David Lee and Pops M came out on the short side of life too...these measurements will probably effect more draft positioning than anything GMs see on the court...

http://insider.espn.go.com/insider/magazine/magBlog?id=2039748

Size matters

The NBA released the measurements for Chicago pre-draft participants on Thursday. Like every year, everyone came up a little short.
In fact, most of the prospects measure a half to three-quarters of an inch shorter than they did at the Portsmouth camp. Apparently tape measures are no longer a exact science.

• Cincinnati's Jason Maxiell measued just 6-foot-5 without shoes. However his 7-3¼ wingspan makes up for a lot.

• Florida's David Lee measured just 6-7¾ without shoes, nearly an inch shorter than the Nuggets measured him.

• George Washington's Pops Menash-Bonsu measured just 6-7¼ without shoes.

• Memphis' Sean Banks was 6-5¾.

• Oakland's Rawle Marshall came in at just 6-4½ in socks.

• Chicago State's Deji Akindele was only 6-9½, well below the 7-1 measurement he had in college.

• Gonzaga's Ronny Turiaf measured 6-8 in socks.

• UTEP's Omar Thomas had the most shocking measurement. He played power forward this year but measured just 6-3¼.

A few guys made up for short measurements with long wingspans.

• Maryland's John Gilchrist measured just 6-1¼ in socks but had a 6-9¼ wingspan. • Brandon Rush had a 6-11¼ wingspan.

• Charlotte's Eddie Basden's span was 6-10¼

• Deng Gai had a 7-4½ span.

• Banks had a 7-1 wingspan.

• Marcus Campbell had a 7-6 wingspan. So did D'or Fisher.

We got this posted on the other thread, but anyway don't get too crazy about how these guys all measured without shoes because they ALL measured about 2 inches shorter than where they are listed. It evens out on the floor.

Draftcity or CBS sportsline had mentioned in their article that Deji was about 6'11" with the shoes on so that is legitimate center height anyway.