Re: To Ainge, doctor's system is a real brainstorm

[Kestas <kkv@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>]

--- You wrote:
He's called, simply, The Brain Doctor. He's well-known around the NBA and in
other sports as well. He has advised Kevin McHale, Kiki Vandeweghe, and John
Gabriel among NBA general managers. New Celtics basketball boss Danny Ainge
swears by him.
''The guy has more credibility in my eyes than anyone I've been around in the
world of sports in terms of talent evaluation,'' Ainge said. ''He has a unique
talent.''
<...>
Niednagel has spent more than three decades studying what he calls ''brain
types,'' of which he says there are 16. He can do this by simply watching an
athlete, either in person, on tape, or both. Each brain type is based on four
psychological criteria. Michael Jordan's type, for instance, is ''ISTP''
(Intuitive, Sensing, Thinking, Perceiving). That, according to Neidnagel, is
the best type to have, the total package, for an NBA player.
<...>
Ainge said after leaving the Suns that if he ever headed up a sports
organization, as he is now, that Niednagel would be his first hire. That won't
happen as long as the Nuggets have him under contract. But, as Ainge noted,
''Somewhere down the line, I'd like to have him working for the Celtics. Maybe
not this year, but hopefully soon. He really has a gift.''
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Wow, the description of this guy is not any better coming from a sportswriter
(someone mentioned him on this list about a week ago). He seems like some sort
of a modern-day Rasputin to the Tsars of the NBA. It's really disconcerting
that Ainge buys into this quackery. Like Chris Wallace, this guy's main 
gift seems being able to look NBA execs in the eye and convince them he has 
something of value to offer, even though it's all utter BS. Some people, 
like this character and our own GM, are natural born con men, and can sell 
snow to the proverbial Eskimos.  It's a good thing  he's conning the Nugs 
right now (no wonder they're in such good shape), or the Walker-Obie 
stranglehold of this team would be the last thing we'd be worrying about.
Kestas