Does Basketball discrimate against short people?
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Basketball only discriminates against people who can't play the game. \n\nIf you can play, it doesn't matter how tall or short you are. \n\nMuggsy Bogues couldn't dunk, but at 5'3", he played 14 years in the NBA... of course, in his case, you can't tell me that there wasn't SOME guy out there on planet Earth who was 6'3 or so who wasn't better than Muggsy...but he did last 14 years in the NBA... of course, no team that had him ever amounted to anything. Same with Spud Webb (who, at 5'7, COULD dunk, and in fact won the slam dunk contest one year, around 1986 or 1987). Webb played for 12 years, but none of HIS teams ever won anything of significance either.\n\nBogues and Webb were valued more for their gate appeal than their ability to help their teams actually win something.
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?????????? So you're saying that the TALLEST player has to play center?\n\nIt doesn't work that way. Players play the positions that they're best suited for, not because of their specific attributes...Although the tallest player usually is the center, there have been lots of instances where shorter players were centers. For example, when the Washington Bullets won the title, Wes Unseld was the center and he was 6' 7", while Elvin Hayes was a forward and he was 6'9".
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Guards abuse their knees more than centers or power forwards. Guards are usually smaller in height compared to towering centers and forwards so they have to exert more effort in jumping to reach the hoop. Moreover, they run the floor more throughout their careers so it eventually takes its toll as their playing years go up.
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not even that....look at some of the foreign athletes that have been in the NBA.....like the 7' plus tall ones..... just need some coordination and height.
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Yes, according to the Official 2004 NCAA Basketball Statistics Rules, an assist has to be "a major part of the play," which either finds the player already with a "positional advantage", or helps him or her get one. There is thus some judgement involved in deciding whether a player deserves an assist.\nSo to answer the question, no rule is in effect in college or NBA concerning dribbling.
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Why even diginify them with an answer?  Being a short person as well I understand your plight but you know what does being short/tall really matter in the grand scheme of things?  Embrace your height my friend and anyway it is being vertically challenged not short.
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ego. men has to be taller than women.. or so the society dictates. i doubt if all tall men preffer small women, most tall men i know preffer SMALLER women but not small women.
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If you even have to ask such a question, something is wrong... I suspect your opinion of your skills, size, or ability level is inflated\n...I coached high school ball for 8 yrs, and more than once I cut bigger, more talented players in favor of smaller, less skilled kids who ALWAYS tried hard...kids who always try hard are winners on and off the court
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you're asian. you're not gonna be tall. Yao Ming is the exception, not the rule. Are you Yao Ming? That would rock. We could hang out if you were Yao Ming. I could ride on your shoulders. I'm not gonna hang out with some little dude though. Are you short enough that I can keep you in my pocket? Than would rock. If you where that little I'd hang out with you.
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Way to go..sounds like another Balkan boy made it to the NBA top 10...selfish remark: feels great to be part of the nation of the "tall people"
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I am a collegiate high jumper!  I am white.\n\nA white guy won the last olympics in high jump!\n\nI have a 39.5" inch vertical, done the way they do it in the nfl combine, my uncle held the White Sox vertical record (after Jordan played for the Birmingham Barrons - Jordan's was 38.5 or39) my uncle had a 42 inch vert.  \n\nAlso, everyone stating that all of these people have 40+ inch verticles please check your numbers.  Only a  slight few of the nfl players have a 40+ inch verical (taken the correct way) and I think other than mens volleyball no mainstream sport has a high percentage of people over 40 inch verticals.\n\nIn college a main majority of all-american high jumpers are white.  Last year there were 6 out of the 9 all americans were white.  The truth is - blacks don't necesarilly jump higher or farther than whites but it is true that blacks are statistically faster than whites so that coupled with more control at takeoff in a sport like basketball or football would incinuate that more blacks jump higher than whites.  \n\nIt really is not a race thing, you know it is more of a genetic thing.  Therefore, blacks or African Americans are genetically predisposed to being more athletically gifted, though.  However, I will go out on a limb and say that the highest concentration a person will find of high verticals is in Men's volleyball and most of those guys are white.  I have heard that to get on the men's U.S. national team a person must have at least a 48" vert.  Now, I know my vert is high at 39.5"  but there is no physicall way I can add 9.5 inches to my vert and that is just being realistic so also don't by into these jumpsoles and stuff, just do powercleans or powersquats - preferably powercleans help more.\n\nSo to get a legit 4-6 inches on your vertical work on power cleans and plyometrics for a few YEARS!  Otherwise I hope genetically you were born with good jumping ability.  I dunked in the 8th grade and my brother (is a sophmore in high school) can do some rediculous dunks - a windmill and a 360. But, I can do a 360 windmill and he is almost 6'6" and I am 6'4" - that was just the training part that helped me. But really, it  has 90% to do with genetics.
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doubt it.  he fell because he's about 6'7" and played in a weak conference.  he's proving that he was really underrated coming out of college, but he's not a top 10 pick yet.  with his size, he's going to really have to play his heart out to get some respect, it's always going to hurt him, just because when he has to match up every night against guys who are 3-5 inches taller than him, it's going to be really hard for him.  he didn't have that problem in college
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Basketball is played by two teams of five players each on a rectangular court, generally 50 by 94 feet for college and professional teams, 50 by 84 feet for high school players. (These dimensions are called "ideal" in the rules; they are not definitely prescribed, and high school teams often have smaller courts.) The court is divided into halves by the halfcourt line.\n\nAt the center of a court is the center jump circle, and at either end of the court, 4 feet from the end line, there is a basket, a rim 18 in in diameter and 10 feet above the floor, from which hangs a net of white cord 15 to 18 in long. Behind each basket is a backboard. For college and professional play, it is a glass rectangle 72 in wide by 48 in high; high schools may use a fan-shaped backboard 54 in wide. Beneath each basket a 12-foot lane (16 feet in professional play) is marked, ending at the free throw line, which is 15 feet from the basket. The free throw circle is inscribed around the line.\n\nThe 3-point line is an arc 19 feet, 9 inches from the basket in college basketball, 20 feet, 6 inches under international rules. In the NBA, the line is 23 feet, 9 inches from the basket for most of its length but only 22 feet away in the corners.\n\nThe basketball is spherical, 29 ½ to 30 inches in circumference and 20 to 22 ounces in weight. When dropped from a height of 6 feet a properly inflated ball will bounce to a height of 49-54 inches.
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Bulk up a little if you want to be a power forward.  Also work on your quickness and jumping ability.  You are going to have to work harder to jump higher since you are at a disadvantage in height.  The extra mass (muscle of course) will help you to box out the taller players.  \n\nGood luck.  Work hard.
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Yes, I think so.\n\nPersonally, for me, short men are unattractive. (no pun intended). I am short myself, so I do not want to date someone who is smaller than me or just the same as my height. It looks really weird for me. But really do not get me wrong, I am not being shallow for setting physical standards, but hey, it's just me.
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Wheelchair basketball?
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That would be the 7'6" Yao Ming. Have fun at your first game!