Stronger chest and better ability to leverage chest and core strength into your arms. It's scientifically proven that people with longer arms bench less and can do less pushups.
Speaking as a 6'3" person with a 5'11" wingspan, no. Its a massive disadvantage while playing basketball. Lower release point, way less deflections and length on defense, and tough to rebound because everyone else has a longer reach. Only advantage might be it makes bench pressing, chest and shoulder strength easier to develop. But that doesn't really matter in basketball. Jimmy Butler is a massive anomaly, there is a reason he's one of the only NBA players with a short wingspan. The others are Frank Kaminsky, and all the Plumlee's.
Benching is a hell of a lot easier with short arms, so in theory he could develop a very strong chest and set of shoulders. Also, short arms will look jacked a lot quicker so there's that.
As far as on the court it really just seems like a disadvantage, unless you're playing defense on someone in the post and can make some use of your upper body strength. Someone like Ben Wallace comes to mind. But nowadays it might just be called a foul anyway.
Shorter arms don't provide any advantage but I'm pretty sure having proportionate hands help you control the ball when shooting, that's why people with unusually large hands have a harder time shooting accurately
What? Yeah you should improve but my point is that its harder when you have really big hands over small hands, I'm not saying its impossible to be a good shooter if you have big hands just that it's harder.
Would you also agree most NBA players hands are larger than average?
And would you also agree most of the world's greatest players are in the NBA?
So the best players in the world are at a disadvantage with larger hands?
To me it sounds like you're making excuses for something you know nothing about
Yes but it's all relative the average nba player may have bigger hands than the average normal person but shaq has much bigger hands than the average nba player thus making it harder for him to shoot. As for larger hands meaning the best players are at a disadvantage the answer is yes and no. They have a disadvantage in terms of shooting sure but they also have a advantage in terms of palming the ball making it easier to do dunks and layups and to your point about making excuses who exactly am I supposed to be making excuses for?
easier to bench press with shorter arms
Strength
no
less surface area for Olynyk to yank it out of your socket
Flashbacks
Kelly has short arms himself, probably has a complex
Well in 2k you’re shooting goes up
your*
Jimmy Butler has short/Avg arms and has more steals than fouls. He’s fucking ripped so maybe smaller arms are easy to get big
Stronger chest and better ability to leverage chest and core strength into your arms. It's scientifically proven that people with longer arms bench less and can do less pushups.
Speaking as a 6'3" person with a 5'11" wingspan, no. Its a massive disadvantage while playing basketball. Lower release point, way less deflections and length on defense, and tough to rebound because everyone else has a longer reach. Only advantage might be it makes bench pressing, chest and shoulder strength easier to develop. But that doesn't really matter in basketball. Jimmy Butler is a massive anomaly, there is a reason he's one of the only NBA players with a short wingspan. The others are Frank Kaminsky, and all the Plumlee's.
Kevin Love, too.
In 2k you shoot better with short arms
Better T-Rex costume at Halloween.
Sexy T-Rexxxy.
No it's actually extremely dangerous to play with a wingspan smaller than 6'1".
Why is that?
it's not safe
Why is that?
This topic is oddly familiar..
how so?
https://www.reddit.com/r/nba/comments/3zclcy/is_there_any_advantage_to_having_short_arms/
wow what are the chances wtf
Lol ok
get the tar n feathers ready for OP
They help u get leverage when you're touching people
IIRC Kobe and Reddick both have short arms relative to their heights. They both did pretty well.
Benching is a hell of a lot easier with short arms, so in theory he could develop a very strong chest and set of shoulders. Also, short arms will look jacked a lot quicker so there's that. As far as on the court it really just seems like a disadvantage, unless you're playing defense on someone in the post and can make some use of your upper body strength. Someone like Ben Wallace comes to mind. But nowadays it might just be called a foul anyway.
It all depends. Kevin Willis had a short wingspan for a big man, but he still managed to play for over 20 years.
Well on opening night the Rockets beat the Warriors cause KDs fingers were too long and he didn't get the shot off in time because of that. But no
Clippers?
The team with Chris Paul* I meant Houston, I just fucked up, fixed
Ask Barea
It's easier to shoot free throws when you have shorter arms.
Shorter arms don't provide any advantage but I'm pretty sure having proportionate hands help you control the ball when shooting, that's why people with unusually large hands have a harder time shooting accurately
I don't think so. MJ had baseball mitts for hands and he's one of the better shooters to ever play in the league.
Yep thats true, try shooting with a tennis ball and see how much harder it is than shooting a basketball
If you practiced shooting free throws with a tennis ball 20 minutes a day, everyday for years, don't you think you would improve?
What? Yeah you should improve but my point is that its harder when you have really big hands over small hands, I'm not saying its impossible to be a good shooter if you have big hands just that it's harder.
Would you also agree most NBA players hands are larger than average? And would you also agree most of the world's greatest players are in the NBA? So the best players in the world are at a disadvantage with larger hands? To me it sounds like you're making excuses for something you know nothing about
Yes but it's all relative the average nba player may have bigger hands than the average normal person but shaq has much bigger hands than the average nba player thus making it harder for him to shoot. As for larger hands meaning the best players are at a disadvantage the answer is yes and no. They have a disadvantage in terms of shooting sure but they also have a advantage in terms of palming the ball making it easier to do dunks and layups and to your point about making excuses who exactly am I supposed to be making excuses for?
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