arliepro Posted June 21, 2015 Report Share Posted June 21, 2015 http://www.nba.com/draft/2015/prospects/terran_petteway/index.html Wow didn't know terran only had 8 inch hands... thats the same size as me, which is pretty small for an NBA player Might explain some of his ball handling/turnover issues. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
AuroranHusker Posted June 21, 2015 Report Share Posted June 21, 2015 http://www.nba.com/draft/2015/prospects/terran_petteway/index.html Wow didn't know terran only had 8 inch hands... thats the same size as me, which is pretty small for an NBA player Might explain some of his ball handling/turnover issues. A few missed thunder-dunks as well.... Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
TheKamdyMan Posted June 21, 2015 Report Share Posted June 21, 2015 http://www.nba.com/draft/2015/prospects/terran_petteway/index.html Wow didn't know terran only had 8 inch hands... thats the same size as me, which is pretty small for an NBA player Man he does have small hands. Smaller than mine and way smaller than my wife's hands. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
fred1212 Posted June 21, 2015 Report Share Posted June 21, 2015 hhcmatt and Haymarket Husker 2 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
jimmykc Posted June 21, 2015 Report Share Posted June 21, 2015 A bona fide query: How is the hand measured? Thumb to pinkie end? Palm to end of middle finger? One way I measure myself 8 !/2 and the other is 9. Does chronic driving in rush hour traffic cause the middle finger to hypertrophy over the years? Is the glove size used? And how is the glove size determined, anyway? My feet are different sizes so what if the hands are different sizes? Is the bigger hand or the smaller hand used, or do they average them? So many questions. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
HuskerFever Posted June 21, 2015 Report Share Posted June 21, 2015 A bona fide query: How is the hand measured? Thumb to pinkie end? Palm to end of middle finger? One way I measure myself 8 !/2 and the other is 9. Does chronic driving in rush hour traffic cause the middle finger to hypertrophy over the years? Is the glove size used? And how is the glove size determined, anyway? My feet are different sizes so what if the hands are different sizes? Is the bigger hand or the smaller hand used, or do they average them? So many questions. These questions have been left unanswered for years. "If it doesn't fit, you must acquit." Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
jimmykc Posted June 22, 2015 Report Share Posted June 22, 2015 I lay awake last night pondering these questions. How about those with thick, stubby fingers and meaty, hamlike palms. Do they have bigger hand sizes than those like myself who have veiny, skeletoid hands? Somehow I doubt that Petteway has smaller hands than myself, any way you measure them. And who measured him and where is this information found? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
49r Posted June 22, 2015 Report Share Posted June 22, 2015 So, jimmy, are you saying that sometimes it isn't length that matters as much as girth? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Red Rum Posted June 22, 2015 Report Share Posted June 22, 2015 Furthermore, is Petteway able to eat at Burger King with his tiny hands? TheKamdyMan, Silverbacked1 and bobcat402 3 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
HF_ Posted June 22, 2015 Report Share Posted June 22, 2015 Don't think hand size is really that big of a deal. Unless you can fully palm the ball, all hand sizes are kind of on the same level - not big enough to palm the ball with one hand. Which is probably the majority of perimeter players in the NBA. I think anything that's not abnormally small like the Burger King guy is really of no disadvantage to a guard in the NBA. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Norm Peterson Posted June 22, 2015 Report Share Posted June 22, 2015 Anyone remember a 2-star defensive end Bill Callahan recruited to Nebraska just because he had big hands? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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hhcmatt Posted June 23, 2015 Report Share Posted June 23, 2015 Worth a click if you want to catch up with what TP has been doing on one page http://www.huskers.com/ViewArticle.dbml?DB_OEM_ID=100&ATCLID=210164032 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Huskerpapa Posted June 23, 2015 Author Report Share Posted June 23, 2015 Worth a click if you want to catch up with what TP has been doing on one page http://www.huskers.com/ViewArticle.dbml?DB_OEM_ID=100&ATCLID=210164032 I wonder what teammates are heading down there for the week? