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Quick Question #1: What's with Trey Burke's "sleeve"?

Hotttnickkk said:
Thank you for your contribution.

Arm protection: Can a thin layer of latex do that? It didn't look padded or anything...

Fashion: A real possibility.

Keeping arm warm: Another real possibility

Hiding tattoos: But why did he have his arm tattooed in the first place?

Confidence booster: ?? Like, How??

Ritual: ?? Again, can you elaborate??


Can anyone else chip in on this? Seems like a good list we've got going here now.
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Confidence: Like hey all the good guys are wearing one, if I wear one I'll be cool and good too!

Ritual: A lot of professional players get into habits and have superstitions, so he could be wearing it because he already has to just make him relax.
 
Doublea said:
Confidence: Like hey all the good guys are wearing one, if I wear one I'll be cool and good too!

Ritual: A lot of professional players get into habits and have superstitions, so he could be wearing it because he already has to just make him relax.
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Yes I can see what you're saying - the ritual thing is puzzling to me as I don't remember him wearing the sleeve in college.. so to suddenly start doing it had me befuddled a wee bit.

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I wear one when I play. I'm willing to accept the possibility of a placebo effect, but the reason I started wearing it is because after playing consecutive weeks after not playing for awhile, my elbow hurt each time. When you shoot, it's easy to hyperextend your elbow a bit. Next week, I bought a sleeve and didn't feel any soreness. Could've been the sleeve. Could've been getting used to shooting again. Have worn the sleeve ever since.

I never notice it when I'm playing.
 
Hotttnickkk said:
Thank you for your input & insight.


It's quite strange as:

- He did not wear it in college.

- Then he wore it briefly at NO and OKC.

- Then he took it off during last night's game????


I do wonder if it became too "itchy" for him. Did it make you feel itchy wearing it?
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its itchy for the first few times.
 
Darkwing Duck said:
I wear one when I play. I'm willing to accept the possibility of a placebo effect, but the reason I started wearing it is because after playing consecutive weeks after not playing for awhile, my elbow hurt each time. When you shoot, it's easy to hyperextend your elbow a bit. Next week, I bought a sleeve and didn't feel any soreness. Could've been the sleeve. Could've been getting used to shooting again. Have worn the sleeve ever since.

I never notice it when I'm playing.
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Cool story.

So what you're saying is Burke could have worn the sleeve when he came back from the finger injury initially so that his elbow doesn't hurt too much. And now that he's played 2 games, he may no longer have the need for the sleeve?

Also from your personal experience, does it make you shoot better?
 
JGolds said:
its possible that he got a new tatoo and it was in that yucky scabby stage and he didnt want his scabs on people. thoughts?
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Wow.. you could be right bro! If you look at his right arm for when he was playing last night vs his arms when in college you can see that there is a new tattoo there. I can't make out what it reads though. Anyone else saw this last night??

I think we're onto something here guys!!!

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Hotttnickkk said:
Thank you for your contribution.

Arm protection: Can a thin layer of latex do that? It didn't look padded or anything...

Fashion: A real possibility.

Keeping arm warm: Another real possibility

Hiding tattoos: But why did he have his arm tattooed in the first place?

Confidence booster: ?? Like, How??

Ritual: ?? Again, can you elaborate??


Can anyone else chip in on this? Seems like a good list we've got going here now.
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It's so funny that you think his sleeve is made out of latex.

You should have repped me on the ctr comment. It's the explanation that makes sense given that he is hiding the tattoos on the road and showing them off at home.
 
Hotttnickkk said:
Wow.. you could be right bro! If you look at his right arm for when he was playing last night vs his arms when in college you can see that there is a new tattoo there. I can't make out what it reads though. Anyone else saw this last night??

I think we're onto something here guys!!!

Trey-Burke-knows-the-game-is-ugly-but-hes-trying.-Melissa-Majchrzak-NBAE-Getty-Images.jpg


Trey-Burke-31.jpg
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I think i am right on the money. I should be a detective. or a csi guy.
 
Hotttnickkk said:
Wow.. you could be right bro! If you look at his right arm for when he was playing last night vs his arms when in college you can see that there is a new tattoo there. I can't make out what it reads though. Anyone else saw this last night??

I think we're onto something here guys!!!

Trey-Burke-knows-the-game-is-ugly-but-hes-trying.-Melissa-Majchrzak-NBAE-Getty-Images.jpg


Trey-Burke-31.jpg
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Yep. I zoomed in on the arm and it's just as I suspected.
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Ive never worn a sleeve. I figured they were for lessening the sting from slaps down on your arm when you are fouled. Either that or for style. I wouldn't think it would help with shooting.
 
Hotttnickkk said:
Cool story.

So what you're saying is Burke could have worn the sleeve when he came back from the finger injury initially so that his elbow doesn't hurt too much. And now that he's played 2 games, he may no longer have the need for the sleeve?

Also from your personal experience, does it make you shoot better?
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No idea. Fixed my shot somewhere around the same time, so I'd attribute an increase in shooting to that.
 
I guess when your team is 2-14, other than firing the coach, this is the type of topics that piques fans interest?
 
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