Re: Some random thoughts

[Kestutis.Kveraga@dartmouth.edu (Kestutis Kveraga)]

--- You wrote:
Interesting, Kestas.  Couple of questions, though: from where did you 
find out that the players were taped?  (I hear Tommy going on about 
how they ought to, so that's where I got my information from; your 
source might be more reliable in this area).  
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Well, they sent Willie or whoever to check on that and a bit later Gorman reported that they were indeed taped up (Battie and Anderson).

--- You wrote:
And, would you advise 
NBA players to tape or not to tape, given the  uncertainty of 
positive effects?
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Not that they'd care about my advice, but I think they should be taped. This is in the "can't hurt, might help"  category. 

--- You wrote:
Well, KA does have this tendency to show you the goods and then 
snatch them back -- remember the first few games after he was first 
traded for?  Yet, it is the reality of the C's point guard woes that 
we actually need him. 
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Yeah, I guess so.... I just don't know sometimes whether his net effect is positive or not. 

--- You wrote:
You're probably right, but are they actually trapping less?  
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They seemed to be, although it's hard to substantiate that without timing the various defensive schemes and making categorical judgments about what is and what is not a trap. 

Kestas