RE: from BSG's reader board

[OzerskyJA <OzerskyJA@cmog.org>]

These are good points.  But I am scared of Moiso.  There's so many of these 
skinny big men now, and so few make any kind of impact as rookies.  Look at 
Keon Clark, whom the Celtics said had a workout 
"you would have paid to see."  Very few of these guys pan out.  And
this guy doesn't seem to have any of the intangibles that the good ones
do.  I'll take Alexander/Crawford.  Given the choice, I would take
Crawford, just because I love big point guards/combo guards.  Alexander 
definitely has a whiff of Mercer about him, although maybe 
he's not so dependent on screens to get his shot off.  What ever happend
to our love affair with "OO?"  He seems like a more exciting big man
prospect 
that Moiso.  

and if we traded up to the third spot somehow, I wouldn't take Przbilla -- I
would
package the denver pick to get Swift/Martin at two.   Or maybe trade down
for Johnson and a veteran.  Ah, draft week!

Josh Ozersky	
Marketing Communications Specialist 
Corning Museum of Glass

> -----Original Message-----
> From:	Berry, Mark  S [SMTP:berrym@BATTELLE.ORG]
> Sent:	Monday, June 19, 2000 1:22 PM
> To:	'ozerskyja@cmog.org'; 'celtics@igtc.com'
> Subject:	Re: from BSG's reader board
> 
> Thanks Josh for posting those comments. That's interesting.
> 
> Before getting into this too much, I noticed that Dave D'Alessandro of The
> Sporting News is saying Tsakalidis won't be drafted because of contract
> issues. Now, that's absurd, because even if teams are scared of his
> contract, someone will take him at least in the second round (and several
> teams picking mid-to-late first round probably would pick him anyway and
> wait for him). But, it does hurt the Celtics if he isn't a viable option
> in
> the lottery. For argument's sake, let's assume he is.
> 
> I'm really starting to zero in on three guys: Alexander, Moiso and
> Crawford.
> I'm not including Tsakalidis because he'll either be picked by Cleveland
> at
> 8 (if his contract can be bought out) or not picked by the Celtics
> (because
> his contract can't be bought out). Again, let's say Cleveland takes him.
> That, in my mind, pushes Alexander, Moiso and Crawford into those 10-11
> spots. Houston is at 9, and I see them taking either DerMarr Johnson or
> Mike
> Miller (whoever the Hawks don't take at 6), with Moiso a possibility. That
> leaves the three players we mentioned-Alexander, Moiso and Crawford-at 10
> and 11. The Magic pick 10th, and I have no idea what they might be
> thinking
> here. My only guess is they may stay away from Alexander because they have
> Corey Maggette and are considering a couple of free agent perimeter
> players
> like T-Mac and Eddie Jones. I'd give them Moiso or Crawford (they are
> looking to draft a PG). That leaves Alexander or Moiso/Crawford for the
> Celts. 
> 
> Now, if Tsakalidis isn't in the draft, then pencil in Johnson/Miller for
> Cleveland, Moiso for Houston, and give the Celts either Alexander or
> Crawford, whichever Orlando passes on.
> 
> Did any of that make sense? Anyway, I'm thinking Alexander may be the guy.
> I
> do think we can  zero in on Alexander, Moiso and Crawford at this point,
> with Tsakalidis as an outside possibility.
> 
> I did read rumors that the Clippers love Moiso and might be willing to
> trade
> down from the third pick to get a player and a later lottery pick to keep
> the UCLA kid in LA. My guess is Moiso won't be there when we pick, but how
> about an 11 (Moiso) + (anybody but Pierce or Walker) deal to get that
> third
> pick, which we'd probably use on Przybilla?
> 
> Mark 
> 
> P.S. I think the Moiso-Battie comparisons are as unfair as the
> Moiso-Garnett
> comparisons. They're all tall and thin, but that's about it for the
> similarities. Battie was a college center who hasn't made a good shift to
> power forward in the pros. Garnett has made a smooth shift to small
> forward.
> I think Moiso is a natural power forward (not a center, never will be),
> and
> he arguably was the best player on a talented UCLA team. Battie put up big
> numbers on a team without comparable talent. Moiso may be a bust, but
> let's
> not write him off already by saying he's another Battie. We're running out
> of guys to draft-Moiso's another Battie, Tsakalidis is another Montross,
> Alexander is another Rider...