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Okafor's big, but what about the back?

By Chad Ford
ESPN Insider

Tuesday, June 15, 2004

Ford's NEW mock draft: Standard version | Slideshow version CHICAGO -- Emeka Okafor's draft stock got a huge surge over the weekend when the NBA measured him at 6-foot-10 with shoes on and 6-8¾ in his stocking feet. "I thought they gypped me a quarter inch," Okafor told Insider with a smile. "I know I'm 6-foot-9 in my socks." Okafor Of course, everyone knows NBA players play in shoes. Okafor also has an enormous 7-foot-4 wingspan and a very large 9-2½ standing reach. When yo ...

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