I'm 5'7'' right now at 14I was 5'7" at 14 too. But I just grew an inch over the years and now I'm stuck at 5'8" >_<Sure there are exceptions to the rules. With new mutations, someone in the family carrieing a taller height gene, that has been suppressed by unknown reasons. Playing around with growth hormone (it's been used in sports for ages now).There is a simple formulae for calculating heigh of a baby. Dad's height + mom's height +-13 (+ if a boy, - if a girl) / 2, with girls the range is +-8, with boys +-9. Obviously there are a lot of variables that can influence height in fetus stage or later in life (like mom's diabetes, excess insulin in fetus stage, tumors, bad habits like alcohol in the early age etc).But we are drifting away from the topic again...Lol yea.. Sorry about that (about drifting off topic) XDBy the way, about height: If we had youth academies, wouldn't early training favour guard skills and later training favour big skills? Since they are suppose to grow taller.
I'm 5'7'' right now at 14
Sure there are exceptions to the rules. With new mutations, someone in the family carrieing a taller height gene, that has been suppressed by unknown reasons. Playing around with growth hormone (it's been used in sports for ages now).There is a simple formulae for calculating heigh of a baby. Dad's height + mom's height +-13 (+ if a boy, - if a girl) / 2, with girls the range is +-8, with boys +-9. Obviously there are a lot of variables that can influence height in fetus stage or later in life (like mom's diabetes, excess insulin in fetus stage, tumors, bad habits like alcohol in the early age etc).But we are drifting away from the topic again...
You will have a better understanding of their stats so you can reach in the draft if you are interested, you can direct their training, but in draft day anyone can draft them.
I think growth is completely off topic here xDThe only way I like the academy idea is if all academy prospects have to sing up in the draft. You will have a better understanding of their stats so you can reach in the draft if you are interested, you can direct their training, but in draft day anyone can draft them.
Actually in my opinion this would be a really bad desicion. If the draft system remains combined with academy system, then what may happen:Top teams don't see any point in training a good player in academy, since they won't have a good pick and they might not get their player. Personaly i wouldn't train a player if i knew he might end up in my opponents team. And the teams that are on a verge of demotion dedicate decent amount of money and get a proper player without any lottery.I don't really see any way these two systems could co-exist. But I would prefer academy system over drafts. As someone had already said, this would change NBA system to FIBA's system.