Players must be barefoot or wearing nothing more than socks on their feet when measured. The same directive also instructs teams to look at the driver's licenses or passports of all players to confirm their dates of birth.
will have to start measuring the exact height of players this season, ending a yearslong practice of players fudging inches for vanity or gamesmanship.
The league's 30 clubs recently received a directive from NBA offices ordering team physicians to take precise player height measurements during training camp, league sources confirmed to NBC News on Friday. Players must be barefoot or wearing nothing more than socks on their feet when measured. The same directive also instructs teams to look at the driver's licenses or passports of all players to confirm their dates of birth.“A consistent process has been created to ensure the integrity and accuracy of the data on team rosters,” NBA spokesman Mike Bass told the paper.
The practice of reporting player heights an inch or two off has been around for nearly as long as the game has existed.
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