RE: On Moiso.

["Michael Griffin" <mgriffin@rillc.com>]

That would be the best case scenario.  That Battie and Moiso give us what
Indiana had for about five years.  Antoine Davis and Dale Davis.  It is
wishful thinking but you never know.  Sorry for all the posts.  I just go
into work and I just love how we die-hard Celtic fans react to one of the
critical days of the NBA year!

> -----Original Message-----
> From: owner-celtics@igtc.com [mailto:owner-celtics@igtc.com]On Behalf Of
> Joe Hironaka
> Sent: Thursday, June 29, 2000 6:53 AM
> To: damekmo@teleport.com; celtics@igtc.com
> Subject: Re: On Moiso.
>
>
>         In his favor, Jerome Moiso was the least pedigreed member
> of a two year
> UCLA recruiting bonanza that featured four guys who have been
> hyped as future
> lottery picks since they were in highschool  (JaRon Rush, Dan
> Gadzuric, Jason
> Kapono, Baron Davis) so you can imagine why he might be less
> assertive than
> what would be ideal. Even players like Earl Watson and Ray Young probably
> picture themselves as future first rounders. In the end, Moiso
> demonstrated
> that he was one of the most NBA ready. Sure Tony Battie and even
> Keon Clark put
> up twice as good college numbers and seemed far more consistent
> every night,
> when the opposite has been proven to be true.
>
>     This is just speculation, but the guy that Moiso reportedly
> delivered warm
> whup-ass to in the Celtics tryouts might very well be the big OO.
> Better yet,
> it is not unheard of for teams to bring in "proven" NBA veterans
> like Bat Gurl
> for the rookie tryout. Of course knowing Battie, probably the
> only exercise
> he's getting in the off-season is closing and opening the side
> window of his
> Lincoln 4x4. It's tough to stay motivated when your idiot team
> president offers
> you 5 million a year long term a year before you even become a free agent.
>
>     Now in the best case scenario (Moiso turns out great), we'll see Tony
> Battie's minutes dwindle to the single digits. In the worst case scenario,
> Battie will continue to get twenty inconsistent minutes and Moiso
> will be the
> next "El Busto" lottery pick. My hope is that they will push each
> other hard
> and give us two mini twin-towers with great energy. But neither
> of these guys
> play with the natural competitiveness of even a Danny Fortson so
> I'm as guilty
> of wishful thinking as anyone.
>
>     Moiso still has a way to go in the weight room before he can
> move up to
> Tony Battie's weightclass. Even the softest big men, like Shawn Bradley,
> outweigh Moiso by 40 pounds.
>
>     Bienvenue à la NBA, Jerome!
>
> ------
>
> damekmo@teleport.com wrote:
>
> > I have to go but first, living out on the west coast, and
> having seen Moiso
> > a few times I have to say that he's a pretty impressive "talent" who has
> > the full package, however.....he's easily frustrated, his mind seems to
> > wander when he gets frustrated, and then he has a tendency to play
> > half-assed. He disappears and you keep waiting for him to wake up. You
> > wonder how he's going to react when the bar gets raised. I still think
> > there's a trade coming as this obviously does nothing dramatic for this
> > team. And this team/Pitino needs something dramatic, in a hurry.
> >
> > Paul M.
>