Basketball is the sport of the elderly, this sentence will never go out of style, although the god of basketball Jordan is not the highest basketball player in history, but he is also taller than most of the same position players, much taller than ordinary people, although the NBA history has worms, Weber and other short players, but the height they reached in their careers everyone can see, height may not determine your upper limit, but in basketball he can determine your lower limit.
Today we will take stock of the highest players in each position in the league, generally speaking, in the case of sufficient height in the same position, this player will have a great advantage, such as the magician, who is 2.06 meters tall to play point guard, that is, everyone in that era did not like to shoot three points, otherwise the magician's three-point general defender could not interfere at all, even if he did not shoot three points, his back play was also a lot of backcourts.
Point Guard Simmons
Although the Magician is tall enough, but he is not the tallest player in this position, now the Nets player Simmons is the highest point guard in history, his height is as high as 2.11 meters, higher than most of the short centers now, which also gives Simmons the advantage at both ends of the attack and defense, if not no projection ability, coupled with poor psychological quality, it is estimated that Simmons has now become the league's top twenty level players.
Simmons's height advantage is still very helpful to him, a small defender is difficult to complete in the face of his singles, after all, Simmons in addition to the height advantage, his speed is also extremely outstanding, without speed, his height is definitely not able to play the No. 1 position, while Simmons can change multiple positions, he is one of the most comprehensive players in active defense, and playing point guard, height also ensures his passing vision, organizational ability is very good.
Wing back Maddy
Maddy's professional forward guard swingman, more often occupying the No. 2 position, so he also became one of the four quarterbacks that year, Maddy's height reached 2.06 meters, as tall as the old Zhan, and he also had the fastest first step in the league that year, almost everyone was misplaced, Maddy was not the peak in the Rockets period, because of the problem of waist injuries and his lack of training hard, which also led to him not reaching the height expected by fans.
Maddy's peak was the Magic to win two scoring kings in the past two years, facing the same position players, his dry pull can not be defended at all, Kobe defense is good enough, but he also said in the previous interview that the most difficult to deal with is Maddy, and Maddy also has the fastest first step in the league, not to mention taking a big defense against him, the last extremely fast defender to defend is also a step over, Jordan was envious of Maddy's talent, can be said to be one of the best talented players in history.
Small forward Durant
Durant's height is reported to be 2.08 meters, in fact, he is also false, his height is higher than many 2.10 meters center forwards, but also has a pair of long arms to make many opponents helpless, Durant's arm span reached a terrifying 2.25 meters, height arm length also ensures that Durant can complete an efficient attack, while Durant although the figure looks emaciated, but the body muscle lines are clear, and Garnett is similar, the confrontation ability is very strong.
Durant is also the same as Maddy to play everyone misaligned, although not as fast as Maddy, but his shooting is more guaranteed, after all, he is taller, and the arm is longer, if the center defends him, the result is to be easily passed, and Durant's technology is also very good, which also makes alphabet brother a player who can match Durant in size and speed, but it is difficult to achieve the task of single defense Durant, a historical scorer.
Big forward Porzingis
Porzingis just entered the league known as a unicorn, the height reached 2.21 meters, it is true that at least 95% of the center in the history of the NBA is not as tall as Porzingis, but because of the body is too thin, the ability to fight is insufficient, Porzingis can only play the No. 4 position more time, but fortunately, his speed is fast enough, which also allows him to defend multiple positions, and Boshin before injury is one of the best players in the league to sweep defense.
Although now after the big injury, his speed has obviously slowed down, but having the advantage of height also makes it difficult to be defended when shooting on the outside, last year the Lone Ranger was able to fight with the Clippers to grab seven, Doncic although it is not solvable enough, but the role of Porzingis is also indispensable, he supports the battery on the outside line so that the Clippers can not defend at all, if it is not efficient enough, it is estimated that the Clippers are eliminated, because of his shooting height you can not interfere at all.
Manutepol
Is the highest player in NBA history Yao Ming at 2.29 meters? No, Yao Ming may be the highest player in history, but he is by no means the highest player in history, the highest player in NBA history is Manute Pol, who is as tall as 2.31 meters, and has long arms and legs, but Pol has a big problem that he is too thin and suffers great losses in the interior confrontation, which also leads to him not leaving a heavy mark in the history of the NBA.
But it is still good to be tall enough, Pol uses his terrifying height and arm span to easily limit the opponent's shooting, in the rookie season Polpol averaged up to 5 blocks per game, career average of 3.3 times per game, so he also won two times the block king and a best defensive team, because the playing style is too blue collar, coupled with the lack of confrontation ability led to his physical consumption, Polpol only played in the league for 9 seasons before retiring early.