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Re: losing LaFrentz
I think she was only joking!
Kestas wrote:
Eggcentric@xxxxxxx wrote:
< His (Kedrick) biggest problem is not lack of intelligence (though
he's no Jiri Welsch in that regard), but an astounding (given his
physical gifts) lack of confidence. > - kkv (Is that you, Kestas?)
Keep in mind that former Halliburton employee, Dr. Jonathan
Inniedofacontractnagel, several months ago tested Kedrick out at a
70+ IQ with a self-confidence trailing indicator of 4.6. Thank God
for the + since I believe the team's cutoff point is 70.
I'm not sure what to make of this info, since 1) I don't know what the
right boundary of the '70+' range is (is it 75? 90? 150?); and 2) I
don't know what this 'self-confidence trailing indicator of 4.6' is.
And even if I DID know, it's unclear what the relevance of this test
is. The type of test that is used can make a huge difference - I know
of tests from the early 1900s that relied on solely on declarative
knowledge so idiosyncratic as to favor only members of certain
classes. All of us would score in the 'moron' range on a test like
this (and yes, 'moron' used to be a term in the scientific literature,
invented to describe people between the 'idiot' and 'feeble-minded'
categories). Furthermore, given "Dr." Niednagel's sterling scientific
credentials, I'm not sure he'd be able to test a kindergartener on her
knowledge of the alphabet, let alone select and administer a proper
intelligence test. And in the unlikely event that he could, I wouldn't
put it past him to select a test to confirm his evaluation of poor
Kedrick.
Anyway, this is not to contest your assertion that Kedrick is probably
not the brightest bulb in the chandelier, at least academically
speaking. I'm sure he didn't grow up in the most intellectually
stimulating environment. But the question is, does it matter that
much, in the basketball sense, that he probably can't hold up his end
of the conversation about Heidegger's vs. Kierkegaard's
existentialism, or instantly tell you the cubic root of 729? Bobby
Fisher was a high school dropout who couldn't even follow the
conversation at dinner with the typically erudite Soviet grandmasters.
But that didn't prevent him from humiliating them on the chessboard.
My point is that it doesn't matter that Kedrick's no Rhodes scholar as
long as he can play intelligently on the basketball court. And, at
least lately, he doesn't seem to be doing dumb things on the court. He
makes fairly intelligent passes, plays good D, and gets tough
rebounds. What he doesn't do often enough is take the shot when it's
there. He's just awfully timid. Obie doesn't tolerate people who
refuse to take the open shot, and rightly so, because defenses start
cheating on you. I wish Ainge invested less money in testing Kedrick,
and more in counselling him. That might actually be productive.
Kestas