Matt Harpring of the Utah Jazz is your average guy in the NBA this season. Based on the completed survey of height, weight, age and experience of the 413 players on opening night rosters, Harpring is the player most closely resembling "Mr. Average". For the record (NBA average in parentheses), Harpring is 26.43 years old (27.34), stands 6-7 (6-7.4), weighs 231 pounds (225.4) and has four years of experience (4.73).


WEIGHT BREAKDOWN
NBA
WEIGHT
250+
Overall
225.40
96
CONFERENCE
WEIGHT
250+
West
224.83
46
East
225.93
50
DIVISION
WEIGHT
250+
Midwest
222.58
23
Central
225.27
22
Atlantic
226.66
28
Pacific
227.20
23

HEAVIEST PLAYERS
NAME
TEAM
WEIGHT
Shaquille O'Neal
L.A. Lakers
340
DeSagana Diop
Cleveland
300
Yao Ming
Houston
296
Arvydas Sabonis
Portland
292
Dalibor Bagaric
Chicago
290
Mengke Bateer
San Antonio
290
Jahidi White
Washington
290
Eddy Curry
Chicago
285
Jake Tsakalidis
Phoenix
285
Vitaly Potapenko
Seattle
285

LIGHTEST PLAYERS
NAME
TEAM
WEIGHT
Chucky Atkins
Detroit
160
Juan Dixon
Washington
164
Allen Iverson
Philadelphia
165
Speedy Claxton
San Antonio
166
Kenny Anderson
Seattle
168
Troy Hudson
Minnesota
170
Brevin Knight
Memphis
170
Damon Stoudamire
Portland
171
Terrell Brandon
Minnesota
173
Raul Lopez
Utah
175
AVERAGE WEIGHT BY TEAM
TEAM
WEIGHT
250+
Detroit
217.07
1
Sacramento
217.50
2
Memphis
218.00
2
Minnesota
219.20
3
Denver
219.53
3
New Jersey
220.87
4
Miami
221.40
5
New York
221.80
2
Atlanta
222.43
2
Indiana
223.43
2
San Antonio
223.62
4
Portland
224.40
4
Dallas
224.60
3
Utah
224.93
4
Golden State
225.17
3
Milwaukee
225.43
2
Cleveland
225.77
5
Seattle
226.62
3
Toronto
226.80
3
Chicago
227.13
4
Boston
227.42
2
Houston
228.47
4
Orlando
228.64
4
Phoenix
229.14
3
Washington
231.73
4
L.A. Clippers
232.00
5
New Orleans
233.86
3
Philadelphia
235.07
7
L.A. Lakers
235.07
3
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