Re: you never know

[Joe Hironaka <j.hironaka@unesco.org>]

    But one thing for sure is I'm usually dead wrong in my first impression
with uncanny accuracy, so in this sense the Moiso (eventual nickname: 'Zo II?)
draft looks pretty great already. And based on my other comments, Marcus
Viagra Pfizer and Keyon Drooling will also be NBA All Stars imminently.

    I think when Paul Pierce got drafted, my actual first impression was along
the lines of "there MUST be a reason he fell this far" and "isn't he a 6-6
tweener big forward from the land of Toto?"  And I was truly outraged that
Pitino would even entertain the idea of trading our entire 1997 draft to
rebuild around a 30-something guy like Scottie Pippen. And I thought Tim
Duncan would be no better as a rookie savior than Marcus Camby the year
before. I didn't think Larry Bird could or should be a coaching candidate for
the Celtics other than as a publicity stunt for the guy he would replace, ML
Carr. And last but not least, I thought signing Rick Pitino was the greatest
coup in history. Doh!

    I don't know about you, but I'm starting to get pumped about next season.
:-) You're absolutely right. Time will tell. It could all finally start to
gell.

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"Berry, Mark S" wrote:

> Today I'm thanking my lucky stars that Portland turned down three No. 1
> picks for Jermaine O'Neal, but three years from now, who knows? Jermaine
> O'Neal may turn into Rasheed Wallace without the 'tude, Moiso could be a
> bust and our picks the next couple of years could amount to nothing.
> Remember when we all were furious that Pitino was considering trading 3&6
> for Pippen? Would have been a good deal in hindsight. Then he was offering
> Mercer and 10 for Olowokandi, which I completely endorsed at the time, but
> as it turns out, it would have cost us Pierce for a project.
>
> The point is, we just don't know. Time will tell.
>
> Mark