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Norm Peterson Posted June 23, 2015 Report Share Posted June 23, 2015 Anyone remember a 2-star defensive end Bill Callahan recruited to Nebraska just because he had big hands? Had to answer my own question. It was David Harvey. http://sports.yahoo.com/footballrecruiting/football/recruiting/player-David-Harvey-29759 Callahan thought the size of his hands would indicate how much he would develop physically. Like Miles looking at a player's leg hair. But it wasn't to be. Development, that is. Harvey finished his Husker career of 4 seasons plus a redshirt with one career tackle. Which is one more than I had. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Donkey Posted June 24, 2015 Report Share Posted June 24, 2015 Anyone remember a 2-star defensive end Bill Callahan recruited to Nebraska just because he had big hands?Had to answer my own question. It was David Harvey. http://sports.yahoo.com/footballrecruiting/football/recruiting/player-David-Harvey-29759 Callahan thought the size of his hands would indicate how much he would develop physically. Like Miles looking at a player's leg hair. But it wasn't to be. Development, that is. Harvey finished his Husker career of 4 seasons plus a redshirt with one career tackle. Which is one more than I had. Callahan also signed Harvey in hopes of also bringing in Harvey's high school teammate A.J. Wallace. Sadly, Harvey and Wallace barely knew each other as Harvey had recently transferred into Wallace's school. I also remember something about Harvey having huge feet. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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HuskerFever Posted June 24, 2015 Report Share Posted June 24, 2015 Is it just me, or does it kind of feel like Christmas Eve (or "insert your holiday 'eve' of choice here") right now? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
AuroranHusker Posted June 24, 2015 Report Share Posted June 24, 2015 Is it just me, or does it kind of feel like Christmas Eve (or "insert your holiday 'eve' of choice here") right now? It certainly will be for TP5, if chosen. Or picked up by a squad with a specific need. Hope it works out well for Terran, he's earned a shot. Swan88 and Silverbacked1 2 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
hhcmatt Posted June 25, 2015 Report Share Posted June 25, 2015 Mentioned on Grantland today http://grantland.com/the-triangle/nba-draft-shootaround-whos-your-sleeper-pick/ Jonathan Abrams: I’m going with Nebraska’s Terran Petteway as my sleeper pick. He’ll probably go somewhere in the second round. He likely would have entered the draft in 2014, after leading the Big Ten in scoring, but his mother was fighting cancer — a battle she ultimately lost the day before Petteway planned to declare. I like Petteway as a sleeper because he plays both ways and can guard multiple positions on the wing. He transferred from Texas Tech to Nebraska in 2012 and sat out the 2012-13 season. Not many players can say they shouldered the burden of the responsibilities for a Big Ten school like Petteway has the past two seasons. Silverbacked1, Red Don, AuroranHusker and 1 other 4 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Huskerpapa Posted June 25, 2015 Author Report Share Posted June 25, 2015 Per LJS: Nebraska coach Tim Miles, assistant coach Kenya Hunter and former assistant coach Craig Smith, who recruited Petteway, will also be in Galveston to watch the draft with the Petteway family. HuskerFever 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
HuskerFever Posted June 25, 2015 Report Share Posted June 25, 2015 Per LJS: Nebraska coach Tim Miles, assistant coach Kenya Hunter and former assistant coach Craig Smith, who recruited Petteway, will also be in Galveston to watch the draft with the Petteway family. There is no place like Nebraska. Silverbacked1 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
hhcmatt Posted June 25, 2015 Report Share Posted June 25, 2015 ‘She’d Be Hella Proud’ A Grantland feature on what Terran has been through. Must read. http://grantland.com/features/shed-be-hella-proud-terran-petteway-nba-draft-2015-nebraska-cornhuskers-big-ten/ 49r, Silverbacked1 and huskerbaseball13 3 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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