player is 6'7", way outside the average height bell curve and several standard deviations away from the median. It's like the most coordinated freakshow collects millions. It makes investing in a $500 pitching machine look genius than a basketball hoop if your kid isn't going to be tall.

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[KrisLetAngry]

Steph Curry

 

[Pharrell Williams]

Okay

 

[Bee Sheriff]

Just so everyone knows: LGI is a known racist

 

[Deficient Mode]

Becoming a professional athlete involves some kind of freakish athletic attribute

News at 10

 

[Legionnaire]

Only if you're Kyle Broflovski.

 

[Legionnaire]

Just so everyone knows: Anyone who calls someone else a racist, is in fact, a racist themselves.

 

[LetsGoIslanders]

Becoming a professional athlete involves some kind of freakish athletic attribute

News at 10

You post on a hockey board. Hand-eye is the freakish athletic attribute that moves you to the next level, not being 6'5" at age 16. John Tavares was, what, 5'9" 170 lbs. when he got exceptional player status?

 

[aleshemsky83]

There are short nba players but they lie about their height. Notice that like every point guard is listed at 6'3 but they're somehow all different Heights.

Golf I can agree with but basketball is definitely a sport.

 

[aleshemsky83]

Steph Curry

Stephen curry is actually a legit 6'3 contrary to popular belief. He had a bit of a growth spurt after he came into the nba

 

[MetalheadPenguinsFan]

Ok then

 

[Kairi Zaide]

e-sports require you to have a high eye width / eye height ratio and they're still considered sports by their fans.

 

[Legionnaire]

e-sports are just as much sports as Golf is. I think the distinction should lie with physical contact.

 

[Legionnaire]

Oh, and P.S. You guys are freaking racist!

 

[Deficient Mode]

You post on a hockey board. Hand-eye is the freakish athletic attribute that moves you to the next level, not being 6'5" at age 16. John Tavares was, what, 5'9" 170 lbs. when he got exceptional player status?

You know like 99%+ of super tall men have zero chance of making the NBA, right? There's a lot more to it.

 

[Carolinas Identity*]

I read somewhere that if you're legitimately 7' tall barefoot, that you have a 1 in 5 chance of playing in at least one NBA game.

Never really thought about what OP is talking about, their have been several smaller players who have had success. I am also 6'6" tho, so maybe it just seemed normal to me. I played the 3 all through high school.

 

[LetsGoIslanders]

I read somewhere that if you're legitimately 7' tall barefoot, that you have a 1 in 5 chance of playing in at least one NBA game.

Never really thought about what OP is talking about, their have been several smaller players who have had success. I am also 6'6" tho, so maybe it just seemed normal to me. I played the 3 all through high school.

http://www.nba-allstar.com/players/lists/players-by-height.htm

The list kind of thins out around 6'6" and you're also looking at an awful lot of players who didn't play in the modern era.

 

[EmeticDonut]

I would have understood this topic if it was about baseball.

 

[Legionnaire]

I would have understood this topic if it was about baseball.

What if it was about Baseketball?

 

[Kairi Zaide]

What if it was about Baseketball?

replace the baseball ball with a basketball and the baseball bats with a hammer!

 

[Legionnaire]

replace the baseball ball with a basketball and the baseball bats with a hammer!

 

[Bee Sheriff]

Just so everyone knows: Anyone who calls someone else a racist, is in fact, a racist themselves.

Yeah that's not how it works

 

[Shrimper]

e-sports require you to have a high eye width / eye height ratio and they're still considered sports by their fans.

"sport"

 

[cupcrazyman]

Must be hard to dunk a ball when you're only 6'6"

 

[Finnish your Czech]

I think it's a sport