Re: scouting

At 11:50 PM 97.1.9 -0500, Adam A Suchocki wrote:

>I've read how several teams have begun to take advantage of things like
>Direct TV, such that their scouts don't have to be constantly flying from
>one city to the next to watch other NBA teams, and instead, they can spend
>more time analyzing the oponent and helping the team.

This makes sense. Flying around the US to scout games is not only far more
expensive than TV, but hard on the scouts. 

>As to last years second half scouting cuts...it seems that would have to
>be the scouting of other NBA teams.  The Celts were out of the playoff
>race, and their wasn't much reason to try and get that extra edge.
>

Also makes sense, although probably doesn't help the morale of the players. 

Thanks for the info. Did you Cc: this to Peter May?

- -Marc