It has been known for a long time KD was listed at 6’9 which may have been his height entering the league, but after a few years he grew (very evidently) and was closer to 7ft. After 10+ years the NBA listed him at 6’10 and this year, finally he is listed at 6’11 officially.
Just a strange thing to me. It happens here too (in Germany). Even in the junior teams (mostly in the state level/nation level competition) the players list themselves as 2cm taller than they are. A player on the team I was an athletic trainer for in U/19 state level, listed themselves as 185cm (shortest on the team). I’m a tiny bit taller than this athlete. I’m 181cm.
CP3 for example is listed as 6’0. I think this is his correct height. However it’s often the taller players which lie. Maybe it’s position related… As in, a player under the height of 6’5 is going to be a guard 90% of the time in the NBA, so you don’t really need to make yourself taller because your position is already confirmed. Whereby a player who is actually 6’8 can probably play SF or PF. Maybe they prefer PF so they end up at 6’10 and less chance of being a SF. Could be total bullshit what I’m theorising but it makes a little sense as to one of the reasons why they might lie a little