Basketball is a sport dominated by tall people. Less than 1% of all men in the United States are 6-foot-9 or taller, but more ...

Many tall people gravitate to basketball, which favors the vertically ... I mean, heels! I was the short one in a lot of those groups.” Kaplan has otherwise struggled with her height “every ...

Although being tall is obviously quite important for NBA players, some guys have enjoyed long, successful careers despite being short (at least by professional basketball player standards).