He does look bigger but not taller by any means. That was the point. Simons has at least an inch on him from what I've seen?
Don't see it. Scoot looks a shade taller too. This notion that Scoot is a small guard (like Ja) is bogus. He's strong and the right height.
He looks huge compared to a lot of guys honestly. Every time I see him on the court I think he looks like a big dude.
Someone needs to go measure those guys. Did Simons grow? He's being announced at 6'4" now. Or maybe his earlier height was incorrect.
Didn’t they change the official measuring from bare feet to shoes a couple of years ago? Maybe the change is to reflect that.
Notice how when he takes off as athletic as he is, he doesn’t float like Shay does, or the other athletic highflyers. He is a big dude, and that muscular body doesn’t stay up in the air as long as those lightweights do. When he explodes toward the basket he’s coming down pretty fast which leads to some turnovers. But that big body is going to get him to the free throw line
I was going to mention that also but just didn’t really think Mr Mason actually knows. I figure he just reads what is in the paper in front of him.
I think his close scoring issues is actually with long, agile defenders that can manage to avoid contact with him. When he managed to initiate contact, he creates separation or gets free throws, the defenders that are long and manage to avoid contact are the ones that give him problems
O-live is tracking his progress in a weekly report. https://www.oregonlive.com/blazers/...other-jump-scoot-check-60.html?outputType=amp
Yep, as long as they are all measured the same way it makes no difference. Blazer fans seem to think our guards are short and no one else's are.
At one point Lebron was 7’1”. https://www.tumblr.com/lydiafany/68244222524/nike-technically-debuts-the-particular-lebron-9
Why are people so dense about this Scoot height issue? It doesn’t have context. The context is that he is a 6’3.5 guard playing with a similarly sized guard and in an “ideal” world, a 6’5ish(?) SF in Shaedon Sharpe. If he were playing with LaMelo Ball and Miles Bridges, sure, he would be perfectly sized. But he isn’t. NOW, if we move Simons and play Scoot at PG and Sharpe at SG, then the context is completely different and his positional size is great.
