The Eight Foot Two Schlub

[dana33]

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35% bigger in all directions. Eight foot two inches, 200 kilos

[/ QUOTE ]The guy was 6', 325 lbs and an average athlete?

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Check your math. A 35% increase in linear dimensions implies a factor of 2.46 increase in mass (1.35 cubed). So his original weight is about 81 kilos or 180 lbs.

[Oski]

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David,

No. Meet Sun Ming Ming.

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This guy almost hung himself on the rim trying to dunk on Jimmy Kimmel!

Ming has very limited athletic ability.

[cjmewett]

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There are perhaps 200 of those 6', 325 lb "average athletes" on the entire planet, and they're called NFL linemen.

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LOL, DUCY?

Hint: US: 300 million World: 6 billion

[/ QUOTE ]Yes, obviously there are large men with good athleticism in other parts of the world. Yes, some of them are even making a living as athletes (sumo wrestlers and other fighting-sports types, I guess). That said, 6'/325lbs is not particularly normal and doesn't occur naturally most places outside of the Western world. Even then, those men who grow to that size usually do so as a result of sloth and poor eating, a combination that is unlikely to accompany above-average athleticism.

So, other than to be an unoriginal tool, I'm having a hard time understanding your point. DUCY?

[cjmewett]

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35% bigger in all directions. Eight foot two inches, 200 kilos

[/ QUOTE ]The guy was 6', 325 lbs and an average athlete?

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Check your math. A 35% increase in linear dimensions implies a factor of 2.46 increase in mass (1.35 cubed). So his original weight is about 81 kilos or 180 lbs.

[/ QUOTE ]Fair enough if this was the explanation intended. I took "bigger in all directions" to mean "35% greater in all measures" instead of a literal 35% expansion outward from his present dimensions.

[El Diablo]

wally, Oski:

They had a special on him on Discovery Health Channel this weekend which included showing him in training. He has made a ton of progress.

[MCS]

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This is why JJ Reddick will never be a great NBA player, he can't create his own shot.

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I've been yelling about "creating your own shot" for years, and specifically re: Redick lately. Glad someone else agrees. [img]/images/graemlins/smile.gif[/img]

Joel, where did you play with/against Manute Bol? There's a good story about him (I think) in the Jordan Rules where he's flailing about yelling "Mother fu<k, mother fu<k, mother fu<k. Why you pick on me, you mother fu<k?"

[Kneel B4 Zod]

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David,

No. Meet Sun Ming Ming.

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this doesn't sound like a guy with average athletic skills:

"With his height he should have easily dunked it but with limited physical ability, it is very hard for him to jump."

[El Diablo]

KBZ,

You'll have to watch the Discovery Health special or USBL footage to decide whether or not you think he has average athletic skills now.

Once you see that, compare that to what you would consider "average" and then think about the fact that this guy is trying hard to make it in the USBL right now.

David's player would eventually start, but not right out of the gate.

[alphatmw]

after a year of training? maybe. instantly after he wakes up? no way in hell.

[Knockwurst]

Of course he doesn't start. Basketball is a game of finesse, agility, strength and above all conditioning. Going up and down the court for forty minutes is no joke, and an above average athletic thirty year old is not going to make it, without superior conditioning. Think Chris Dudley or even Shaun Bradley, who has above average skills and good conditioning and even though he's only 7'6, someone only 6" taller with average athletic ability is not going to cut it. Now if our hypothetical person is 9'6 350 pounds -- now that's a more difficult question.