Thank you JJ Barea for showing us that vertically challenged is not always a detriment. When I was around 11 or 12 I remember going to the doctor and being told that I was going through puberty too fast and that I was going to be no taller than Danny Devito. I went home and cried, my dreams of being a professional basketball player died that day…because I gave up on them. JJ Barea has proved that height is not always a deciding factor in the game of basketball. Listed at a ridiculously generous 6 foot tall (he is no taller than 5-9), Barea controlled numerous games throughout the playoffs and somehow rarely got his shot sent to the 15th row. I don’t know how he did it, but he is an inspiration for all us Lilliputians out there.
