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This article from The Athletic discusses the differences in height of players as measured in college and in the pros:
theathletic.com
Duke is apparently pretty honest - in this area, anyway.
"Meanwhile, Duke’s 25 prospects, on average, got nearly a half inch taller in shoes when they got to the combine. The program declined to discuss its process for measuring guys in-house. But the prevailing theory among opposing coaches was that players at schools such as Duke and Kentucky don’t need to exaggerate their height, because they’re actually as tall as you’d want an NBA prospect in their given position to be. Or, alternatively: “I’m guessing our strength coach is just honest,” one former Duke staffer said. “They do real measurements.”
Are coaches ‘full of s—‘ when it comes to measuring future NBA Draft prospects?
We researched the last 11 seasons of NBA Draft Combine height measurements, compared that to the prospects' college figures, and ...
theathletic.com
Duke is apparently pretty honest - in this area, anyway.
"Meanwhile, Duke’s 25 prospects, on average, got nearly a half inch taller in shoes when they got to the combine. The program declined to discuss its process for measuring guys in-house. But the prevailing theory among opposing coaches was that players at schools such as Duke and Kentucky don’t need to exaggerate their height, because they’re actually as tall as you’d want an NBA prospect in their given position to be. Or, alternatively: “I’m guessing our strength coach is just honest,” one former Duke staffer said. “They do real measurements.”
