RE: more irresponsible speculation

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

I can't help but think of Eric Montross when I hear Joe P. as being
considered as a draft pick for the Celtics, let alone giving up something to
move up to get him!  Give me Morris Petersen any day of the week, my humble
opinion.

> -----Original Message-----
> From: owner-celtics@igtc.com [mailto:owner-celtics@igtc.com]On Behalf Of
> Joe Hironaka
> Sent: Thursday, May 18, 2000 10:08 AM
> To: Berry, Mark S; Celtics@igtc.com
> Subject: Re: more irresponsible speculation
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> "Berry, Mark S" wrote:
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> > 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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