BSG's Take

[Bob Miller <bob@pointofchoice.com>]

Bill Simmons - I attended the Celts-Sixers Summer League game last 
night and I'm still wiping the crust from my eyes. Boston had its 
worst Summer League team that I can remember -- the two "big" point 
guards (Allen and Vanterpool) looked terrible and Jerome Moiso looked 
like the only NBA-caliber player on the floor. The Herald mentioned 
Kris Clack as showing NBA potential, but I can't imagine how another 
6-foot-6 guy with no jumpshot would ever help this team. We already 
have 19 guys like that.

As for Moiso, he confirmed all of my suspicions: great athlete, very 
fluid, nice little jump hook, runs the floor well... and he 
disappears for huge chunks at a time. We already have a guy like 
that, too (Tony Battie). Moiso should have dominated yesterday's game 
and he seemed happy just drifting along and trying hard in little 
spurts. You can't rely on athletic ability alone at the NBA level; 
you just can't. He's also too scrawny to play anything other than the 
4-spot next season, which means he'll be getting a hearty 5-10 
minutes per game behind Antoine.

Hey, the pick made no sense last month and it still makes no sense 
unless they're dealing Antoine this month, which remains a sincere 
possibility. Whatever the case, Moiso won't be helping the Celts next 
season, but he does have good garbage time potential. Just what we 
wanted from the #11 pick. Somebody shoot me.

By the way, the best part of yesterday's game was seeing Pitino 
talking to Nets GM Rod Thorn while Peter Vescey was craning his head 
from three seats away to listen in. Hysterically funny. I wish I had 
a picture.