The Burden of Height and Talent

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There was actually always a chance the 6’11’’ Sanders would end up in the league: Pablo S. Torre estimated in Sports Illustrated that the probability of a man taller than seven feet making the NBA was a staggering 17 percent—sometimes, the game chooses the player as much as the other way around.

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There was actually always a chance the 6’11’’ Sanders would end up in the league: Pablo S. Torre <a rel="nofollow" target="_blank" href="http://www.bostonglobe.com/metro/regionals/west/2014/03/09/footers-percent-chance-playing-nba/fNnbP8zybYfXZtsw0eYPDK/story.html">estimated</a> in Sports Illustrated that the probability of a man taller than seven feet making the NBA was a staggering 17 percent—sometimes, the game chooses the player as much as the other way around.

J Thoendell
10:47 AM Feb 26 2015

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1 in 6 men taller than 7 feet end up in the NBA. Wow.

Adam Rifkin
12:05 AM Feb 27 2015

The Burden of Height and Talent

J Thoendell stashed this in Sports

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