17% of all 7ft people are in the NBA
In sports were large size is prized the Large athletes have gotten larger while Indeed we haven't evolved into a new Species in a century the gene pool with Incompetitive sports most certainly has Changed today rather than the same size As the average Elite high jumper the Average elite shot putter is two and a Half inches taller and 130 pounds Heavier and this happened throughout the Sports World in 1983 the National Basketball Association signed a Groundbreaking agreement making players Partners in the league entitled to Shares of ticket revenues and television Contracts suddenly anybody who could be An NBA player wanted to be and teams Started scouring the globe for the Bodies that could help them win Championships almost overnight The proportion of men in the NBA who are At least seven feet tall doubled to 10 Percent Today one in ten men in the NBA are at Least seven feet tall But a seven foot tall man is incredibly Rare in the general population so rare That if you know an American man between The ages of 20 and 40 who's at least Seven feet tall There's a 17 chance he's
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