Re: More notes on Shaw League roster

["John Lyell" <johnlyell@hotmail.com>]

Bergerson played last year in the summer league. Reminds me of Tracy Murray,
not extremely quick but a decent shooter from outside from what I recall.


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From: "Joe Hironaka" <j.hironaka@unesco.org>
To: <celtics@igtc.com>
Sent: Tuesday, July 04, 2000 2:40 AM
Subject: More notes on Shaw League roster


>     Boston Herald today again confirms that Bobby Hurley and JaRon Rush
> are expected to participate in the Shaw League. Moiso will only be
> around for the first four days, before going to France (all Froggies
> take the summer off, especially native Parisians). Another new name is
> Roberto Bergerson, who last year scored a pedestrian 7.7 ppg on .442
> shooting for the CBA Idaho Stampede. The 24-year-old was a second round
> pick of the Atlanta Hawks and was later traded to Portland, after
> averaging over 22ppg for Boise State.
>
> Analysis
> By George Rodecker
> Special to SportsLine
> A highly athletic player from Obscurity, USA, Bergersen has shown an
> unorthodox release on his shot, yet an ability to all too frequently
> make it.
> Despite the lofty stats, he is an ordinary shooting guard, who despite
> being
> well sized for the position offers little in the way of special skills.
> Despite
> little quality and even less demand for shooting guards in this draft,
> Bergersen may ride his athleticism to the near end of the second round.
>
>     A guy with the best theoretical shot at making the team as a backup
> pointguard-- 6-5 David Vanterpool of the CBA champion Yakima Sun Kings--
> incidentally led the CBA last year with two triple doubles. As noted
> yesterday, his CBA regular season stats were very well-rounded and
> solid. He stepped it up a bit in the playoff series, shooting .520 from
> the field for 13.3ppg, 6.3 rpg and 4.3 apg. His teammate and fellow
> Celtics' invitee, Silas Mills, poured in 26.3ppg on a .473FG% with 6.0
> boards in the CBA finals. Both Vanterpool and Mills are 27.
>
>     In terms of size, Vanterpool has an advantage over Bobby Hurley. It
> would be a great story if a former champion like Hurley makes a big
> comeback, but he just doesn't seem to fit the new Pitino blueprint.
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