i was thinking brehs - why media portray players bigger and taller?

[FabTrey]

so i was thinking again brehs. thinking is good nikkas. do it sometimes




ok i get that most NBA's listed height is a height with shoe on. timmy hardaway jr showed up with clown shoes and got 6ft 6 measurement even though he is actually tad over 6ft 4. i get that. kevin cac love at 6ft 10 which is a total joke, but whatever.

but why da hell media is also pushing these nikkas to be taller and bigger? how many time we've heard KD is a '7ft' or '6ft 11'? 7ft 6 wing span? i also heard 7ft 7 wingspan. lol how many times we've heard bron is '6ft 9 260lb' or in some extreme cases '6ft 9 270lb' i rmemeber some commentator said 'bigger than karl malone'. da fak?

i mean why are they still acting like it's WWE? NFL doesn't do that brehs. nobody say Gronk is 6ft 8 280lb. nobody says JJ watt is 6ft 8 320lb. NFL just uses combine measurements and they use the measurements. ain't no bumping up 2 inches or 15lb to make them seem larger.

i guess it's the NBA marketing machine doing the work? or maybe we just want these nikkas to be bigger and stronger? it's like how i wanted to believe hulk hogan was 6ft 7 and andre the giant to be legit 7ft 4 when i was young?

 

[jadillac]

NFL doesn't do that brehs.

the NFL & college football lies about heights/weights all the time

 

[010101]

entertainment*

 

[FabTrey]

the NFL & college football lies about heights/weights all the time

in college yes but not in the nfl especially when they have combine. i've seen nfl players measurements get rounded up. 6ft 1 1/2 dude getting 6ft 2 measurements.

but NBA is still WWE. my boy timmy hardaway jr. is listed at 6ft 6. i saw that nikka in person and he's 6ft 4 at best

 

[FabTrey]

entertainment*

yeah, it's 'look at these big nikkas doing athletic moves!' mentality.

i've yet to see an evidence where bron legit grew to be 6ft 8. he was measured at 6ft 7 1/4. i don't know why and how he magically grew to 6ft 8. and nobody ever says bron is 6ft 7 barefoot. everybody believes bron is 6ft 8.

same goes to kobe and mj. both of these nikkas are 6ft 5.

 

[010101]

yeah, it's 'look at these big nikkas doing athletic moves!' mentality.

i've yet to see an evidence where bron legit grew to be 6ft 8. he was measured at 6ft 7 1/4. i don't know why and how he magically grew to 6ft 8. and nobody ever says bron is 6ft 7 barefoot. everybody believes bron is 6ft 8.

same goes to kobe and mj. both of these nikkas are 6ft 5.

it doesn't really matter*