Re: more irresponsible speculation

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

"Berry, Mark S" wrote:

> Thinking out loud: If the Celts take back a cap-clogger like L. Wright in
> exchange for a short-term contract like Barros, would the Hawks swap picks
> with the C's? Maybe we include a future first-rounder. I'd like to land
> Przybilla. Five may not be high enough, but you can bet he won't be there
> past seven. I see this guy as a Mutombo-like defensive presence in the
> middle, and if we can steal him without giving up Walker or Pierce, we have
> to do it.

I think I've read that Atlanta is looking at Mike Miller with that pick, someone
the Celts would probably also look at if they swapped picks. One thing I have to
wonder about though is why two still clearly unfinished HS All Americans like
Mike Miller and Donnell Harvey would be so eager to bail out on a Florida team
that would like have been a consensus preseason number one team and NCAA
tournament favorite next year. Maybe the last thing Miller wants is to be
drafted into the same Pitino-system that he's just escaped. On the other hand,
this (two top young players leaving a good program) could just be coincidence.
Donnell Harvey was probably one of the nation's five biggest name recruits last
year, but on paper he seems at least a year away from being a sure first rounder
with a guaranteed contract.

Teams need to check out Pryzbilla's attitude too. As I understand it, Pryzbilla
dropped out midseason from Dan Monsen's respected program because Monsen (a
rookie coach at Minnesota poached from Gonzaga I believe)  had dissed him for
skipping his classes. Maybe that's not a fair portrayal, but from his sissy fit
quotes I read at the time it happened I assumed this guy may not be very
coachable, particularly by a "Type-A" personality like Pitino. Pryzbilla is
apparently looked up to as kind of a highschool legend in Minnesota (the second
coming of Kevin McHale) and it seems kind of stupid in this context for him to
have dropped out of his state school and ditched his teammates midseason like
that. His final college game was by far his best. I think he scored over thirty
with high teens in rebounds in an upset over the Hoosiers.

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