I'm 5'10", and unfortunately some of it comes from a long long neck and a fine head. A well known coach once called it wasted height, as it doesn't help any in

I'm 5'10", and unfortunately some of it comes from a long long neck and a fine head. A well known coach once called it wasted height, as it doesn't help any in basketball. Things got a little worse with the fact that my upper body is disproportionately longer than my lower body. Doesn't help your jump any, but at least it gave me some reach - 7'3" with my arms extended. And so, I needed a vertical leap of 3 feet to grab the ring. The happiest day of my basketballing life was after some weeks of pumping iron (leg weights), I did leap and grab that ring - once. It was such a thrill. That was way back in college. I wish I'd gone all the way like Brandon did. But hey, I'm only 50 now, and still playing basketball. I'm inspired. I think I'm going to go for it again. ;)