Wing Span Analysis Examples
By: Dan Barto, Director of Player Development IMG Basketball Academy and the PTC
In my last post, I gave an intriguing opinion of how above average wingspan and endomorphic built player will have certain traits that effect their skill set. While watching the Pistons-Celtics game last evening, I can conclude that Jason Maxiell and Glen "Big Baby"Davis are two perfect examples. The way these two players used the combination of strength and wing span to finish and score was exactly what I was trying to explain. Using their bodies to leverage the defender and the using their length to beat the opponent to thw ball was in full effect. I truly believe that if not for their extremely long arms these two players may well be on the career path of Raphel Araujo.
In the college game two great examples of this type of play would be Kevin Love from UCLA and Dejaun Blair from Pittsburgh. Though undersized in theory, these two players will be in the NBA for over a decade because of their understanding of how to use their bodies.
