You are supposed to automatically gain self-esteem from being taller than your peers. In basketball, it seems like one’s height is the main way a person defines themselves. Maybe that is why I am so obsessed talking about height and length all the time. So I have a background based on a love affair with basketball.

Eventually though, I did apply and get into Chapel Hill to major in Material Science. However, engineering was the desired major at the table I sat so we had a preference for the 3rd school NC State. Entire tables in the lunch room might be even divided based on which school you liked, even though we may never be able to get into those schools. You were either a baby blue or a dark navy blue, representing either Chapel Hill or Duke. Playing in the Basketball Mecca of the world, North Carolina, the cradle of so many great basketball legends, my high school friends were divided based on which Local University they supported. At the time, I modeled my game based on AI. However, it would turn out after one year that my lateral quickness and vertical leap just couldn’t cut it for the next level. I was a great shooter but the pickup games showed how slow I was athletically. Practicing 5 hours a day outdoors in the summer when I was a freshman in high school, I wanted to make it to the Varsity team.

I’ve said this before but I used to be a huge basketball fanatic when I was younger. How Tall Is Kevin Durant’s True Height Compared To Anthony Davis’s Height?

Kevin durants wingspan