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View Poll Results: How tall are you?
5'3" or under 0 0%
5'4" - 5'6" 2 3.51%
5'7" - 5'9" 9 15.79%
5'10" - 5'11" 16 28.07%
6'0" - 6'1" 11 19.30%
6'2" - 6'3" 15 26.32%
6'4" - 6'5" 2 3.51%
6'6" - 6'8" 2 3.51%
6'9" or over 0 0%
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Old 04-23-2008, 10:08 PM   #51
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I'm also 5'6". My wife was about 5'8" when we got married, and has since grown nearly an inch after having the baby.

I'm pretty short for a guy, and it's a disadvantage. I just work hard to avoid developing little-man-disease.

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Good thing she didn't have quints.
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Old 04-24-2008, 12:32 AM   #52
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I have never understood the little man's fascination with dunking. As we all know it is one of the least important skills in basketball, unless you are Amare Stoudamire. I theorize that being short is somewhat emasculating (not inherently, but through societal means) and that to dunk is somehow the most masculine act on a basketball court.

Personally I think the most difficult skill is knocking down jumpers off the dribble, but if you are 6'5" all any one wants to know is whether you can put it down (which I can't anymore). Inevitably these threads end up on these subjects. Ces't la vie.
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Old 04-24-2008, 12:36 AM   #53
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Knocking down a jumper off the dribble = not hard for a guy 5'9".

Dunking a basketball on a 10 foot hoop = hard for a 5'9" guy.

Depends on perspective, I guess.
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Old 04-24-2008, 12:36 AM   #54
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Well, I always assumed I was between 5'6'' and 5'7", so I rounded up to 5'7" But, I'm pretty sure I'm not taller than you, so perhaps I should have answered 5'6".

Oh, and I've never attempted to dunk a basketball.
Hmm... I thought you were a little bit taller than me.

Well, you should try and dunk sometime. I bet you got some good hops.
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Old 04-24-2008, 12:38 AM   #55
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Besides Dunking In Elders Quorom, who is the other 6' 6" - 6' 8" CGer?

That is some pretty tall stuff, right there.
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Old 04-24-2008, 01:02 AM   #56
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Besides Dunking In Elders Quorom, who is the other 6' 6" - 6' 8" CGer?

That is some pretty tall stuff, right there.
My guess would be our friend realtall, who has been MIA lately.
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Old 04-24-2008, 01:17 AM   #57
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Knocking down a jumper off the dribble = not hard for a guy 5'9".

Dunking a basketball on a 10 foot hoop = hard for a 5'9" guy.

Depends on perspective, I guess.
I don't see many people period that can knock down a jumper off the dribble, but point well taken.
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Old 04-24-2008, 06:11 PM   #58
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Besides Dunking In Elders Quorom, who is the other 6' 6" - 6' 8" CGer?

That is some pretty tall stuff, right there.
I think K dog is about 6'6". If I remember right.
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Old 04-24-2008, 06:13 PM   #59
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I can tell why Waters did this poll. It's a periodic test of the accuracy of the polls here. You see this one comes out a nice bell curve. Our polls are confirmed reliable.
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