waggy
08-31-2010, 05:19 PM
VCU head coach Shaka Smart uses a unique scorecard when he or one of his assistants evaluates a prospect. In addition to the usual blanks for points, rebounds, and assists, Smart’s staff checks off whether a player exhibits a series of more nebulous qualities, from competitiveness and motor to unselfishness and toughness. While this card is the only one of its kind I’ve encountered, Smart’s valuation of intangible relative to tangible skills is, if not necessarily a majority opinion, widely accepted in the coaching and scouting community.
But let’s be honest. No matter how competitive my middle school basketball team was, our band of 5-4 Catholics would have gotten smoked by Zach Randolph and DeMarcus Cousins by themselves...
http://www.basketballprospectus.com/article.php?articleid=1197
But let’s be honest. No matter how competitive my middle school basketball team was, our band of 5-4 Catholics would have gotten smoked by Zach Randolph and DeMarcus Cousins by themselves...
http://www.basketballprospectus.com/article.php?articleid=1197