How tall is Larry Johnson

American retired basketball player, who played as a Power Forward for the Charlotte Hornets and New York Knicks. In a 2003 NY Times article it mentioned "Mutombo said Larry Johnson, the former Hornets and Knicks forward, was among the biggest exaggerators. While at the Nevada-Las Vegas, Johnson was supposedly 6-7. At the N.B.A.'s annual predraft camp in Chicago, however, he barely topped 6-3".

However, that seems an exaggeration because in a Sporting News article from 1991, it mentioned specifically that "Johnson, who was listed at 6-7 throughout his college career, was measured at only 6-5 1/2 at the NBA's pre-draft" and Johnson himself said "When you talk about my game, you're talking about a 6-5, 6-6 power forward."

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Because Johnson stands only 6-5 ½ some critics thought the Hornets might have erred. But not Johnson. "I've been playing power forward all my life, and I've done all right with my height. I'm not worried about my height"
- 1991

From the way they're calling fouls this year, there's no bodying up in the post. I'm 6-6, 6-7. That's about all I can do.
-- Courier-News, 2000

You know I'm Six-Seven, Six-Five with my shoes off.