Alright so yesterday my boss slides into my DMs like “yo, what’s Avery Henry’s actual height? We need it for this collab thing by EOD.” Thought it’d be a two-second Google search. Boy was I wrong.
Started simple – jumped straight to Avery’s Instagram page. Scrolled forever past basketball clips and gym selfies. Dude posts vertical videos constantly, zero full-body shots next to objects for scale. Total dead end. Comment section? Just fans yelling “KING 👑” – useless.
Phase Two: Falling Down Data Rabbit Holes
Switched to sports databases. NBA site? Nada. College records? Zilch. ESPN player profiles listed this kid everywhere EXCEPT height. Even tried sketchy fan wikis – found three different stats: 6’7″, 6’5″, and one wild claim of 6’9″. No sources cited anywhere. My coffee went cold.
- Tactic: YouTube interviews
- Fail: Every single host sat down interviewing him standing
- Tactic: Team roster screenshots
- Fail: Blurry JPEGs from 2018
Finally hit gold in a random post-game presser clip. Reporter stood next to him mic-checking – both wearing sneakers. Paused screen, measured my monitor with a ruler (yes, actual ruler). Did pixel math comparing to reporter’s known 5’11” frame. Got approximately 6’6”.
Double-checked via leaked combine documents buried in a forum thread. Weight: 205 lbs. Wingspan: freaking 6’11”. Called it close enough and slammed the stats into the report.
Office Aftermath & Why This Matters
Boss asked why it took 3 hours. Showed him the pixel-ruler evidence. Whole marketing team howled laughing. Got called “Sherlock Holmes of celebrity heights” in Slack. Honestly? Most projects crash because people assume data is easy to find. Reality check: Sometimes you measure monitor pixels with a plastic ruler from IKEA.
