Kiki’s “Little Tests” Key to Player Evaluation

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  1. pegs

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    Courtesy of NetsDaily:
    <div class='quotetop'>QUOTE </div><div class='quotemain'>Kiki Vandeweghe is no numbers-crunching ?€œMoney Ball?€? advocate. Nor is he someone who relies solely on videotape or even eyeballing a player when passing judgment. Instead, he gives prospective players what Mike Monroe of the San Antonio Express News calls ?€œlittle tests?€??€“fictional scenarios that measure intelligence and ethics. As Ken Berger of Newsday notes, Vandeweghe has six months to prove it works.</div>

    [​IMG] NBA Beat: Vandeweghe gets back in the game - Mike Monroe - San Antonio Express-News
    [​IMG] Nets gig allows Vandeweghe to keep eye on Garden - Ken Berger - New York Newsday

    I'll be honest, his way of doing things sounds really weird. And I don't really like it.

    I am interested to see if it works, tho.
     
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    i dont care how people evaluate players, as long as they find a system that consistently works and produces im fine with it. i wonder if we are going to see a Kiki move this year or wait until the draft/summer
     
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    I'm nervous to see how players adjust to him. Many like Thorn but Kiki seems like he'd press more buttons than he's supouse too.
     
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    Kiki tested sportswriters for ethics and scruples. They passed with flying colors?

    I hope Kiki doesn't use the same test for players. I'm afraid he'll get a bunch of no-talent choir boys.
     
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    Tskitishvili was EXCELLENT at these tests.

    :::smacks head into desk repeatedly:::
     
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    <div class='quotetop'>QUOTE (ly_yng @ Jan 6 2008, 11:57 PM) <{POST_SNAPBACK}></div><div class='quotemain'>Tskitishvili was EXCELLENT at these tests.

    :::smacks head into desk repeatedly:::</div>
    Haha agreed. He sshould get no credit for drafting Melo considering anyone would have picked him in that situation after an NCAA tournment he had.
     

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