Joined: 6 May 2008 Age: 67 Gender: Male Posts: 59,889 Location: Stendec
28 Jun 2022, 4:12 pm
In the 2021-2022 NBA season, the average basketball player was 6’6″ tall (198.6cm) which is about 8 inches taller than the average American male (5’9-1/2″).
Joined: 4 Feb 2014 Gender: Male Posts: 87,510 Location: Queens, NYC
01 Jul 2022, 10:13 am
A 6 foot 6 person in the NBA is usually either a "shooting guard" or a "small forward." Like Fnord stated, it's about the average height for an NBA player.
There was a person who was shorter than me who had a substantial NBA career: Muggsy Bogues, who stands 5 foot 3. I'm just under 5 foot 5.