He was the size I expected.
Reminds me of a couple other NBA encounters. I’ve run into Dr J a couple of times. He lived in Atlanta at the time, and I think still does. One time I was in the airport and he was a couple people behind us on the escalator. I told my wife: “hey that’s Dr J”. She said no, he looks too short. It was just a matter of perspective though given he was lower than us. As soon as we got off the escalator my wife realized he was very tall.
Similar situation: saw former Hawk Steve Smith recently at a soccer match. He was sitting down checking out the game, and I told my friend that Smitty was over there. He also doubted it, thinking he looked too short. I told him to wait until he stood up, and then my friend agreed with me when he saw his height.