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Posted on 2/13/21 at 1:22 pm to patnuh
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Per Google.... Currently, there are 36 seven-footers in the NBA, out of 390 on active rosters. That's about 11 percent.
I didn’t major in math or anything...but I’m pretty sure that’s not correct
Posted on 2/13/21 at 1:25 pm to patnuh
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Per Google.... Currently, there are 36 seven-footers in the NBA, out of 390 on active rosters. That's about 11 percent.
Okay, so ratio that for the rest of society; that’s 330,000,000 times 0.11 = 36.3 million in the USA!
Posted on 2/13/21 at 1:27 pm to McVick
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My basic search on Google suggests a world average of 1.6 million below seven feet in height for every one person seven feet or taller. If the 330 million number for the US population is used an educated guess suggests there are 206 people that are 7 feet or taller. Some other guesstimates have the ratio around 2-4 million, which would put the number of people seven feet or tall between 82 and 165.
Get a hobby, bro.
Posted on 2/13/21 at 1:28 pm to PeteRose
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This post was edited on 11/4/23 at 1:38 pm
Posted on 2/13/21 at 7:00 pm to TomBuchanan
A Houston rocket player back in the 1980’s moved into my aunt and uncle’s neighborhood. The dude’s house had front doors that were 9 feet in height. The home itself was like 7k sq feet
Posted on 2/13/21 at 8:07 pm to patnuh
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Per Google.... Currently, there are 36 seven-footers in the NBA, out of 390 on active rosters. That's about 11 percent.
And there are probably another 70 that are 6'10- 6"11".
This post was edited on 2/13/21 at 8:15 pm
Posted on 2/13/21 at 9:21 pm to PeteRose
quote:be on the other end of this spectrum.
It must suck and inconvenient being that tall since society is built and made to accommodate people with average height.
extra tall >> extra short
Posted on 2/13/21 at 9:49 pm to McVick
Probably more than 100.
My grandpa was 6'7" ... and he was the shortest of his brothers. There were four boys. Great Uncle Lou was easily over 7 feet. I never met him, but he looks like a freak in the old pics.
My grandpa was 6'7" ... and he was the shortest of his brothers. There were four boys. Great Uncle Lou was easily over 7 feet. I never met him, but he looks like a freak in the old pics.
Posted on 2/13/21 at 10:06 pm to McVick
It's gotta be more than 206 persons.
At my wife's graduation ceremony at a S. Florida university about 10 years ago, I walked by a student (I'm sure that he was the team's basketball player) who was about 7'-2 or 7'-3". I never felt so short in my life (I'm 5'-11") and walking by next to him was pretty intimidating. It felt odd, freakish. I can't imagine a person that tall having to stay at a hotel with a standard bed.
At my wife's graduation ceremony at a S. Florida university about 10 years ago, I walked by a student (I'm sure that he was the team's basketball player) who was about 7'-2 or 7'-3". I never felt so short in my life (I'm 5'-11") and walking by next to him was pretty intimidating. It felt odd, freakish. I can't imagine a person that tall having to stay at a hotel with a standard bed.
Posted on 2/13/21 at 10:35 pm to Palomitz
Not to mention trying to find a car that would be somewhat comfortable to drive. I would hate to be that tall.
Posted on 2/13/21 at 11:01 pm to McVick
I have no idea but will guess 121 without shoes based on comments and analysis in this thread.
My favorite hobby is basketball and will also guess that I could beat 61 of them in 1 on 1 (full court if possible). If someone can get that challenge coordinated, much appreciated.
My favorite hobby is basketball and will also guess that I could beat 61 of them in 1 on 1 (full court if possible). If someone can get that challenge coordinated, much appreciated.
Posted on 2/14/21 at 12:02 am to PiscesTiger
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LSU people from the mid to late 90s...there was a white student who was over 7feet and maybe close to 7 foot 2. He hung around the Varsity and I’d even see him in Allen Hall. Tallest dude who never played ball I ever saw. No, this wasn’t Tuba.
You’re talking about my boy Nick. 7’1” and worked at the Caterie a few years.
Posted on 2/14/21 at 1:50 am to patnuh
quote:don’t forget all the ones who used to play in the NBA, and all the ones worldwide who never made the NBA
Currently, there are 36 seven-footers in the NBA, out of 390 on active rosters. That's about 11 percent.
Posted on 2/14/21 at 7:02 am to patnuh
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Per Google.... Currently, there are 36 seven-footers in the NBA, out of 390 on active rosters. That's about 11 percent.
That’s one year of rosters. Now go back 30-40 years for all the prior rosters and players that are still alive. Also, because of the evolution of the game to being a perimeter style the NBA has never been shorter. Just because there are fewer NBA seven footers doesn’t mean that is a good representation of how many there are in the population.
Posted on 2/14/21 at 7:24 am to chalmetteowl
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and all the ones worldwide who never made the NBA
My original question limited the number to only people currently living in the US. By far the highest concentration should be involved in basketball (pro or college), but beyond that I don't expect too many to move to the US for another profession.
Posted on 2/14/21 at 7:45 am to McVick
The Google machine says there are roughly 2800 people in the world over 7 feet tall
Posted on 2/14/21 at 7:56 am to McVick
I know two
Shaq and Stanley
Shaq and Stanley
Posted on 2/14/21 at 8:01 am to West Palm Tiger561
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There are prob like 7-10 pro wrestlers today who are 7 ft.
You know they exaggerate their height right?
Posted on 2/14/21 at 8:10 am to SG_Geaux
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The Google machine says there are roughly 2800 people in the world over 7 feet tall
And some posters think the US alone has roughly 1/3 of that population.
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