Why do NBA players lie about their height?

Uncle Mu, a 2.18-meter teammate, revealed that Collins couldn't even look him in the eye when he stood up straight: "They quoted him four inches more, but in fact, many people's heights didn't match the list."

Yes, Collins was not the only one who "misreported" his height in the finals battlefield. Some people in the Spurs filled his height with short ones, but not to scare Collins. Power forward Ross marked 2.1 meters, but he admitted that he lied. Ross said that he was 1.98 meters at most, but in order to fool the scouts, he said an inch or two more for fear that they would think he was short. "No one will go to a low-ranking A-level school to inspect a center without height. They just say one more inch for me."

Ross's trick is very clever, so it is widely used by players in high schools and universities. Collins said frankly, "When I was in the third grade, on an interview day, I told our person in charge of sports materials to write me as 7 feet (2.13 meters), so I became 7 feet from then on."

Collins doesn't make many false reports. Mutombo thinks that larry johnson, the retired "aunt", is the most false report in the NBA over the years. Usually, people think that he is 2.1 meters, but during the Chicago draft inspection, the NBA manual marked 1.91 meters. Father Blake, director of NBA scouting, said: "The children were measured in Chicago and shrunk badly." However, the NBA is not responsible for measuring the height of players, so Buckley admits that it is only 1.93 meters although he claims to be 1.98 meters.

Ross also exposed Iverson. The NBA manual says 1.83 meters, but Ross said, "No way, he is only about 1.8 meters."

The height data in the handbooks currently used by the p>NBA are provided by teams. Some experts say that the amount in the morning is higher than that in the evening, and the human spine will be compressed due to the gravity of the earth. However, most of the false heights come from the players' own wishes. Some people are special, for example, former NBA star Bellamy is 2.13 meters tall, but he has to mark it as 2.11 meters. These two figures are very different in NBA. The former is 7 feet and the latter is 6 feet and 11 inches. Bellamy thinks telling the truth will make him look ridiculously tall.

Cole, a veteran of the Spurs, also told a big joke in basketball. He said that WBL, another professional league, really lied about his height. Originally, this league initially stipulated that all players should not be taller than 1.96 meters, but many players were over 2 meters, but they couldn't find jobs in the NBA and had to go to WBL. "So they all shrank by 4 inches in six months." Cole said that his own height is no problem, and 1.91 meters is 1.91 meters.

Ultra-short people are a brand in NBA, but Boggs, a 1.6m "little robber", has stopped playing. Now the shortest person is Bo Ekins, 1.65m, who used to play for the Clippers and Warriors. He once said, "The NBA always treats big people differently, whether they can play or not."

Stern, the head manager, doesn't care whether the height is true or false. He thinks that it will increase the mystery of the game. "If they tell the truth, they won't be able to beat you," Stern said. "Therefore, height is the most important secret on the court." (