6 ft 5 in (196 cm)
A commonly listed height, as FIBA gives it, with no date or method, so shoes and rounding may be part of the number.
Source: FIBA
Dražen Petrović is commonly listed at 6 ft 5 in (196 cm).
FIBA’s listing, with no date or measurement published. Where this height comes from
Dražen Petrović’s 6 ft 5 in (196 cm) is very tall for a US man: more than 95 in 100 US men are shorter.
Dražen Petrović is in the middle of the 158 basketball players we have heights for: Suleiman Ali Nashnush (8 ft 0.5 in) stands 1 ft 7.5 in (49 cm) taller and Muggsy Bogues (5 ft 3 in) is 1 ft 2 in (36 cm) shorter.
Also listed at 6 ft 5 in: James Harden.
A commonly listed height, as FIBA gives it, with no date or method, so shoes and rounding may be part of the number.
Source: FIBA
Photo: Cavic = Steve Lipofsky, CC BY-SA 3.0, via Wikimedia Commons, cropped.
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For the height itself, cite the original publisher as well: FIBA.