Do prospect players get growth hormones?

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#1

it’s something I was thinking about many times in the past. I often read articles about players that say they grew so much in a short time.
like zion williamson, the german wikipedia article claims that zion grew 16 cenitmeters (>6 inches) in ONE YEAR!?
how in the world is that possible? do you remember any kid from your high school era that grew like damn 6 inches in one year?
rodman was 5 ft 6 when he was a freshman in high school!? dafuq!?
diwght howard was 5 ft 8 during high school, playing point guard and then grew 1 foot in 1 year???

they get some turtle ooze for lunch or what

I’m not talking about steroids for nba players, I’m talking about hormones for kids who are considered to have nba potential.

#2

Some of them are young enough to where their bodies are still growing, so yes, some prospects do get growth hormones.

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#3

I need some dangit

#4

I grew 8 inches in one year during High School lol

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#5

One that always blows my mind is Pippen growing like 7 inches in college!

#6

Pretty sure PG13 was still growing when he got the league

#7

Magic was like 6’4” or 6’5” in HS & grew to 6’9” at MSU.

#8

Yeah he was 6’8 when he was drafted and then grew an inch or two like a year later. I remember the local media talking about it a lot. (From Indy)

Geez, yeah I just looked it up again. Blows my mind every time. Pippen went from a 6’1 walk on at an NAIA school to 6’8 and one of the SF’s ever.

#9

Wouldn’t be surprised what kind of testing is there in HS and college if any?

#10

Yeah they get tested

#11

AD went from a 6’2 point guard to 6’10.

#12

McCollum took a ring to Mordor before he decided to become a professional basketball player

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