LeBron James, 274 pounds?!?

[Blame Rasho]

I kinda doubt that he weighs more than a Tim Duncan which is 260.

[prekazi]

I don't know man as I said before I saw them both from really close in 2004 when they came to Turkey for an exhibition game and LeBron was looking much much bigger than TD(of course I'm not talking about height) which was really shocked all of us reporters at that time. I think he's somehwere around 260-265.

[astrallite]

6'9 is a crock too. In the TEAM USA lineups (lining up by height) he was noticeably shorter than Carlos Boozer, whose 6'7 3/4.

6'9 in dress shoes maybe.

or in baskebtall shows...

cuz, uhh....that's like what they wear when they are uhh...you know...playing basketball? i mean there is no way boozer is 6'7 when he's wearing shoes...

lebron is the same size and possibly weight as ben wallace

You'd need to be some athlete to run around in shoes with 2" heels.



Looks like Dwight has a better argument having grown from his pre-draft measurement (6'9) since he's clearly taller than Bosh (6'10 1/4).

Lebron is still right between Carmelo (6'6 1/4) and Carlos Boozer (6'7 3/4), and both of them were too old to grow by them time they were measured.

And Dwight is an eff'ing beast.

And humorously, to make up for the fact that his addidas shoes were blocked from the photo, he blocked the nike swoosh on his shorts.

[CzBoobie]

I must be blind but I don't see clearly taller Dwight in that picture...

[astrallite]

I must be blind but I don't see clearly taller Dwight in that picture...

That's true, could be postural differences, but one thing is clear, Lebron is not 6'9, and Lebron is not as tall as Dwight Howard whether he's 6'9 or 6'11 or somewhere in between.

Of course, height is not the end all be all. Shane Battier (6'8 1/4) is taller than Carlos Boozer, but he can't defend the post or rebound to save his life.

[Icefire10304]

Why are people saying this guy will soon have microfracture? I mean just look at his body structure and his dense muscles and rethink that statement. Players that had this surgery doesn't have the same body frame and dense muscles like Bron (Kenyon Martin is pretty close though). Also, his knees are very "tight" and he has a lot of muscle around it. Take a look at the pic:

[Neon1]

For the life of me after all these years on these boards i STILL dont understand how basktball junkies (which i assume people dedicated to spending thier free time on these boards to be) take NBA listed heights and weights for gospel, then ACTUALLY use "No he's not, it says he's blah blah blah on NBA.com"

Acording to NBA.COM or NBA listings/media guides in general....

For example Jameer Nelson has been listed at 6'0" 190 every year since 1994. Let alone the fact that he was never that light ever, (They add 1.25" to all barefoot measurements) he was 6'0" 193 at the draftcamp in 1993, Then in 1994 camp he was 6'0" 199.

Its been 4 going on 5 years of the same innacurate listing, and even if you had bought into him being 190 people dont question someone never gaining or losing weight just because "it says so on NBA.com"

LeBron was 6'8.5" 245 at the Draftcamp. He was listed 6'8" 240 every year till now.

Antawn Jamison measured 6'7.75", 230 in shoes at the camp and he was "officially" listed at 6'9, 235 in his rookie year and still listed at that 10 years later.

#1. They just list a random number thats in the viscinity for 95% of the players.

#2. Many players have gone through an ENTIRE NBA CAREER and never seen thier "official" weight cange from rookie year. How do people not realise that?

#3. Do you REALLY think that almost EVERY player weighs in at numbers exactly like...190, 200, 235, 240, 215 etc. and or never change? THEY JUST MAKE UP RANDOM NUMBERS PEOPLE.

/rant

[tombo125]

For example Jameer Nelson has been listed at 6'0" 190 every year since 1994. Let alone the fact that he was never that light ever, (They add 1.25" to all barefoot measurements) he was 6'0" 193 at the draftcamp in 1993, Then in 1994 camp he was 6'0" 199.

Umm, did you make a mistake there? I hope so because Jameer Nelson was 12 y/o in 1994. I guess you meant 2004.

[sixerswillrule]

This is getting ridiculous. James looks no bigger then Ben Wallace, who is listed at 240.

[Neon1]

For example Jameer Nelson has been listed at 6'0" 190 every year since 1994. Let alone the fact that he was never that light ever, (They add 1.25" to all barefoot measurements) he was 6'0" 193 at the draftcamp in 1993, Then in 1994 camp he was 6'0" 199.

Umm, did you make a mistake there? I hope so because Jameer Nelson was 12 y/o in 1994. I guess you meant 2004.

LMFAOO Yeah i mean 2004....Time is flying too fast for me to keep up lol

[astrallite]

For example Jameer Nelson has been listed at 6'0" 190 every year since 1994. Let alone the fact that he was never that light ever, (They add 1.25" to all barefoot measurements) he was 6'0" 193 at the draftcamp in 1993, Then in 1994 camp he was 6'0" 199.

Its been 4 going on 5 years of the same innacurate listing, and even if you had bought into him being 190 people dont question someone never gaining or losing weight just because "it says so on NBA.com"

LeBron was 6'8.5" 245 at the Draftcamp. He was listed 6'8" 240 every year till now.

Antawn Jamison measured 6'7.75", 230 in shoes at the camp and he was "officially" listed at 6'9, 235 in his rookie year and still listed at that 10 years later.
/rant

Jamison came in at 6'7.75 barefoot, so just like Boozer they were listed at 6'9.

Also, why did you say Jamison is overlisted by providing his barefoot listing, and then giving in-shoes listing for Jameer Nelson and Lebron James?

James was 6'7.25 and Nelson came in at 5'10.25. Nelson was wearing almost 2 inches shoes. Same thing Spencer Hawes did, he came in wearing 2.25inch boots to the pre-draft camp. The average basketball sneakers are between 1 and 1.25 inches. I mean I could walk around with elevator shoes and claim to be 6'4. Hey everyone walks in shoes don't they!! THINK PEOPLE!!!

The stupidity of the in-shoes argument has gotten so hilarious several sports writers have started to say things like "X player is 6'10 in shoes, with a 7' wingspan without shoes on his hands." How about this, I have a 7' wingspan because I always walk around with boxing gloves.

[Bwills41]

Well all those guys you listed take steroids. King James doent his body is all natural. so obviously those guys are gonna be bigger cuz they use steroids or hgh. If lebron used them he would be bigger than those dudes

[Heat3]

Shaq was a bad influence.

[Wilford Brimley]

WTF?

[Jose_Matador]

I didn't believe as well but ESPN also reported that he is 274 lbs.

I know this season he was over 260, me personally I believe he needs to get back to the 245-50 range he had in his 3rd season.

[RunMCR]

who cares..being 270 or however heavy he is didn't help him get past the 2nd round. it's not about size.

[LLcoleJ]

Don't bump old threads like this.