Feb 24 2009
Giving Hope To Under 6
When you grow up and are under 6-feet of height, it is almost certain that a career in any of the three major sports leagues in the United States is unlikely. In the NFL, you may have a shot at making it onto a roster but that certainly does not mean you have a good chance at being a star.
MLB can also be a home for the under six foot athlete, but is also a rare occasion. In the NBA, it is almost never that a player under six-feet can play in a league built on giants who can play basketball like a point guard dispite being over 7 feet tall.
When thinking of shorter NBA stars, the names Muggsy Bogues and Spud Webb are probably two of the most well known players. Allen Iverson is always generously listed as being 6 feet tall, but is easily under that and probably stands a very tall 5-10.
This leads us to the 2009 Slam Dunk Champion, Nate “Krypto-Nate” Robinson of the New York Knicks, who stands proudly at 5 feet and 9 inches. He is a testament to the shorter athletes being successful in a tall mans world, and he is in the same league as the tallest athletes in the world.
“Krypto-Nate” has been a man on fire of late, in four of his last six games, Robinson has scored 30 points or more including last nights 41 point game. Men that are under six feet are not supposed to be scorers in the NBA, maybe PG’s but not shooters.
It is almost certain that growing up plenty of people told Robinson that he would be “Too Short” to play in the NBA, but he is proving the doubters wrong. Robinson was also a Cornerback on Washington University’s Football team; it goes to show you that height isn’t everything.
J.M.Saucedo
Too short, too slow, too whatever. It’s all you hear about when scouting athletes that don’t measure up to the “normal” standards. But it’s the size of the heart, not the size of the player. Good job in pointing that out.
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