Re: the good news...

[Elgin W Booth <ewbooth@cisunix.unh.edu>]

Loren Woods, Brendan Haywood, Troy Murphy, Jermoe Moiso, and Stromile
Swift are all underclassmen and including them in this draft is
premature. Of all of them, I only think that Moiso and maybe Swift will
come out. Plus I only like Murphy and Swift at the next level. Moiso is
rail thin and often times is invisible on the court. Woods is also rail
thin and soft, and Haywood has little skill besides turning and
dunking. He is big and powerful, but has little skills as far as post
moves and foot work.

My opinion, but I don't think this year's big men are very strong. I do
like Martin and Thomas though. Pryzbilla has declared but he has a long
way to go before he will be a good NBA center, although the shotblocking
is already there.

On Mon, 28 Feb 2000, Berry, Mark  S wrote:

> The upcoming college draft probably includes the deepest batch of centers
> and power forwards that we've seen in years. It starts with center Chris
> Mihm and PF Kenyon Martin, but also includes (centers) Loren Woods, Brendan
> Haywood and Joel Pryzbilla, and power forwards Troy Murphy, Jerome Moiso,
> Stromile Swift and Etan Thomas. All but Murphy would have to be considered
> above-average shot-blockers at their positions. How about Antoine and our
> No. 1 for Olowokandi and the Clips' No. 1, and taking the best big man on
> the board? We could change the complexion of this team pretty quickly.
> 
> Mark 
>