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I don't know if they even did the vertical measurement but some times player bend their knees a little and try to Bogart their height in order to get a higher vertical
i don't know what happened there. I watched some of the combine, Rakeem Christmas looked good in the games and so did Cook and Rozier.
who do you think helped, and who do you hear has helped themselves the most in this combine? Anyone hurt their stock?
yea, maybe for a lesser heralded player they might fudge around to make their standing reach lower for a higher measured vert, but I can't see the benefit for a guy trying to make himself shorter. Honestly, I think their nappy fros affect the ablity to measure them properly although a guy look oubre seemed to have similar numbers as more recent measurements. I really have a hard time mostly believing johnson's numbers. He has basically been measured at 6'7.5" and 240-250 lbs the last year and a half, virtually a PF's size. And winslow has routinely been right around 6'5-6'" barefoot and 6'6.5-7" in shoes. It's very weird.
The guys who helped themselves the most: in terms of the 5 on 5, i think quinn cook and rakeem christmas helped themselves the most. Other guys I'd put just behind them are jordan mickey, terry rozier, JP tokoto, and micheal frazier. A sleeper who also performed very well and could be someone's 3rd PG was tj mcconnell. He played great defense, ran his team, and had great assists with low turnover/mistake free bball. Guys who hurt themselves in 5 on 5: chris walker, tyler harvey. Other guys I wasn't so impressed by were chasson randle and oivier hanlan There's also as a number of guys who for whatever reason decided no to compete; people like rashad vaughn, dakari johnson, and others. hurt themselves I feel.
In terms of measurements/strength& agility, guys who really helped themselves were devin booker, jordan mickey, johnathan holmes, justin anderson, and pat connaughton.